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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
12 AN IRON ARTICUALTED SCULPTURE OF A

MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI)

EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOTO JU MYOCHIN SHIKIBU (SOSUKE)
The russet-iron mythical beast with tiger head
and fish body finely constructed of numerous
hammered plates jointed inside the body; the
mouth opens, the tongue moves, the fins open
and the body bends, the head applied with
elaborate horns and spines and the eyes of
shakudo embellished with gilt; signature on
underside
13 in. (28 cm.) long

$120,000-170,000

PROVENANCE: LITERATURE:
Previously sold in these Rooms, 11 September 2012, lot 109 Harada Kazutoshi, ed., Jizai okimono (Articulated Iron
Kiyomizu Sannenzaka Museum, Kyoto Figures of Animals) (Kyoto: Maria Shobo, 2010), pl. 14.
Bakumatsu, Meiji no chozetsu giko, sekai wo kyogaku saseta
EXHIBITED: kinzoku kogei (Excellent Techniques of Metal Crafts, the
"Bakumatsu, Meiji no chozetsu giko, sekai wo kyogaku Late Edo and Meiji Period) (Shizuoka Prefecutre: Sano
saseta kinzoku kogei" (Excellent Techniques of Metal Museum, October 2010), exh. cat. pl. 161.
Crafts, the Late Edo and Meiji Period), exhibited at the Jizai Okimono: Honmono no yo ni jiyu ni ugokaseru hebi ya
following venues: konchu (Articulated figures: Movable representations from
Okayama Prefectural Museum, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, nature from snakes to insects) (Tokyo: Tokyo National
3 June-18 July, 2011 Museum, November 2008), exh. cat. pl. 4 and fig. 3.
Osaka Museum of History, Osaka, 13 April-29 May, 2011
Sano Art Museum, Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture, 7
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