Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1032
λ A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN ELEPHANT BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £500
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Description
λ A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN ELEPHANT BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
The pachyderm standing four-square and with its trunk raised, its tusks in ivory and signed to the belly Seiya saku for Genryusai Seiya, together with a wooden base, 34.5cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly a Russian private collection, and thence by descent.