Feine Bronzegruppe mit Darstellung von einem Tiger im Kampf mit einem Krokodil Japan, sign,; Sano Takachika, Japan, Meiji-Periode L. 68 cm / 11.7 kg Aus einer alten norddeutschen Privatsammlung, seit ca. 1900 im Familienbesitz Der Künstler Sano Takachika 佐野隆親 war Mitglied der Tokyo Chokokai und stellte 1894 auf der Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai aus. Er arbeitete auch für die kaiserliche Familie und ist in der M. Tomkinson Collection "A Japanese collection" 1898 sowie in der Khalil Collection verzeichnet. Minim. berieben

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