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                            AN IMPRESSIVE IRON ARTICULATED
                            SCULPTURE OF A DRAGON
                            EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MYOCHIN
                            MUNESUKE
                            The iron dragon finely constructed of numerous
                            hammered plates jointed inside the body, the hinged jaw
                            opening to reveal a tongue, limbs and claws move, the
                            body bends, the head is applied with elaborate horns,
                            spines and whiskers, the details are finely carved and
                            chiseled, the eyes embellished with gilt; signature on
                            underside of jar
                            49º in. (125.1 cm.) long
                            With wood stand
                            $100,000-150,000

                            PROVENANCE:
                            Kanayama Shigemori, Tokyo
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