A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO CRAB WITH ARTICULATED CLAWS AND LE...

Hammer

£150

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO CRAB WITH ARTICULATED CLAWS AND LEGS, Meiji period, brown patina, unmarked, with three loose lower limbs on one side and one loose limb to the other, approx. 8cm x 21cm, together with a set of eight Japanese Satsuma pottery Meiji period coffee cups and saucers, each cup and saucer individually painted with birds, bear brown and gilt seal marks to the undersides, one cup has been broken in half and has a glued repair, one saucer has a rim chip to the front (Condition report: Crab and 4 loose limbs, 8 cups and 8 saucers) (Condition report: bronze crab has four loose limbs, a few patches of wear to the patina, specific damage to ceramics mentioned in the description, otherwise they are generally have staining and crazing)