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MYOCHIN: A SUPERB IRON JIZAI OKIMONO OF A PRAWN
奥地利 北京时间
12月06日 下午5点 开拍 / 12月04日 下午3点 截止委托
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MYOCHIN: A SUPERB IRON JIZAI OKIMONO OF A PRAWN

By a member of the Myochin family, signed Myochin
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

The crustacean realistically modeled and skillfully constructed with a russet-iron body forged and hammered to naturalistically represent the shell’s texture, the tail with seven sections and movable fins, all invisibly joined so that the body bends, the claws open, and the legs, eyes, and antennae move. Signed to the side MYOCHIN.

LENGTH 25 cm
WEIGHT 61.4 g

Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and expected stiffness to some joints.
Provenance: From a noted private collection.

The basic principle of Japanese armor is its flexibility, being composed of a great number of small, lacquered metal plates laced together in rows allowing freedom of movement. It is this freedom which gave rise to the word jizai to describe jizai okimono, or articulated ornaments. The subjects of the jizai okimono makers are chiefly dragons, snakes, crustaceans, birds, insects – any such creatures whose articulating feathers and scales protect them from harm, as do indeed the articulating components of a Japanese armor. Meticulously constructed with hammered plates of iron, these articulated figures were greatly sought after for decorative use and were the object of entertainment and discussion.

The Myochin family was the most successful of the numerous dynasties of professional armorers that originated in late-medieval Japan. In the Edo period (1615-1868) the family opened branches not just in the major cities but also in the chief towns of many provincial fiefs where they turned out vast quantities of cuirasses, helmets, face masks, and other components that were needed for samurai armor. Myochin craftsmen were highly accomplished in using tiny rivets to join multiple iron plates, creating protection that was both relatively light and highly flexible; over time, they repurposed their skills to make ingenious and astonishingly lifelike articulated models of snakes, fishes, crustaceans, and insects. While early examples were purchased by the Myochin family's established senior samurai clientele, during the Meiji era they caught the attention of foreign buyers and earned praise from Japanese semi-official commentators such as a writer for Bijutsu Gaho (The Magazine of Art) who drew attention in 1894 to one example's “[…] aptitude […] in wrought or hammered iron […] beautiful execution and tone of color given to the material, alone, not to say anything about the ingenious arrangement.”

Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related iron articulated model of a prawn, signed Myochin Munenaga, dated 18th-19th century, 25.4 cm long, at Christie’s, An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese & Korean Art, 25 April 2017, New York, lot 67 (sold for USD 22,500).

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