AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A CROW

Lot 197
17.09.2024 00:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 197 | AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A CROW
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$ 20 000 – 30 000
AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A CROW
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED MYOCHIN MUNEHARU
The iron crow constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, the beak opens, the neck and wings move, the eyes, beak, limbs embellished with gilt, the details of feathers finely chiseled, the incised signature on underside
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) long




Literature

Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi / Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of Cultural Relics, 2013), pp. 312-14.



Exhibited

“Meiji Kogei: Amazing Japanese Art,” shown at the following venues: Tokyo University of the Arts Museum, 2016.9.7-10.30. Hosomi Museum, Kyoto, 2016.11.12-12.25. Kawagoe City Art Museum, 2017.4.22-6.11. cat. no. 8.
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