Lot 260
EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE OKIMONO OF TWO TIGERS ATTACKING AN ELEPHANT
BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1900), MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
£5,500
Description
cast as a large bull elephant fending off two tigers, trying to stamp one tiger attacking him from the front, whilst the second tiger attacks from behind clambering over its back, the underside of the elephant marked Dai Nihon Genryusai Seiya tsukuru, supported on a wood stand
Dimensions
105cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection.
Note:
For a similar, but much smaller model, also by Genryusai Seiya, see Bonhams' sale in their New York rooms on 21.03.2018, lot 2216.