Japanese Works of Art - 20th May 2026
Lot 654
TWO JAPANESE BRONZE TIGERS BY WATANABE
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £445
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Description
TWO JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF TIGERS BY WATANABE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Both standing four-square with their mouths open in a snarl, the stripes on their backs realistically rendered, each signed Watanabe sei on the belly; with fitted wood bases carved as rockwork, both tigers 22cm. (4)