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Important Bronze Hawk Okimono, Oshima Joun browse these categories for related items... All Items: Hidden:Viewable: Pre 1920: item # 946195 Please refer to our stock # MOR2704 when inquiring.
The Kura 16-1 ShimoWakakusa-Cho Murasakino Kita-ku Kyoto 603-8234 tel.81-75-432-6980 Guest Book POR |
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| A hawk alights cautiously on the gnarled end of a ragged plum, a sparrow clutched screaming in one vicious talon; a rare opportunity to acquire a bronze by one of the Meiji periods true masters, Oshima Joun (1858-1940). The okimono is entirely performed in dark olive patina, with only the sharp gold rimmed eyes gleaming from the hunched form. It is 15 inches (38 cm) tall, 12 inches (30.5 cm) wide and roughly 9 inches (23 cm) deep, weighing 10.5 kg (23 pounds); in excellent condition. Oshima Joun was professor at the Tokyo Art School from 1887 to 1932. His works were selected to represent Japan at the World Exposition in Paris (1900). There is a dearth of information available, specifically, for more on this artist see Victor Harris, Japanese Imperial Craftsmen, Meiji Art from the Khalili Collection (London, 1994) and or Arts of the East and West from World Expositions (2004). | |||||||||||||||
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