A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN ELEPHANT

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN ELEPHANT

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The pachyderm standing four-square and with its head slightly turned to the right, the rough texture of its thick skin realistically depicted and with a benevolent expression, signed underneath one foot, possibly Izumi, together with a wood stand, 38cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection acquired circa 1900 and thence by descent.