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Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art has dated this Bronze Turtle Okimono to the 19th Century.
Signed on the base, Nogami Ryuki, within a square seal. Measures 23cm x 16.5cm x 9cm high (9in x 6½in x 3½in), weight 1.45kg.
The artist Nogami Ryuki graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Art, examples of his works (turtles) can be found at his graduate University and also at the Tokyo National Museum (grasshopper and rice plants). He exhibited several bronze works of kame (turtles) at the Paris Great Exhibition in 1900. Ryuki studied bronze casting under Oshima Joun (1858-1940), one of the most notable metal craftsmen of the Meiji era, who was a professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Art.
Excellent condition with minor loss to the medium size turtle’s tail.
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Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art has dated this Bronze Turtle Okimono to the 19th Century.
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Japanese Meiji Bronze Okimono of Three Turtles by Nogami Ryuki
