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ENGLAND, Ivory Exploitation, 2013, a cast silver-plated bronze medal by Kyosun Jung [BAC Cas...
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Jung, Kyosun (South Korean, 1984-present); b. Seoul, emigrated to England 2010 ENGLAND, Ivory Exploitation, 2013, a cast silver-plated bronze medal by Kyosun Jung [BAC Casting], forepart of an aged and sad elephant right, without tusks, rev. elephant’s trunk embellished with legend thousands of elephants die each year so that their tusks can be carved into religious objects. can the slaughter be stopped?, 100mm, 641.77g (The Medal 63, p.61). Extremely fine, UNIQUE £300-£400 --- Provenance: from the artist to Frances Simmons; bt Simmons, December 2015 This medal was entered in the 2013 British Art Medal Society Student Medal Project. Out of 125 design submissions, it won for the artist the Pangolin Editions Prize for modelling and lettering, among the first of many awards bestowed on this artist. Only five of these medals were made, one in silver (The Goldsmiths’ Company), one silver-plated (the present specimen) and three in bronze (sold to private clients of the artist). A detailed analysis of the metal in this medal (75.8% silver, 13.1% copper, 9.1% tin) is sold with the lot.
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Jung, Kyosun (South Korean, 1984-present); b. Seoul, emigrated to England 2010 ENGLAND, Ivory Exploitation, 2013, a cast silver-plated bronze medal by Kyosun Jung [BAC Casting], forepart of an aged and sad elephant right, without tusks, rev. elephant’s trunk embellished with legend thousands of elephants die each year so that their tusks can be carved into religious objects. can the slaughter be stopped?, 100mm, 641.77g (The Medal 63, p.61). Extremely fine, UNIQUE £300-£400 --- Provenance: from the artist to Frances Simmons; bt Simmons, December 2015 This medal was entered in the 2013 British Art Medal Society Student Medal Project. Out of 125 design submissions, it won for the artist the Pangolin Editions Prize for modelling and lettering, among the first of many awards bestowed on this artist. Only five of these medals were made, one in silver (The Goldsmiths’ Company), one silver-plated (the present specimen) and three in bronze (sold to private clients of the artist). A detailed analysis of the metal in this medal (75.8% silver, 13.1% copper, 9.1% tin) is sold with the lot.
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