An iron articulated sculpture of a hermit crab Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Myochin Munekuni The russet-iron hermit crab finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the antennae, limbs and claws move, the details finely carved and chiseled, signature on body 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long
An iron articulated sculpture of a hermit crab Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Myochin Munekuni The russet-iron hermit crab finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the antennae, limbs and claws move, the details finely carved and chiseled, signature on body 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long