This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/28/2019
Pair of Kobe Wooden Automatons. Japan: mid-Meija era, ca. 1890/1900s. Mechanical ebonized wooden toys featuring two men, each on platforms, dicing and eating watermelon. A knob is turned back-and-forth moving each figure in opposite directions of one another. Height 5”. Minor split to wooden platform, some surface wear to melons. Working.