An iron articulated model of a prawn
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Myochin Munenaga
The iron prawn finely constructed of numerous hammered plates joined inside the body; the claws open, the body bends and the eyes, antennae, limbs and fins move, the details finely carved, signature on the body
14½in. (36.8cm.) long
With wood box signed and inscribed Koka ni kinoto mi nen aki kugatsu (ninth month, autumn, 1845) kichijitsu oite Bushu Edo kore motomu (purchased in Edo, Musashi province) Soshu Odawara junin Fujiwara Nobuhide zo (owned by Fujiwara Nobuhide of Odawara in Sagami province)
An iron articulated model of a prawn
Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Myochin Munenaga
The iron prawn finely constructed of numerous hammered plates joined inside the body; the claws open, the body bends and the eyes, antennae, limbs and fins move, the details finely carved, signature on the body
14½in. (36.8cm.) long
With wood box signed and inscribed Koka ni kinoto mi nen aki kugatsu (ninth month, autumn, 1845) kichijitsu oite Bushu Edo kore motomu (purchased in Edo, Musashi province) Soshu Odawara junin Fujiwara Nobuhide zo (owned by Fujiwara Nobuhide of Odawara in Sagami province)
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