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AN ARTICULATED IRON MODEL OF A SPINY LOBSTER A HAMMERED IRON AND INLAID SLENDER BALUSTER VASE
By the Myochin workshop, Meiji (1868-1912) or By Ota Harukage, Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era,
Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century early/mid-20th century
Assembled from hammered sheets of iron with fully-articulated tail Decorated in low relief with Chok’aro Sennin (Chinese: Zhang Guo
and limbs, the surface worked to resemble the natural shell, signed Lao) standing and holding a gourd from which his horse emerges,
on the underside Myochin; with a wood storage box inscribed on the with details inlaid in flat and low relief of gold and bronze, signed on
cover Myochin saku Ebi okimono (A spiny lobster okimono, made by the reverse with chiselled characters [...] Tai(?)yosai Harukage sen ([...]
Myochin). 20.5cm (8in) long with retracted antennae. (2). chiselled by Tai(?)yosai Harukage), with a gold inlaid circular seal.
22cm (8 5/8in) high.
£1,200 - 1,800
JPY170,000 - 260,000 £8,000 - 10,000
US$1,600 - 2,400 JPY1,200,000 - 1,500,000
US$10,000 - 13,000
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AN IRON RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER Ota Harukage, a pupil of Funakoshi Shunmin (1868–1940) was
By the Myochin workshop, Meiji era (1868-1912), recorded as being active during the Taisho and Showa eras in Tokyo.
late 19th/early 20th century For further information on this artist, see Wakayama Takeshi, Kinko
The lid hammered applied in high relief with a long-nosed tengu mask Jiten (A Dictionary of Metalworkers), Tokyo, Token Shunju Shinbunsha,
resting in front of a tasselled feathery fan, with details in brass; signed 1999, p.620.
Motonobu-o shitae o motte Miyochin Masayoshi tsukuru (made by
Myochin Masayoshi using a preliminary drawing by Motonobu).
6.5cm x 12.2cm x 9.3cm (2½in x 4¾in x 3 5/8in). (2). 215 *
A HAMMERED IRON KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER
£1,500 - 2,000 IN THE FORM OF A RESTING EAGLE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
JPY220,000 - 290,000 Naturalistically and elegantly rendered as a compact composition,
US$2,000 - 2,600
the details of the feathers, wings and tail finely chiselled, both its
feet drawn in and talons visible from the underside, a detachable
perforated section of plumage on its back forming the cover, its eyes
inlaid in gilt with black pupils; unsigned.
9.5cm x 16.5cm (3¾in x 6½in). (2).

£10,000 - 15,000
JPY1,500,000 - 2,200,000
US$13,000 - 20,000

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