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Two standing Japanese bronze sculptures of a Samurai and Bijin, Edo period (1603-1868).

Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK
1 780 - 2 220 EUR
1 840 - 2 290 USD
Hammer price
20 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
Two standing Japanese bronze sculptures of a Samurai and Bijin, Edo period (1603-1868).

Cast with elaborated decoration to their robes with cranes and phoenix birds amidst cloud formations. Height 42-43 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

The Collection of Arne Nilsson, Sandviken. Purchased at Wiréns Antikhandel, Stockholm 11/9 1990.

Literature

Soames; Jenyns, Japanse porcelain: Figures of Bijin, have been popular and are often made in porcelain from the late 17th Century and onwards. Compare porcelain ones at pl 63.B.