Width: 25cms
Height: 45cms
Date: 1868 - 1912
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Product Code: KPOK21
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A beautifull sculpted Bronze Okimono of a Bison (also known as an American Buffalo) on a well-matched hard wood stand. This piece dates from the reign of Emperor Meiji, 1868 – 1912.
Signed to the belly.
Condition: Excellent
Bison in Japan
The Bison is not native to Japan and has never been introduced there, there are two similar species the American also known as the buffalo and the European. The first mounted specimen of an American Bison was brought to Japan in the Meiji Period, and there would have been etchings and paintings available for the artist to work from.
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