Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 95
A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A TIGER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £650
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Description
A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A TIGER
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
The feline standing four-square and baring its fangs in a snarl, the eyes inset in glass and with the stripes on its back naturalistically depicted, the belly signed Tadamitsu, in an inscribed tomobako wood box, 50cm. (2)
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.