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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Japan
- Period
- Meiji period 1868 - 1912 → Japan
- Date
- circa 1900
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 27.0 x 14.0 cm
- Signature & date
Signed base, in Japanese, embossed "Izumi sei (illeg.)". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1983
- Location
- South Building, ground level, Grand Courts
- Accession number
- 53.1983
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Izumi Seijo
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About
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.
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Places
Where the work was made
Japan
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
The golden journey: Japanese art from Australian collections, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 06 Mar 2009–13 Jun 2009
The Lady and the Unicorn, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 10 Feb 2018–24 Jun 2018
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Bibliography
Referenced in 1 publication
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Daniel McOwan, The golden journey: Japanese art from Australian collections, "Metalware', pg. 268-273, South Australia, 2009, 271 (colour illus.), 329 (colour illus.).
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Provenance
Randall Reed, 1983, Australia