Japanese Works of Art - 12th November 2019
Lot 229
A JAPANESE SET OF TWELVE HIRADO ZODIAC ANIMALS MEIJI PERIOD
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £320
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Description
A JAPANESE SET OF TWELVE HIRADO ZODIAC ANIMALS
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Including the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the chicken, the dog and the pig, most animals depicted reclining, the dragon coiling around a large rock, each with a Sotheby's label, 8.5cm max. (12)
Provenance: purchased from Sotheby's London, 28th March 1995, lot 296.