A Japanese Bronze Okimono of Two Tigers and A Bull
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Estimate$1,000 – $2,000
Status
Closed
A Japanese Bronze Okimono of Two Tigers and A Bull
BY JOZAN ZO, MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
powerfully cast with gruesome force to a show one tiger pinned beneath the bull's horns, while the other scales across the beast's muscular back in aid.
Width 17 3/4 in., 45 cm.
Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.