Handcrafted Silver-Toned Bronze Horse Sculpture on Wooden Base by 渡辺景秋 Kageaki Watanabe (1940–) Shipping method: DHL Express A handcrafted Japanese bronze horse sculpture by metal artist Kageaki Watanabe. The dynamic figure captures a horse in motion, with one front leg raised, a flowing mane and tail, and carefully modelled musculature. The bronze sculpture has an elegant silver-coloured finish with darker accents that enhance the mane, facial features, and contours of the body. It is mounted on a glossy black wooden display base, creating a refined contrast with the metallic surface. An artist biography sheet is included. This piece is suitable as a decorative art object for a living room, study, office, or display cabinet, and would also appeal to collectors of Japanese metalwork and equestrian art. Please note that “silver-coloured” describes the finish of the bronze and does not mean that the sculpture is made of sterling silver. Size Height: 14 cm×Width: 12 cm×Depth: 10 cm Measurements include the wooden base. Weight 820 g / 0.82 kg Condition Although this item has been stored for a long period, the bronze sculpture remains in excellent condition. The accompanying artist biography sheet shows some age-related discoloration and creasing. Artist Profile Kageaki Watanabe was born in 1940 in Suzaka, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Painting Department of the Japan Art School in 1963 and studied oil painting under Takahiko Mikami and metalwork under Shusetsu Watanabe. His honours include the Prime Minister’s Award at the JAPAN Silver Metal Exhibition and the Governor of Tokyo Award at the Tokyo Metal Craft Exhibition. His work was also exhibited at metropolitan art and craft exhibitions. He created artworks and decorative objects for commercial spaces, including murals and objects for Pegasus Building, McDonald’s locations, Fuji View Land, Suntory spaces, and Madras Building. He also participated in the restoration and supervised production of Important Cultural Properties associated with the Hosokawa and Tokugawa families. He was invited to West Germany to attend a German craft exhibitors’ conference and later worked from an atelier in Adachi, Tokyo, while establishing a metal-casting studio in Takaoka.