Vintage Italian 18k Yellow Gold Jizai Okimono-Style Crayfish Figure

Name: Vintage Italian 18k Yellow Gold Jizai Okimono-Style Crayfish Figure
Brand: 100 Ways
SKU: 9085-05-O
Price: 30400.00 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Estimated Retail Price $57,600 CAD

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This golden crayfish model was made in Italy. It is inspired by the Japanese Jizai Okimono style (literally translating to free-moving decorative object). It has semi-realistic range of motion, beautiful carving and is mostly hollow.

Essential Details

Materials: 18K Yellow Gold
Weight: 162.6g
Length: 200.0mm
Width: 100.0mm
Key Features: Animal / Fish / Hand-Carved / Kinetic

Historical Details

Brand

100 Ways Pre-Loved

Place of Origin

Italy

Era

Vintage

Stamps & Hallmarks

Hallmark Info: This piece was assayed in Naples, Italy, c. 1944-1968.

jizai okimono (literally "free decorative object") is a famous Japanese Arts of creating articulated metal figures typically with moveable bodies, arms, legs and even antennas. Jizai okimono were first made in the mid-Edo period (1615-1868). Source

All the parts of the Crayfish are moveable. Eyes are decorative black paste.