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ANTIQUE JAPANESE MEIJI OKIMONO COPPER ARTICULATED SPINY LOBSTER WITH SIGNATURE
$ 253.43
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ANTIQUE JAPANESE MEIJI OKIMONO COPPER ARTICULATED SPINY LOBSTER WITH SIGNATUREPRESENTED IS THIS STUNNING VINTAGE ANTIQUE MEIJI ERA JAPANESE METAL-CRAFT MASTERPIECE. IT DEPICTS A REALISTIC REPRESENTATION OF A JAPANESE ARTICULATED STUDY OF A CRAYFISH OR SPINY LOBSTER IN COPPER. THIS CREATURE IS CALLED ISE EBI IN JAPANESE AND IS A DELICACY AMONG SHELLFISH LOVERS. EACH JOINT OF THIS CRAYFISH IS ARTICULATED. THE PIECE IS SIGNED HIROMI ON THE BOTTOM.
SIZE: 12.99 INCHES OR 33 cm IN LENGTH INCLUDING ANTENNA.
WEIGHT: 72 GRAMS OR 2.53 OZ.
CONDITION : THIS FINEST QUALITY ANTIQUE JAPANESE ARTICULATED CRAYFISH IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION WITH ONLY MINOR AGE RELATED WEAR AND OLD PATINA AS SEEN WITH NO DAMAGE , NO BREAKS AND NO REPAIR .
The ability to use metal and making articulated animals have been born out of Japanese metalwork tradition. Japanese sword smiths and armor craftsmen had lost their jobs after the Meiji Restoration in 1868 when the Samurai class was abolished. Using their highly renowned metalwork skills, these craftsmen began making articulated metal sculptures such as crabs, crayfish, dragons and insects and their uncanny resemblance to the counterparts in nature and in myth had attracted many collectors.
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