EIGHT JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN BRONZE ANIMAL FIGURES A rat (signed on base), two elephants, two deer, a dachshund, an airedale terrier...

EIGHT JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN BRONZE ANIMAL FIGURES Meiji Period

A rat (signed on base), two elephants, two deer, a dachshund, an airedale terrier and a fox. Some traces of gilding. Heights from 2" to 3".

Condition: Rat with broken foot. Each elephant missing one tusk. Circa 1903. Some of the smaller animals are most likely Austrian cold painted bronze.

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