ID 726874
Lot 86 | A BRONZE SCULPTURE OF EELS
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
TAISHO-SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHIHO SAKU (WATANABE SHIHO; 1896-?)
The sculpture in the shape of a pair of swimming eels with fluid outlines, finely patinated in black; signature on underside of the small eel
10 5⁄8 in. (27 cm.) long
With original wood box signed Shiho saku and sealed Shiho
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Showa period, Taisho period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Showa period, Taisho period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures |
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