Fino grupo de bronce que representa a un tigre luchando contra un cocodrilo Japón, signo,; Sano Takachika, Japón, periodo Meiji L. 68 cm / 11,7 kg Procedente de una antigua colección privada del norte de Alemania, en propiedad de la familia desde aprox. 1900 El artista Sano Takachika 佐野隆親 fue miembro de la Chokokai de Tokio y expuso en la Nihon Bijutsu Kyokai en 1894. También trabajó para la familia imperial y figura en la Colección M. Tomkinson "A Japanese collection" 1898 y en la Colección Khalil. Mínimamente frotado

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