Chinese? Bronze Wall Hanging With Roosters

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Posted by grammyshirley
15 years ago
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Description This is a Bronze Wall plaque with hanging loop attached to the back. It depicts two roosters on a tree with a bird (dove?) flying overhead. It has what appears to me to be chinese writing on the back around a mark cast into the bronze.
Category Asian Art
Medium Appears to be bronze, very heavy
Distinguishing marks There seems to be some kinds of marks on rear, Chinese?
Condition Excellent
Size and dimensions of this item About 13 inches across
Weight around 7 1/2 pounds
History This is part of my aunt's collection, we are not sure where she picked it up in her long life of flea markets and auctions.
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grammyshirley 🌱 Newbie 15 years ago

I have had a friend of Chinese descent look at the writing on the back of the bronze and she says the writing is Japanese, not Chinese. The first two characters say Japan, while the rest of the writing seems to indicate the region it was made, which I'm still researching

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