An iron articulated sculpture of a lobster Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Kiyoharu (Myochin Kiyoharu) The iron lobster constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, the body bends and the eyes, antennae, limbs, fins and legs move, the details finely carved and chiseled, signature on one of limbs 11 ? in. (28.6 cm.) long With double wood boxes
An iron articulated sculpture of a lobster Edo period (18th-19th century), signed Kiyoharu (Myochin Kiyoharu) The iron lobster constructed of numerous hammered plates jointed inside the body, the body bends and the eyes, antennae, limbs, fins and legs move, the details finely carved and chiseled, signature on one of limbs 11 ? in. (28.6 cm.) long With double wood boxes