Izumisei Company
(Japan)
- Title
- Figure of kangaroo
- Place of origin
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Year
- circa 1900
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze
- Dimensions
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19.5 x 25.0cm
- Signature & date
- Signed base, in Japanese, embossed "Izumi sei (illeg.)". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1983
- Accession number
- 53.1983
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
Japanese metalsmiths developed exceptional skills creating bronze sculptures of creatures from the natural world. The ‘Figure of a kangaroo’, documents the production of Meiji metalwork for foreign markets and may have been inspired by Japan’s participation in the international exhibitions held in Sydney in 1879 and again in Melbourne in 1880.
Excerpt from James Bennett, ‘Metalware’ in James Bennett and Amy Reigle Newland (eds.), ‘The golden journey: Japanese art from Australian collections’, Art Gallery of South Australia, 2009, p. 271.
©Art Gallery of South Australia 2009. Reproduced by permission.- Bibliography (1)
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James Bennett (Australia, b.1953) (Author), Amy Reigle Newland (United States of America; Australia, b.1955) (Editor), The golden journey: Japanese art from Australian collections, South Australia, 2009, 271 (colour illus.), 329 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
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The golden journey: Japanese art from Australian collections, Art Gallery of South Australia, 06 Mar 2009–13 Jun 2009.
