Posted 2 years ago
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Hi when i was at my local boot sale i came across this item made of Brass/Bronze showing a Dragon fighting a Tiger ? 9inches in diameter ,thick brass/bronze ,unclean when i ask the stall its history all he could say was that it had been in a garage for over 30 years but what interests me more is the writing on the back I wonder if i could ask if anyone could translate into English or give me some idea of what it says please ? also at the same time i got a large Door Knocker show separately. Any help to identify or work out what it reads would be greatly appreciate
That's a tiger and dragon. Popular motif.
asian art forum will solve the kanji problem ( anthony lee or imre nagy), count the toes of the dragon, some type of late mejji mould at best , but i am not an expert in this
let,s call a cute plaque and a cute alloy
If you Google search there's several of these online.
The ones online say Japanese but it appears to be a Chinese dragon?
seals are missing bas relief aint right, there is something strange with this , i don,t known , but this won,t run , probably a late knock off not meijji