One bronze and one silver okimono of carp


By Yamakawa Koji II (1860-1930) or III (1884-1938), Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, 20th centuryEach naturalistically rendered in a swimming attitude with their fins threshing the water, the details on the body, fins, gills and tails finely incised, the eyes inlaid in gilt with dark pupils, the silver carp signed on its belly Yamakawa Koji within a rectangular reserve; with a large natural wood stand. Each carp: 29.5cm (11 5/8in) long, the stand: 66cm (26in) long. (3).
|Yamakawa Koji was the name used by three generations of prominent family of artists working in the Kaga metalworking tradition, from late Edo period to early Showa era.