ID 965031
Lot 8 | TWO JAPANESE PATINATED-BRONZE MODELS OF MYTHICAL BEASTS
Estimate value
£ 800 – 1 200
SHOWA PERIOD (1926-1989), ONE DATED 1942
One a censer, the beast with removable section to back and with paw resting on a cut-glass orb, with etched design overall, the other in recumbent pose and with inscription to the underside in Japanese characters
The large beast: 9 in. (22.9 cm.) high; 9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.) wide; 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
The small beast: 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) longThe inscription reads 'Made in Showa 17' (1942).
Provenance
The small beast: Acquired from Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, March 2016.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Meiji period |
| Place of origin: | Eastern Asia, Japan, Asia |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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