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ANTIQUE #SA1157076

Magnificent Japanese Taisho (1920s) Bronze Horse Sculpture, Kunio Itō

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Superb Japanese Taisho (early 20thC) bronze horse ‘Silent Horse’ by Kunio Itō (1880-1970), depicted standing foursquare on a rectangular rocky base. Signed on the base. Ca. 37cm long x 32cm high x 10.5cm deep, weight 4.9kg.
 
Excellent condition and patina.
 
Born in Iwate Prefecture, Kunio Itō devoted his life to the creation of horse statues, exhibiting with the Bunten National Exhibition and the Exhibition of the National Art Society, among others. His work ‘Rush of a Gun Carriage’ (horses pulling a gun carriage through the mud) is held in the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, while his sculpture of the Meiji Emperor’s Horse stands among 700 cherry trees in Atago Park (Noheji), Aomori prefecture, and two large sculptures of a horse and a horse with its foal are in the grounds of the Hokkaido Agricultural School.
 
Internal Reference: AD1198
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1157076
Dateline of this antique is 1920
Height is 32cm (12.6inches)
Width is 37cm (14.6inches)
Depth is 10.5cm (4.1inches)
Antique SA1157076 shown on this page was made in 1920. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1920
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