Vente aux enchères en direct 19824Japanese and Korean Art
MITSUTA HARUO (B. 1980)
Lot 28

MITSUTA HARUO (B. 1980)

Koganegumo (Argiope amoena)

Fermé16 March 2021

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MITSUTA HARUO (B. 1980)
Koganegumo (Argiope amoena)
The copper, bronze and brass articulated sculpture of a spider finely constructed of numerous hammered parts jointed togather with movable limbs and body
2 in. (5.1 cm.) wide
With original wood box sealed Haru

Note du spécialiste

This articulated sculpture of a spider appears to be very unique. In Chinese characters, “spider” is usually written 蜘蛛 , but there is one type of red spider that is written 喜子, which literally means “little joy,” hence the spider has joyful connotations. Because the first character of “spider” is a homophone in Chinese of zhi and in Japanese “chi,” “to know” 知, when a spider appears it is interpreted as a harbinger of fortuitous events.