£440
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE BRONZE OF THE HOLY KANNON BY KOUN TAKAMURA (1852-1934). Kannon, the Bodhisattva of mercy and compassion, modelled standing on a circular base holding in her left hand a lotus bud stalk, her hair in a topknot adorned with the hokan (jewelled crown), draped in a johaku (decorative scarf), signed with seal at the reverse, 39cm x 11cm x 11cm base, weight approx. 2.7kg
Koun Takamura (1852-1934), was one of Japan’s most celebrated sculptors and a professor at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts.
Some overall minor wear to surface and patination, some the lotus is loosely placed in aperture in left hand. Some wear to parcel gilt areas.
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