As part of our Japanese works of art collection we are delighted to offer this magnificent and large fully articulated ivory Lobster Okimono, the Crustacean complete in his original double Tomobako for safe keeping, the artist Nankai has rendered this carving in such high detail and has signed it beneath the tail, the eyes are stained in a gold lacquer for effect, the moving components are incredibly complex and too numerous to fully count, the Lobster lays safely in his original Tomobako which in turn is protected by an outer Tomobako, the inner box nicely signed and transcribes to read Zoge Sei, Oebi Ikko, (one ivory Lobster), Sakurai Sosai Saku, with two red seals , I have seen numerous articulated crustaceans over the years and as you might imagine a lot of them have suffered significant damages from mishandling ,due in part due to the obvious fragility , this Lobster is even accompanied by an original stamped certificate from the commissioning dealer, I would suggest that it has s...