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Auction archive: Lot number 680

An iron articulated model of a snake

Estimate
US$7,000 - US$9,000
Price realised:
US$52,500
Auction archive: Lot number 680

An iron articulated model of a snake

Estimate
US$7,000 - US$9,000
Price realised:
US$52,500
Beschreibung:

An iron articulated model of a snake
20TH CENTURY, SIGNED MUNEYOSHI (TANAKA TADAYOSHI; ?-1958)
An iron articulated model of a snake 20th century, signed Muneyoshi (Tanaka Tadayoshi; ?-1958) The russet-iron snake constructed of numerous hammered plates joined inside the body, the head incised with scales and fitted with a hinged jaw opening to reveal a movable tongue, eyes finished in shakudo and gilt; signature on underside of jaw 38 3/8in. (97.5cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 680
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
20 March 2013, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

An iron articulated model of a snake
20TH CENTURY, SIGNED MUNEYOSHI (TANAKA TADAYOSHI; ?-1958)
An iron articulated model of a snake 20th century, signed Muneyoshi (Tanaka Tadayoshi; ?-1958) The russet-iron snake constructed of numerous hammered plates joined inside the body, the head incised with scales and fitted with a hinged jaw opening to reveal a movable tongue, eyes finished in shakudo and gilt; signature on underside of jaw 38 3/8in. (97.5cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 680
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2013
Auction house:
Christie's
20 March 2013, New York, Rockefeller Center
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