Japan Meiji Era, Astonishing Flayed Salmon Devoured By Rats, Signed

An astonishing object which is really out of the ordinary!
dating from the Meiji era and dated on the back on the tail of the fish: January 14, 1890, it cannot be ignored! it is the skin of a very finely made and chopped salmon which is nibbled by 6 rats !!!
take a good look at the photos and you can see the 6 rats busy enjoying the leftovers of a meal.
it is a very beautiful copper with silver reflections of high quality and worked on both sides.
one recognizes very well the mouth of the salmon attacked by links and whose fillets have been cut revealing the central ridge.
it is necessary to note just after the fin of the head the presence of the cut flesh that the artist rendered by concentric circles.
the anatomy of skinned salmon is fully respected. meanwhile 6 thieving rats are eating the remains of the fish.
the details are surprising, we can see the hairs on the fur of the rats.
on the back the artist left in relief an ikebana and a peach.
the whole is of high quality and the silver reflections give a lot of spirit to this object, perhaps a very beautiful empty pocket.
above the head a cartouche in which we can see a signature in hiragana.
the whole is perhaps linked to a Japanese legend, rats being often a symbol of prosperity. And don't forget that rats in Japan are a symbol of luck !
a very beautiful high quality Japanese salmon skinned copper dated 1890.
a beautiful collector's item.
dimensions: 27.5 cm long by 7 cm wide and 1.5 cm thick.
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