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29 | OSHIMA JOUN: AN EXCEPTIONAL
FRAMED BRONZE PICTURE OF SHOKI
By Oshima Joun (1858-1940), signed Joun
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

A masterfully crafted bronze portrait of Shoki. The demon queller is
shown stern-faced with bushy furrowed brows and with long flaring
beard and hair, both minutely incised. The top of his robe is inlaid
in silver with a keyfret pattern. The circular bronze picture is framed
by a fabric mounting and a hardwood frame. Signed within an inlaid
rectangular reserve JOUN.

Oshima Joun (1858-1940) was a professor at Tokyo School
of Art from 1887 until 1932 and is regarded as one of the
most celebrated bronze-casters of the late nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries. He exhibited at several of the great
international expositions of the era, including Paris (1900), St. Louis
(1904) and London (1910).
SIZE picture only 26.5 x 22.6 cm, SIZE total 48.7 x 37.6 cm

Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear to silver
inlay and tiny nicks to the bronze.
Provenance: British collection.
Estimate EUR 8,000
Starting price EUR 4,000

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