ID 977887
Lot 95 | DRAGON ARTICULÉ EN FER FORGÉ ET REPOUSSÉ, OKIMONO JIZAI
Estimate value
€ 18 000 – 22 000
JAPON, FIN DE L'ÉPOQUE EDO-DÉBUT DE L'ÉPOQUE MEIJI, SIGNATURE MYOCHIN NOBUMASA
Constitué d'une multitude de petites plaques en fer formant les écailles, le corps du dragon est entièrement mobile. Il repose sur ses quatre pattes articulées à trois griffes. Son dos et sa queue sont surmontés d'un rang d'épines dorsales. Sa gueule menaçante munie de deux imposantes cornes et de longues moustaches est ouverte. La signature Myochin Nobumasa est incisée sous la gueule.
Longueur : 77 cm. (30 1/4 in.)
Provenance
With Hanlin Gallery, Hong Kong, 5 February 2012.
Special notice
This item will be transferred to an offsite warehouse after the sale. Please refer to department for information about storage charges and collection
details.
Post lot text
AN IRON ARTICULATED MODEL OF A DRAGON, OKIMONO JIZAI
JAPAN, LATE EDO-EARLY MEIJI PERIOD, ENGRAVED SIGNATURE MYOCHIN NOBUMASA
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Iron |
Historical era: | Edo period, Meiji period |
Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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Medium: | Iron |
Historical era: | Edo period, Meiji period |
Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Statuettes |
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