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Subject:Japanese Samurai Bronze
Posted By: jay Wed, Apr 08, 2015 IP: 182.69.163.179

Hello Everyone! need help with the age and artist of this very imposing bronze samurai(signatures and picture attached). The bronze is 84 cms tall. Would really appreciate the help, Thanks in advance!





Subject:Re: Japanese Samurai Bronze
Posted By: jay Fri, Apr 10, 2015

Kindly help me read the signatures please! And if anone can throw some light on the artist, period, school etc, itll be a great help!

Subject:Re: Japanese Samurai Bronze
Posted By: Joe B. Fri, Apr 17, 2015

It appears to be a relatively modern lost-wax knock-off in Japanese style, but made in China. It's nice, but only as a large decorative piece. The Chinese are flooding the market with modern bronzes in all types of East, Southeast, and South Asian styles. This one is a bit larger than most, possibly because it's a bit older (1980s?), from before the flood gates opened. If you're wondering how I can tell; it's from the marble base and the modern tooling, especially where the metal was ground away for the writing ("signature"). Truly old Japanese bronzes have separate root wood bases that are often missing. Marble is never used and the metal is never tooled away to add anything.


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