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Auction archive: Lot number 12

AN IRON ARTICUALTED SCULPTURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI)

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$625,000
Auction archive: Lot number 12

AN IRON ARTICUALTED SCULPTURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI)

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$625,000
Beschreibung:

AN IRON ARTICUALTED SCULPTURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI) EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOTO JU MYOCHIN SHIKIBU (SOSUKE) The russet-iron mythical beast with tiger head and fish body finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the mouth opens, the tongue moves, the fins open and the body bends, the head applied with elaborate horns and spines and the eyes of shakudo embellished with gilt; signature on underside 13 in. (28 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
21 Sep 2021
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

AN IRON ARTICUALTED SCULPTURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI) EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOTO JU MYOCHIN SHIKIBU (SOSUKE) The russet-iron mythical beast with tiger head and fish body finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the mouth opens, the tongue moves, the fins open and the body bends, the head applied with elaborate horns and spines and the eyes of shakudo embellished with gilt; signature on underside 13 in. (28 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
21 Sep 2021
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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