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A SILVER SCULPTURE OF FROLICKING TOADS ON A
LOTUS LEAF
MEIJI PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED JOUN (OSHIMA
JOUN; 1858-1940)
Naturalistically cast and carved as six frolicking toads on a large
lotus leaf, the details of the leaf fnely chiseled, incised signature on
underside
14¬ in. (37.1 cm.) long

HK$200,000-280,000 US$26,000-36,000

EXHIBITED
National Palace Museum, “The Arts and Cultures of Asia,” 2004.
cat. no. 56.

Oshima Joun was born in Edo and learned lost-wax casting under
his father. In 1881, he exhibited his collaborative work with
Takamura Koun (1852-1934) at the “Dainikai Naikoku Kangyo
Hakurankai” (The Second National Industrial Exposition). Joun
won a gold prize at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. He
gained a post at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1892.

明治時代 銀製荷葉蟾蜍 銘 如雲 (大島如雲 1858-1940）
六蟾蜍伏於荷葉，生動奇巧，饒富趣味，刻鑿精細，渾然天
成，底部銘款。
展覽
「異國風情-亞洲文物展」，臺北故宮博物院，2004年，
展覽圖錄展品編號56。

大島如雲為江戶人，自幼隨父研習蠟型鑄造。1881年與高村光
雲（1852-1934年）合展第二回內國勸業博覽會，個人作品在
1900年巴黎萬國博覽會勇奪金獎。大島自1892年起在東京美術
學校任教，歷時40逾年，作育英才無數。