An iron articulated sculpture of a prawn Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Myochin The iron prawn finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the claws open, the body bends and the eyes, antennae, limbs and fins move, the details finely carved, signature on the body 10 in. (25.4 cm.) long
An iron articulated sculpture of a prawn Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Myochin The iron prawn finely constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body; the claws open, the body bends and the eyes, antennae, limbs and fins move, the details finely carved, signature on the body 10 in. (25.4 cm.) long