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A PAIR OF SILVER SCULPTURES OF A STAG AND A DOE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), EACH SIGNED TAKATOSHI
SAKU (FUJII TAKATOSHI), STAG SIGNED KINSHODO ZO (MADE BY
KINSHODO)
The silver standing stag and seated doe dynamically cast and chiseled,
the bodies inlaid with gold, the eyes embellished with inlaid copper
and shakudo, the hooves in shibuichi, the stag with removable gilt
bronze antlers, each signed to the undersides Takatoshi saku and
on one hoof of the stag Kinshodo zo; lacquered base decorated in
hiramaki-e and inlaid mother-of-pearl with maple leaves
Stag: 15¬ in (39.7 cm.) tall, 11 in. (27.9 cm.) long
Doe: 6º in. (15.9 cm.) tall, 8√ in. (22.5 cm.) long
With wood boxes, titled Ginsei ojika (Silver stag) or Ginsei mejika
(Silver doe), inscriped Senko Takatoshi saku (Made by my deceased
father Takatoshi), signed Fujii Takayoshi and sealed Takayoshi (2)
$40,000-60,000