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Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作
Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作

Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作

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Antique Japanese Bronze Okimono

Elephant

Fighting Two Tigers

Sig: Genryusai Seiya Saku Circa: Showa, early 1900s'
H 9 in.(23cm), W 11.5 in.(29cm), D 7 in.(18cm)
MEASUREMENT INCLUDES 1.75"" H BURLWOOD PEDESTAL

Condition: Excellent!

This Meiji period bronze of two tigers attacking an elephant exemplifies the sublime aesthetics of Japanese culture and art. Anatomically accurate, muscles flexed in ferocious movements. With its exquisitely modeled elephant head, its trunk raised and jaws agape, with tusks about to stab the tiger underfoot, while shaking off another tiger grabbed hold of its back in a live and dead struggle. The elephant's hide is realistically rendered with trunk and ears in glossy contrast to its rough skin textures. The tiger's stripes are bronze tinted with a polished copper surface, while the spaces between the stripes are matte. The technique to achieve this effect was first with the initial polishing, then resist was applied to the polished surface, and the matte areas were created using a corrosive. The hand-scripted signature Genryusai Seiya Saku 誠谷作 on the elephant belly indicates this is an earlier work of the master, respectively. This original okimono comes with a gorgeous antique burlwood pedestal. Overall, it is in excellent condition.

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*Authenticity Guaranteed. BuddhaMuseum specializes in temples and family-worshipped Buddhist arts. We guarantee that all artifacts are genuine as described. It is our policy never to list fakes as genuine deliberately.