A striking pose taken by this Art-deco influenced Shishi Lion by Hasuda Shugoro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shishi-Koro. It is 10 x 7 x 13 cm (4 x 3 x 5 inches) and is in excellent condition, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Hasuda Shugoro was born in Kanazawa City in 1915. After graduating the Ishikawa Prefectural Industrial School, he moved to the Tokyo School of Art. Much lauded his first award was at the 5th Nitten in 1949 and he received the Hokuto-sho there in 1953 among many further prizes. He participated in the founding of the Creative Crafts Association in 1961 and founded the Japan Metal Sculpture Institute in 1976. Decorated with the Order of Cultural Merit in 1991, Hasuda Shugoro stands as one of the leading modernist artists working in bronze during the Post-War Period.A vase by the artist sold at Christies in 2012 for 2,500 pounds (roughly 4,000 dollars).For more on this artist see Hasuda Shugoro Kinzoku Zokei (1981).
