A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A TIGER

A JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A TIGER

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The feline baring its fangs in a snarl, its glass eyes menacingly fixed on an invisible prey before it; the big cat stands on a large base shaped as a rock with vegetation growing to the side, with an indistinct three character mark to the back of the stone, 50cm across. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset.