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Gyoko-Saku Bronze Mandarin Ducks couple
- Bronze
Description
A pair of Mandarin ducks in bronze, lacquer and Shakudo, perched on a wooden base carved with flowering rocks and lotuses; the female admires the male, high up, wearing a cartouche on his belly, signed Gyoko-Saku .
Akasofu Gyoko lived in Tokyo, his factory producing cast metalwork for export. His given name was Sotojiro and he is recorded as a member of the Tokyo Chukinkai (Tokyo Cast Metalworkers’ Association) in the second half of the Meiji period.
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Gyoko-Saku Bronze Mandarin Ducks couple
- Bronze
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