First we have seen

Breathtaking design, signed and accompanied by its original descriptive folio and collector box.

Here’s a beautiful and unique way to accent your indoor display space with this very unusual treasure from Japan.

This is an attractive solid and finely cast effigy of a “Female Nude with Cape”, signed by the artist Sotaro Saegusa on its reverse side. Appealing with its original green hand painted color , it is accompanied by an original informative folio of documents and custom collector box.

This was sourced from a large Japanese collection this past year.

Dimension: Large 20.5 inches high and 6 inches wide, 17 pounds

With finely cast head and tail and details; with an attractive hand painted green finish , signed reverse Sotaro Saegusa- one of Japan’s award winning metal sculptors.

This is the only example we have encountered of this iconic form – having had the pleasure of handling many of this artists’ fine creations.
About the artist:

Sotaro Saegusa (1911-2006) was born in Aji-cho, Kida-gun, Kagawa Prefecture

A graduate of the Metallic Engineering Department of Kagawa Prefectural Technical School in 1930 and the Sculpture School of Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Saegusa. Later he worked as a professor at the Nagoya University of Arts until he retired in 1986. Saegusa is a member of the Japan Artists ‘Association, Japan Sculptors’ Association and Shin Kozo Exhibition Paintings Division. Saegusas enthusiasm for the arts continues after his retirement. His bronze works display a variety of themes and postures, reflecting traditional Japanese culture with injection of abstract elements.
His works are highly revered for their artistic beauty. After his retirement, Saegusa focused on sculptures of animals including lunar animals.

Saegusa has won a number of prestigious awards. In 1941, his works were selected for the 8th Shin Kozo Exhibition Western Painting Division and the 15th Imperial Exhibition Sculpture Division and he has been invited to take part in the exhibition every year since. He was presented the Chunichi Award in the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition at Nagoya in 1958, at an award in the Nagoya Japanese Art Exhibition in 1987, the Tokyo Governor’s Award in the 65th Shin Kozo Exhibition Sculpture Division for his work “Iku” in 1993, and the Minister of Education Encouragement Award, the 71st Shin Kozo Exhibition Sculpture Division for Still Life in 1999.

Only one available.

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Our gallery based in Newport, Rhode Island USA has been dealing in authentic Pre-Columbian, Japanese and fine Asian art, garden ornaments, lanterns and water basins for 25 years. Our president personally travels across America as well as Japan and Europe each year to meet his network partners who assist him in finding best examples. He personally inspects each antique work of art to ensure its old age, authenticity and quality condition.