λ A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The pachyderm fending off the attack of two tigers, its front leg lifted and about to crush one feline whilst the other clambers upon its back, with ivory tusks and inscribed to the belly Seiya zo for Genryusai Seiya, together with a wood base, 28.5cm wide. (2) Provenance: formerly a Russian private collection, and thence by descent.
λ A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO BY GENRYUSAI SEIYA MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The pachyderm fending off the attack of two tigers, its front leg lifted and about to crush one feline whilst the other clambers upon its back, with ivory tusks and inscribed to the belly Seiya zo for Genryusai Seiya, together with a wood base, 28.5cm wide. (2) Provenance: formerly a Russian private collection, and thence by descent.
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