Posted 3 years ago
kwqd
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This is a boxed set of mother and child rats by Saegusa Sotaro. The mother rat is 5.5" high x 3" wide and made of iron. It weighs 1 lb and 11 ounces and has Saegusa's mark on it. The small rat is 2.75" high x 2" wide and made of some non-magnetic metal, perhaps bronze. It weighs 6.5 ounces and I cannot find any marking on it. The set is used but came with its original box and paperwork, plastic plinth and wooden sign. I initially called these mice but they are probably Zodiac okimono, so are rats.
I recently found a seller in Japan who had found a good size collection of the works of Saegusa Sotaro and was selling them at very reasonable prices, so I decided to add a few more pieces to my collection. I am not sure what I missed but he still had some nice pieces left when I found him.
This set ticked off a couple of boxes for me. First of all I was looking for boxed sets, for original documentation and some pieces in metals besides iron, which I really like, but I wanted some other examples of his work as I think all of mine are made of iron. A couple of early pieces acquired for my collection came in the original boxes and I put them away without testing to see what metals they were made of. So, this was a very nice find for me.
The mother mouse was larger than I had expected it to be, it is a real chunk.
wonderful!!
Thanks ho2cultcha!
Thanks for loving my Japanese mice/ratsKevin, fortapache, PhilDMorris and ho2cultcha!
Thank you valentino97, Rambojoe and Watchsearcher!
Saegusa has actually made these rats quite adorable, love those big ears and round eyes - remind me of Topo Gigio from the Ed Sullivan show :)
Very cool!
Thanks for your comments, Jenni! Yep, the cute factor is pretty high with this set!
Thanks for your comment dav2no1! I think so too!
Thanks for loving my Zodiac rats Thomas, dav2no1, Searching1, aura, Jenni, BHIFOS and raven3766!
Veerrrrry Nize Rat ya got there
Thanks Vynil33rpm! I think so, too!
Thanks for loving my zodiac rats Vynil33rpm and Alfie21!
Thanks blunderbuss2 and Daisy1000!
I’m late to the party Kevin sorry!
How good is he at designing! These rats are everything great about Saegusa.
Congrats on finding them.
Thanks for your comments, Karen. I agree, these have a much more fanciful, playful spirit than most of the work by SS that I have seen.
Thanks for loving my Saegusa rats Eileen!
What a great set ! I love the style used in forming their shape when sculpted .
Thanks for your comments, Manikin! I think that his is my favorite SS piece because of the design. I also like that a different metal was used for each rat.
Thanks for loving my rats!
Thanks vcal, GianaMZ and rhineisfine!
Thanks Mrstyndall!