Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1007
A JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE OKIMONO OF TWO GEESE BY CHIKAYOSHI
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1600
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Description
A JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE OKIMONO OF TWO GEESE BY CHIKAYOSHI
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY
Both realistically rendered, their beaks, eyes and legs picked out in gilt, one leaning forward whilst the other stretches out its neck and flaps its wings, the taller one with a rectangular cartouche underneath reading Chikayoshi saku, the birds raised on a black lacquer stand, 30cm overall. (3)