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* JAPAN, Meiji period (1868–1912)
A significant group in pat…
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60
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* JAPAN, Meiji period (1868–1912)
A significant group in pat…
See original version (French)
Estimate €3,000 - €4,000
Voluntary lot
Description
* JAPAN, Meiji period (1868–1912)
A significant group in patinated and partially gilded bronze depicting an armoured elephant supporting a pagoda. The elephant is depicted standing on a rocky terrace, its trunk raised, richly adorned with decorative motifs in relief and bearing an imposing howdah-style canopy surmounted by a tall, tiered pagoda with curved roofs. The architecture is finely openwork and animated by figures and suspended bells, with the upper section featuring a large dragon whose body is rendered in high relief.
Resting on a black-lacquered quadrangular plinth.
148 x 70 x 38 cm
(A few minor chips on the plinth).
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