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Subject:Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Matthias Klemm Tue, Jul 19, 2016 IP: 85.4.89.7 Can anyone help and decipher the signature and symbol of this bronze elephant? The bronze should be from the Meiji period. |
Subject:Re: Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Guy Wed, Jul 20, 2016 Meiji bronze ca 1890-1900, sealed 'Kakuha sei' (角羽製) and 'Sano Takachika' (佐野 隆親). |
Subject:Re: Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Matthias Klemm Fri, Jul 22, 2016 Guy |
Subject:Re: Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Guy Sat, Jul 23, 2016 Matthias, |
Subject:Re: Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Guy Sun, Jul 24, 2016 Just adding that the bronze okimono of the elephant was designed by Sano Takachika and commissioned and cast by the Kakuha workshop in Yokohama. Kakuha commissioned also other sculptors. |
Subject:Re: Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Matthias Klemm Wed, Jul 27, 2016 Guy, |
Subject:Re: Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Guy Sat, Jul 30, 2016 Here is a link depicting an okimono of a peasant leading his buffalo bearing the seals of Kakuha and Sano Takachika. |
Subject:Re: Signature from a bronze elephant
Posted By: Matthias Klemm Wed, Aug 03, 2016 Thanks a lot Guy! Very nice artwork with the same seals. Very glad you found one! Thanks once more for all your help, it's very much appreciated. |
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