A large bronze figure of an elephant by Genryusai Seya, Meiji Period

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

58 by 71cm., 22 7/8 by 28 in. including base

the elephant crying out in rage as he is under attack from two tigers, one clawing up his back, the other being trampled underfoot, its tusks of ivory, signed in archaic seal dai Nihon Genryusai Seiya zo, with separate wood stand

Provenance

Purchased at a country house sale in the UK in the 1960's