Page 248 - Fine Japanese Art Bonhams London May 2018

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A BRONZE OKIMONO GROUP OF FUGEN BOSATSU
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Conventionally modelled, the bodhisattva (detachable) seated in a
meditative pose with one leg crossed and the thumb and finger of
each hand joined, the right hand raised and the left hand lowered on
the back of a sumptuously caparisoned and bejewelled recumbent
elephant; unsigned. The figure: 32cm x 18cm (12½in x 7in);
the elephant: 41cm x 50cm (16 1/8in x 19 5/8in). (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800

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A BRONZE OKIMONO OF A PLUMP PUPPY
By Nakahara Tsunenobu, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Naturalistically modelled with its head lowered playing with a stalk of
bamboo held in its mouth, signed beneath with chiselled characters
Tsunenobu saku; with a wooden storage box, inscribed inside the
cover Nagato no kuni Hagi no ju, Nakahara Tsunenobu saku, Inukoro
take chokoku (sculpture of a puppy and a bamboo, made by Nakahara
Tsunenobu, living in Hagi, Nagato Province [present-day Yamaguchi
Prefecture]). 12.5cm x 19cm (4 7/8in x 7½in). (2).
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£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

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