Japanese Ivory Lobster Okimono

By Yamazaki Nankai, Late Meiji Period (1868-1912)

naturalistically carved and fully articulated, the eyes stained, signed in a red oval seal ‘Nankai’, with custom made box

Measurements:: length 44 cm
Provenance:: The Collection of a Gentleman, Sydney
Labels:: Cf. for comparison an almost identical lobster illustrated in the Shoto Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue, The History of Ivory Carvings, Tokyo, 1996, p.119