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Articulated ivory lobster by yamazaki nankai
Signed Nankai
Circa 1910
L. 31.0 - 50.1 cm W. 14 cm
L. 12 ¼ - 19 ¾in W. 5 ½ in
An articulated ivory okimono of a lobster, naturalistically carved with all joints fully movable, the
eyes stained for effect. With tomobako.
An almost identical piece is illustrated: Shoto Musem of Art in Tokyo,
Nihon no ZogeChokoku -The History of Japanese Ivory Carving, 1996, p. 119.
The artist was recorded to have been commissioned by the dealer Sakurai
Sosai of Tokyo, who exhibited fine ivory works at the national and international
exhibitions during the Meiji Period.
自在象牙伊勢海老置物
銘 南海 (山崎南海)
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