Fabulous Meiji Period Bronze Elephant
Fabulous Meiji Period Bronze Elephant
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A fabulous Meiji period bronze model of an elephant with ivory tusks.
circa 1890.
Price: £12,500.00
A Japanese bronze of a bull elephant with ivory tusks and a finely chased hide, the large mammal naturalistically rendered, walking forward with its trunk raised and its tusks inlaid in ivory, signed in a rectangular reserve Seiya saku for Genryusai Seiya, with separate hardwood base.
- Origin: Japan
- Gemstones and Other Materials: Bronze Ivory
- Dimensions: 21.60cm / 8½" With a base 3.10cm x 23.10cm / 1¼in x 9in
"Seiya saku" (made by Seiya)
Genryusai Seiya was a Japanese workshop specialized in high quality exotic bronze models of animals (tigers, elephants, crocodiles, bulls etc) but also human figures and vases, made for the export market, late 19th century (middle Meiji period).