Lot 292 A Japanese bronze okimono group of elephants with fitted wood stand

A Japanese bronze okimono group of elephants with fitted wood stand

Meiji period

GBP 1,400

Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000

9.5 - 30cm long, the wood stand, 102cm long, 41cm high, 40cm deep

A small elephant missing two tusks, another two missing one tusk, one with a tusk broken and glued back, one with a broken tusk. Wear to the wood stand, and minor cracks in wood, tarnish to metal commensurate with age.
Weight: 29kg including wood stand.

A Japanese bronze okimono group of elephants with fitted wood stand
Meiji period
A naturalistically modelled group of ten elephants inlaid with ivory tusks, arranged as a family herd ascending a slope with a sequence of young calves progressing uphill towards the leading adult elephant, the elephants 9.5 - 30cm long, the wood stand, 102cm long, 41cm high, 40cm deep (11).
Ivory exemption certificate: UB6K8ARJ
以下内容由AI翻译：
【名称】
明治时期日本铜象群摆件及木座
【年代】
明治时期
【描述】
一件配有木座的日本铜象群摆件
明治时期
一组自然造型的十只大象，象牙镶嵌，排列成一个家族群体，沿着斜坡向上行走，小象依次向领头的大象前进，大象长度为9.5至30厘米，木座长102厘米，高41厘米，深40厘米（11件）。
象牙豁免证书编号：UB6K8ARJ
【品相】
一个小象缺少两只象牙，另外两个各缺少一只象牙，一个象牙断裂后重新粘合，一个象牙断裂。木座有磨损，轻微裂纹，金属部分因年代久远而有锈蚀。
重量：包括木座共29公斤。