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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
11 AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF AN EAGLE

ON STAND

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO ITAO SHINJIRO (1842-1911)
The iron eagle constructed of numerous
hammered plates jointed inside the body, the
neck, wings, limbs and claws move, hinged
beak opening to reveal a movable tongue,
the eyes in shakudo embellished with gilt, the
details of feathers finely chiseled, unsigned
15æ in. (40 cm.) long without stand
With wood stand and brocade curtain

$80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE: LITERATURE:
Bonhams, London, 16 May 2013, lot 563. Harada Kazutoshi, ed., Jizai okimono (Articulated Iron
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum, Kyoto Figures of Animals) (Kyoto: Maria Shobo, 2010), pp.56-
57, pl.18.
EXHIBITED: Bakumatsu, Meiji no chozetsu giko, sekai wo kyogaku
"Bakumatsu, Meiji no chozetsu giko, sekai wo kyogaku saseta kinzoku kogei (Excellent Techniques of Metal
saseta kinzoku kogei" (Excellent Techniques of Metal Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji Period) (Shizuoka
Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji Period), exhibited at the Prefecutre: Sano Museum, October 2010), exh. cat. pl.
following venues: 164.
Okayama Prefectural Museum, Okayama City, Okayama Jizai Okimono: Honmono no yo ni jiyu ni ugokaseru hebi ya
Prefecture, 3 June-18 July, 2011 konchu (Articulated figures: Movable representations
Osaka Museum of History, Osaka, 13 April-29 May, 2011
from nature from snakes to insects) (Tokyo: Tokyo
Sano Art Museum, Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, 7
National Museum, November 2008), exh. cat. pl. 20.
January-20 February, 2011
Sen-oku Hakukokan Bunkan Museum, Tokyo, 16 October-12
December, 2010
"Jizai Okimono: Honmono no yo ni jiyu ni ugokaseru hebi
ya konchu" (Articulated figures: Movable representations
from nature from snakes to insects), Tokyo National
Museum, Tokyo, 18 November, 2008-1 February, 2009