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A Japanese silver articulated model of a kamakiri, or praying mantis Late 19th/early 20th Century
4 – 6 November 2008, 13:00 GMT
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Find your local specialistA Japanese silver articulated model of a kamakiri, or praying mantis
Late 19th/early 20th Century
With completely articulated appendages, including legs, claws, wings and antennae, full length 14.5cm, signed to the underside Hiroyoshi and marked Jungin, together with a silvered figure of a Noh dancer, modelled standing in robes, a hammer or axe in their right hand, a fox to their head, a large bushy tail curling up from the base, with wooden base, 16cm high, signed, and a mixed metal tray cast in the form of overlapping leaves, 23cm diam. (3)
With completely articulated appendages, including legs, claws, wings and antennae, full length 14.5cm, signed to the underside Hiroyoshi and marked Jungin, together with a silvered figure of a Noh dancer, modelled standing in robes, a hammer or axe in their right hand, a fox to their head, a large bushy tail curling up from the base, with wooden base, 16cm high, signed, and a mixed metal tray cast in the form of overlapping leaves, 23cm diam. (3)























