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Bronze Shishi

SKU:B16070

$5,500.00 Sale price

Regular price $5,500.00

Rare pair of Japanese heavily cast bronze figures of leaping 'shishi' Buddhist guardian lions with boldly sculpted details and a rich natural verdigris patina from years of weather exposure in their original setting at the entrance to a shrine, late Edo - early Meiji period, c 1850-70

Dimensions: H 48cm x W 37cm x D 28cm




Rare pair of Japanese heavily cast bronze figures of leaping 'shishi' Buddhist guardian lions with boldly sculpted details and a rich natural verdigris patina from years of weather exposure in their original setting at the entrance to a shrine, late Edo - early Meiji period, c 1850-70

Dimensions: H 48cm x W 37cm x D 28cm