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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
13 AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A

MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI)

EDO PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MUNENOBU
(MYOCHIN MUNENOBU)
The iron mythical beast with tiger head and
fish body finely constructed of numerous
hammered plates jointed inside the body;
the whiskers move, the fins and tail open and
spread, the body bends, the head applied with
small horns and spines; signature on underside
of the body
12æ in. (32.4 cm.) long

$40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE:
Robert Winter Japanese Art, Kyoto