Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period
Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period
Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period
Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period
Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period
Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period
Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period
Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period

Japanese bronze rats on a feather brush signed Toko Meiji period

Code: 10247

Dimensions:

W: 51cm (20.1")H: 14.5cm (5.7")D: 13.5cm (5.3")

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Japanese bronze study of two rats naturalistically modelled one standing on its rear haunches on a feather brush and the other leaning with one paw on the handle at the opposite end signed in a seal Toko no saku 嶋光之作 (made by Toko/Shimamitsu)
Meiji period (1868-1912).

The rat (nezumi 鼠) is Daikoku’s messenger, one of the seven Gods of Good Fortune, and is the first animal of the Oriental Zodiac. It is often shown feasting on chestnuts, rice, turnips and pomegranates, and is symbolic of bounty and abundance. 

 

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