Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1034
A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF TORTOISES BY KOSE
Estimate £1,300 - £1,500
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Description
A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF TORTOISES BY KOSE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY
Both realistically cast, the larger animal with its right leg forward as if slowly stepping away, its young climbing on its side, a three-character mark incised underneath reading Kose saku, 17cm.