325 - ŌMORI MITSUMOTO (KOGEN, ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY-EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

ŌMORI MITSUMOTO (KOGEN, ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY-EARLY 20TH CENTURY) LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE GROUP OF ELEPHANT AND ALIGATOR OKIMONO, MEIJI PERIOD 明治 大森光元 ‘大森光元作’款 大型銅鑄象鬥鱷置物realistically rendered, depicting an elephant striding forwards with the trunk extended, front right leg stepping on an alligator in motion turned to its upper left fighting the former, the skins chiselled and carved in detail, the elephant with two ivory tusks, the tummy of the elephant with a six-character mark ‘Mitsumoto saku’ (Made by Mitsumoto), on a bespoke gnarled wooden stand 43cm high; 10.4kg Private Scottish collection蘇格蘭私人收藏 Compare to two bronze okimonos by the same artist in related animal-in-fight subject matter: one group of a tiger attacking a rhinoceros, sold at Bonhams London, 10 June 2024, lot 1165; the other a group of an ox and rhinoceros, sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2012, lot 338.Sold in compliance with UK Government and APHA regulations, with (non-transferable) exemption registration reference RAHUS9GA