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A RARE BRONZE OF KINTARO WRESTLING A BEAR
奥地利 北京时间
12月06日 下午5点 开拍 / 12月04日 下午3点 截止委托
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A RARE BRONZE OF KINTARO WRESTLING A BEAR

Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

A rare patinated bronze statue of Kintaro, the legendary child folklore hero, here in a sumo match with a huge bear. Kintaro wears a loincloth as he exhibits an ottsuke (arm clamp-down) with bent elbows, thrusting up into his opponent’s armpit, thus blocking the huge animals attack and stopping it from effectively using his arms. Kintaro is highlighted in a copper-brown patina while the bear is dark brown, almost black, with neatly incised detail to its fur. Signed with a seal to the back of Kintaro’s loincloth.

HEIGHT 24.4 cm
WEIGHT 10,164 g

Condition: Excellent condition with only minor surface wear.

The legends agree that even as a toddler, Kintaro was active and indefatigable, plump and ruddy, wearing only a bib with the kanji for “gold” on it. His friends were mainly the animals of Mounts Kintoki and Ashigara. He was also phenomenally strong, able to smash rocks into pieces, uproot trees, and bend trunks like twigs. Several tales tell of Kintaro’s adventures, fighting monsters and oni, beating bears in sumo wrestling, and helping the local woodcutters fell trees.

Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related bronze of Kintaro sumo wrestling with a bear, by Hiromitsu, Meiji period, 29 x 26.5 cm, at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 29 November 2019, Vienna, lot 13 (sold for EUR 8,848).

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拍品估价:2,000 - 4,000 欧元 起拍价格:2,000 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00% 服务费:平台服务费为成交总金额(含佣金)的3%,最低200元

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