An articulated iron model of a spiny lobster


By the Myochin workshop, Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th centuryAssembled from hammered sheets of iron with fully articulated tail and limbs, the surface worked to resemble the natural shell, signed on the underside Myochin; with a wooden storage box inscribed on the cover Myochin saku Ebi okimono (A spiny lobster okimono, made by Myochin). 20.5cm (8in) long with retracted antennae (2).