AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A CARP EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KIYOAKI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) The iron carp constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, the body bends, the fins move, the details of fins and scales finely chiseled, the eyes of shakudo embellished wiht gilt; signature and cursive monogram (kao) inlaid in gold on underside 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) long
AN IRON ARTICULATED SCULPTURE OF A CARP EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KIYOAKI WITH CURSIVE MONOGRAM (KAO) The iron carp constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, the body bends, the fins move, the details of fins and scales finely chiseled, the eyes of shakudo embellished wiht gilt; signature and cursive monogram (kao) inlaid in gold on underside 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) long
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