ID 726918 
Lot 87  | A PAIR OF SILVER SCULPTURES OF A STAG AND A DOE
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000 
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED TAKATOSHI SAKU (FUJII TAKATOSHI), STAG SIGNED KINSHODO ZO (MADE BY KINSHODO)
The silver standing stag and seated doe dynamically cast and chiseled, the bodies inlaid with gold, the eyes embellished with inlaid copper and shakudo, the hooves in shibuichi, the stag with removable gilt bronze antlers, each signed to the undersides Takatoshi saku and on one hoof of the stag Kinshodo zo; lacquered base decorated in hiramaki-e and inlaid mother-of-pearl with maple leaves
Stag: 15 5⁄8 in (39.7 cm.) tall, 11 in. (27.9 cm.) long
Doe: 6 1⁄4 in. (15.9 cm.) tall, 8 7⁄8 in. (22.5 cm.) long
With wood boxes, titled Ginsei ojika (Silver stag) or Ginsei mejika (Silver doe), inscriped Senko Takatoshi saku (Made by my deceased father Takatoshi), signed Fujii Takayoshi and sealed Takayoshi
| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
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| Medium: | Silver | 
| Historical era: | Meiji period, Taisho period | 
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures | 
| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
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| Medium: | Silver | 
| Historical era: | Meiji period, Taisho period | 
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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