Live Auction 20214Important Japanese Art
AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A ROOSTER AND HEN
Lot 10 PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION

AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A ROOSTER AND HEN

EARLY 20TH CENTURY, EACH SIGNED KASHU MUNEYOSHI (MUNEYOSHI OF KAGA PROVINCE [TANAKA TADAYOSHI;?-1958])

Closed21 September 2021

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USD 18,750

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AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A ROOSTER AND HEN
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, EACH SIGNED KASHU MUNEYOSHI (MUNEYOSHI OF KAGA PROVINCE [TANAKA TADAYOSHI;?-1958])
The iron rooster and hen constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, allowing the necks, tips of the wings and the beaks to move, the heads with finely detailed comb and feathers, the eyes gilt; signatures on the underbodies
9 ½ in. (24.1cm.) and 13 in. (33cm.) high

Previously sold in these Rooms, 11 September 2012, lot 131

Specialist note

This is the work of Tanaka Tadayoshi, a modern metal artist active in the Taisho and Showa periods. He apprenticed in the Kyoto workshop of Takase Kozan (1869-1934), who directed the studio creating articulated sculptures for both domestic and international markets. Tadayoshi was known as a master of articulated sculptures especially of birds, such as the present lot.