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Genryusai Seiya
A Large Japanese Bronze Group of an Elephant And Tigers
£16,000
A Large Japanese Bronze Group of an Elephant And Tigers, By Genryusai Seiya. Signed in hiragana script 'Seiya Zo'. This large figural group is naturalistically...
Dimensions
Height: 74 cm (30 in)Width: 56 cm (23 in)
Depth: 46 cm (19 in)
PrintDescription
A Large Japanese Bronze Group of an Elephant And Tigers, By Genryusai Seiya.
Signed in hiragana script ‘Seiya Zo’.
This large figural group is naturalistically cast with a finely chased bull elephant fighting off two fierce tigers. The elephants tusks of carved wood.
Japanese, Meiji Period, (Circa 1890).
Date
Meiji Period, (Circa 1890).
Origin
Japan
Medium
Patinated Bronze
Signature
Signed in hiragana script 'Seiya Zo'.
Genryusai Seiya was one of the most prominent Japanese bronze artists of the Meiji period. His workshop specialised in export wares of the highest quality, including human genre figures, vases and exotic bronze models of animals.
It was for the naturalistic depiction of exotic animals that he is most celebrated, probably influenced by the opening of the Tokyo Zoological Gardens in 1882. His figures realistically cast and filled with dynamic potential.
