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Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art has dated this Japanese Bronze Horse Sculpture to the 1920s.
Signed at the base. 23cm high x 27cm wide x 7.5cm deep, weight 2.6kg.
Very good condition and patina.
Ikeda Yuhachi was born on Shikoku Island in 1886. He studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts as a student of Fumio Asakura and received a bronze medal at the Tokyo Industrial Exposition in 1907. He exhibited regularly in the Bunten Exhibition – where his horse bronze won a first prize in 1909 – and was a judge for the Teiten Exhibition in 1920. His notable bronze works include Statue of Prince Yasuhiko of Asaka on Horseback and Pilgrimage to Shinzan Shrine.
Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art has dated this Japanese Bronze Horse Sculpture to the 1920s.
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Excellent Japanese Taisho/showa (1920-30s) Bronze Horse, Ikeda Yuhachi
