AN IRON ARTICUALTED SCULPTURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI) EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOTO JU MYOCHIN SHIKIBU (SOSUKE) The russet-iron mythical beast with tiger head and fish body finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the mouth opens, the tongue moves, the fins open and the body bends, the head applied with elaborate horns and spines and the eyes of shakudo embellished with gilt; signature on underside 13 in. (28 cm.) long
AN IRON ARTICUALTED SCULPTURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST (SHACHI) EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOTO JU MYOCHIN SHIKIBU (SOSUKE) The russet-iron mythical beast with tiger head and fish body finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the mouth opens, the tongue moves, the fins open and the body bends, the head applied with elaborate horns and spines and the eyes of shakudo embellished with gilt; signature on underside 13 in. (28 cm.) long
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