Yamakawa Kōji II (1860-1930), A Japanese study of silver cranes on a rock by Yamakawa Koji, Circa 1910. Photo courtesy Grace Tsumugi Fine Art.

A Japanese study of a pair of silver cranes standing on a rock; the birds decorated in shakudō, copper, gold, and shibuichi; bronze base; hardwood stand of suhama (seashore) form. Signed underneath one of the cranes on a silver plaque: Ishikawa-ken Kaga no kuni Kanazawa jū Yamakawa Kōji kinsaku (Respectfully made by Yamakawa Kōji of Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, Kaga Province); the wood stand signed Tatsuo kintō (Respectfully carved by Tatsuo) with a kaō; the lacquered wood tomobako inscribed Sōkaku okimono (Okimono of a pair of cranes). 43.4 × 37.1 × 25.6 cm (17 1/8 × 14 5/8 × 10 1/8 in.)

Exhibition: Similar Example Tokyo Taisho Exhibition, 1914, a version of this subject executed in ivory by the sculptor Kaneda Kenjirō

Grace Tsumugi Fine Art. MasterArt at TEFAF 2014. 14-23 march 2014 - http://www.masterart.com/ – avec Youssef Ammar.