Three metal articulated creatures


Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa era (1926-1989), 20th centuryComprising two spiny lobsters, one assembled from hammered sheets of silver and the other from copper, the first signed on its belly Hiroyoshi and Jungin (Pure silver), with a wood tomobako storage box titled, signed and sealed by the artist, 16cm (6¼in) long with retracted antennae; the copper lobster signed on its belly Myochin Muneyuki saku, with a wooden tomobako storage box, titled Ebi (Spiny lobster) and signed Myochin Muneyuki saku with two seals, 21cm (8¼in) long with retracted antennae, the third a mantis, naturalistically rendered, signed on its belly Hiroyoshi, 8.5cm (3¼in) long. (5).