An eye catching Japanese Okimono bronze study of a crayfish with very fine intricate hand finished surface detail and good rich brown colour, signed to underside of tail
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Length: 48 cm
Width: 31 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1910
Materials: Bronze
SKU: 8901
ABOUT
Japanese Okimono Okimono is a Japanese term meaning “ornament for display; objet d’art; decorative object”, typically displayed in a tokonoma “alcove” or butsudan “Buddhist altar”.The Japanese okimono compounds oku “put; place; set; lay out; assign; station; leave” and mono “thing; object; article”. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the loanword okimono, “A standing ornament or figure, especially one put in a guest room of a house”, and records the first usage in 1886 by William Anderson. Japanese okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to, but larger than netsuke. Unlike netsuke, which had a specific purpose, Japanese okimono were purely decorative and were displayed in the tokonoma. During the Meiji period many Japanese okimono were made for export to the west.
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Internal Reference: 8901
Antique Number: SA974798
Dateline of this antique is 1910
Height is 18cm (7.1inches)
Width is 31cm (12.2inches)
Depth is 41cm (16.1inches)
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