A FINE AND RARE BRONZE OKIMONO, SIGNED JOUN | MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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May 15, 02:31 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
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A FINE AND RARE BRONZE OKIMONO, SIGNED JOUN
MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the finely patinated bronze model of a group of crabs in shibuichi, inlaid shakudo eyes, on a rocky outcrop, signed on an inset tablet Joun, inner and outer fitted wood boxes
19 x 29.5 cm., 7½ x 11⅝ in.
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With a record of a sale in Japan from the Watanabe family and another anonymous family, December 1936 (see image above)