Offered by Mastromauro Japanese Art
An ivory okimono from the Tokyo School depicting a fully articulated study of a lobster. Housed in its original tomobako storage box.
Published in the volume Selezione 2024.
Unsigned Height: 23 cm | Width: 50 cm | Depth: 20 cm
Period: Meiji, circa 1900
An example of a fully articulated ivory lobster is recorded in the Shoto Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue The History of Ivory Carvings, Tokyo, 1996.