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A wood okimono of two rabbits By Kawashima Yuzo, dated 1929 image 1
A wood okimono of two rabbits By Kawashima Yuzo, dated 1929 image 2
Lot 312*

A wood okimono of two rabbits
By Kawashima Yuzo, dated 1929

11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £4,000

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A wood okimono of two rabbits

By Kawashima Yuzo, dated 1929
Naturalistically modelled on a semi-circular base, the buck standing on its hind quarters with its front paws raised, about to mount the doe lying still on the ground, the front of the base with chiselled signature Yuzo saku; with tomobako titled Hiyori (a sunny day), dated and signed by the artist on the inside of the lid Showa yo-nen shun-jitsu, Kawashima Yuzo saku (in the Spring of Showa 4 [1929], made by Kawashima Yuzo) with seal. 19cm x 21.6cm (7½in x 8½in). (2).

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木彫置物 日和 川島雄三 昭和4年(1929年)

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