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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
10 AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A
ROOSTER AND HEN

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, EACH SIGNED KASHU MUNEYOSHI (MUNEYOSHI OF
KAGA PROVINCE [TANAKA TADAYOSHI;?-1958])

The iron rooster and hen constructed of
numerous hammered plates jointed inside
the body, allowing the necks, tips of the
wings and the beaks to move, the heads
with finely detailed comb and feathers, the
eyes gilt; signatures on the underbodies
9Ω in. (24.1cm.) and 13 in. (33cm.) high (2)

$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE:
Previously sold in these Rooms, 11 September
2012, lot 131

This is the work of Tanaka Tadayoshi, a modern
metal artist active in the Taisho and Showa periods.
He apprenticed in the Kyoto workshop of Takase
Kozan (1869-1934), who directed the studio creating
articulated sculptures for both domestic and international
markets. Tadayoshi was known as a master of articulated
sculptures especially of birds, such as the present lot.