Fine
Japanese Okimono Articulated
Crab
Interlocked Movable Joints
Signature: unsigned, Showa, 1900s"
h. 2.75 in.(7cm), w. 9 in.(23cm), d. 6
in.(15cm) Condition: excellent!
Private Collection
This
playful crab with snapping claws and popping eyes made of horn, consists of over
thirty pieces of cream white ivory, well polished and all smoothly movable. During
the Showa the continuing demand for ivories coupled with a pursuit of novelty
gave rise to such popular curiosities depicting crabs, lobsters and crayfish,
with some having upwards of a hundred components. A similar piece can be seen
in the collections of the Hunt Museum of Ireland.
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