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Subject:Carved Bronze Okimono, Wood Ducks Signed
Posted By: Kevin Donnelley Tue, Jul 10, 2018 IP: 173.2.82.56
Dear Members

I am hoping to learn the name of the artist of this carved, rather than cast bronze of a pair of wood ducks in a translation of the writing on the underside. thank you for looking
L: 3 3/4"; 9.5cm
Kind regards

Kevin








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Subject:Re: Carved Bronze Okimono, Wood Ducks Signed
Posted By: mikeoz Wed, Jul 11, 2018
Could this be Korean?

1. A pair of ducks is a very common wedding present in Korea.

2. The calligraphy is quite crude, possibly the hand of someone more used to writing in another form - eg. Hangul.

3, The first character 白 Bai, is a Korean family name.

Subject:Re: Carved Bronze Okimono, Wood Ducks Signed
Posted By: Kevin Donnelley Fri, Jul 13, 2018
Grateful Mike
I think by all the mixed signals, wood ducks w/ clawed feet-Japanese rather than mandarin, the 2 positioned side by side rather than separate to face one-another, that this one was possibly inspired by the wedding duck tradition

Best,
Kevin

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