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| Keywords: Hidemitsu - Crab - Walters 541365.jpg This crab is so life-like that one would think it was cast from life; however evidence of tool marks made in the original model raise the possibility that this is essentially an artistic interpretation However individual parts may have been cast indirectly from dead specimens and then worked up; the use of a punch tool on the shells is very clear Little is known about this artist except that he cast his signature on the underside He is assumed to have worked at about the same time as Seimin Perhaps he set out to demonstrate his virtuosity by competing with life casting ca 1818 1843 late Edo cast bronze cm 21 9 accession number 54 1365 10596 William T Walters Baltimore before 1884 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1884 hidemitsu chu; Translation Cast by Hidemitsu The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Art of Japan in the Walters Art Museum Media from the Walters Art Museum no creator template Bronze statuettes Bronze statues of animals Crabs in art | ||||
