Antique Japanese Meiji Bronze Elephant Fighting Tigers Okimono Statue Sig. Genryusai Seiya 誠谷作

Antique Japanese Bronze OkimonoElephant Fighting Two TigersSig: Genryusai Seiya Saku Circa: Showa, early 1900s'H 9 in.(23cm), W 11.5 in.(29cm), D 7 in.(18cm)MEASUREMENT INCLUDES 1.75"" H BURLWOOD PEDESTALCondition: Excellent! This Meiji period bronze of two tigers attacking an elephant exemplifies the sublime aesthetics of Japanese culture and art. Anatomically accurate, muscles flexed in ferocious movements. With its exquisitely modeled elephant head, its trunk raised and jaws agape, with tusks about to stab the tiger underfoot, while shaking off another tiger grabbed hold of its back in a live and dead struggle. The elephant's hide is realistically rendered with trunk and ears in glossy contrast to its rough skin textures. The tiger's stripes are bronze tinted with a polished copper surface, while the spaces between the stripes are matte. The technique to achieve this effect was first with the initial polishing, then resist was applied to the polished surface, and the matte areas we