Antique & Signed Japanese Bronze/copper Articulated Lobster Okimono For Sale

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At the end of the feudal period (1853) when the US Navy arrived & demanded Japan to reopen their ports & tradings with Westerners, the Samurai class was abolished. Almost all machi-koba (factory) - where armors and armaments had been produced for centuries were closed, and the unemployed blacksmiths, craftsmen started using their skills to make household & ornamental objects in bronze and other metals: koro, vases, okimono ..etc...Articulated animals are a deviated applicationof their armor-making skill, where thin pieces of metals are overlaid, interconnected to create specific forms with natural flexibility.

Here presented is a fine sample of a lobster in bronze/copper: the crustacean body parts are seamlessly connected at strategical points, so flexible it hardly stands erected. Holding it up and a light movement would cause its whole tail wagging, its joints tremble and come alive.Artist's 2-character mark on the thorace.

• SIZE:fully extended 9.5"L x 4.5"W x 1"D




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ALL SALES ARE FINAL !! As all items start with a low no-reserve price of $0.99, we always disclose defects & possible repair/restore found during a thorough visual inspection (measurements are not precisely accurate), and the pictures usually provide larger-than-live details. Though it is understandable that nothing can substitute the handling of the merchandise in person, we DONOT accept return: to minimize disappointment & to avoid un-necessary costs, please ask questions & offer accordingly.












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