ID 1172757
Lot 142 | A SMALL SILVER ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A STAG BEETLE
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED KOZAN (TAKASE KOZAN; 1869-1934)
The silver stag beetle finely constructed of numerous hammered parts jointed together with movable wings, limbs and head, the details finely chiseled
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long
With an original wood box, signed and sealed Kozan on the lid
Literature
Amazing Craftsmanship!: from Meiji Kogei to Contemporary Art (Tokyo: Asano Kenkyujo, 2017). No. 1-73.
Exhibited
'Amazing Craftsmanship!: from Meiji Kogei to Contemporary art', exhibited at the following venues:
Mitsui Memorial Museum, Tokyo, 16 Sep-3 Dec, 2017;
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, 30 Jun-26 Aug, 2018;
Yamaguchi Prefecture Art Museum, Yamaguji, 7 Sep-21 Oct, 2018;
The Suiboku Museum, Toyama, 16 Nov-24 Dec, 2018;
Abeno Harukasu Art Museum, Osaka, 26 Jan-14 Apr, 2019
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Historical era: | Edo period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Sculptures |
| Address of auction |
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