A fully articulated bone okimono of a tiger prawn (kuruma ebi) - image-1

Lot 75 Dα

A fully articulated bone okimono of a tiger prawn (kuruma ebi)

Auction 1157 - overview Cologne
27.06.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
Result: 1.375 € (incl. premium)

A fully articulated bone okimono of a tiger prawn (kuruma ebi)

The large crustacean realistically fashioned with a spiny carapace, joined appendages, fan-form tail and a pair of long antennae bracketing smaller antennules, with black painted eyes. One of the shorter antennules broken, some of the legs affixed to the body. Wooden box with inscription reading … kuruma ebi.
Ca. length with antennae folded 32 cm; with antennae fully extended 40 cm

Dieses Modell ist wahrscheinlich in Nachfolge von Yamazaki Nankai entstanden, siehe Nihon no zôge bijutsu, Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo 1996, S 119.