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A COPPER ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A PRAYING 明治/大正時代 銅自在螳螂 銘 宗義 （田中唯吉）
MANTIS
多組銅件搥出接合巧製而成，工序繁複。翼、肢、頭皆可活
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED MUNEYOSHI
(TANAKA TADAYOSHI; ?-1958) 動，精雕細鑿，栩栩欲活。
The copper praying mantis fnely constructed of numerous 連原裝木盒，題「螳螂」，蓋有鈐印，背款、鈐「宗義」
hammered parts jointed together with movable wings, limbs and
head, the details fnely chiseled 著錄
5¿ in. (13 cm.) long 郭鴻盛及張元鳳主編，《明治之美》（國立臺灣師範大學文物
With original wood box titled kamakiri (praying mantis) and sealed 保存維護研究發展中心，2013年），頁286。
on the lid, signed and sealed Muneyoshi on the reverse

HK$80,000-160,000 US$10,000-21,000

LITERATURE
Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi
/ Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National
Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of
Cultural Relics, 2013), p. 286.

Red-laced Suit of Armor with Helmet by Saotome Iechika with praying
mantis ornament (detail). Japan. Edo period (1615–1868), early 17th century.
Christie’s, New York, 23 Oct 2009, lot 80
早乙女家親，「赤系威本小札二枚胴具足」盔甲（局部），帶蟷螂裝飾，
日本，江戶時代（1615-1868），17世紀初，紐約佳士得，2009年10月23
日，拍品80