Collection Rochas, Le bestiaire rêvé

Collection Rochas, Le bestiaire rêvé

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An impressive copper-alloy articulated giant lobster, Japan, Meiji period

Estimate

6,000 - 10,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

signed Kako (Suzuki Chokichi, 1848–1919), the body and limbs fully articulated


Length 55 cm ; 21⅝ in.

Collection Hélène Rochas, Paris, prior to 1976

And thence by descent

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