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MIYAO COMPANY
A pair of gilt-bronze figural groups of entertainers
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1900
Cast as a pair of acrobatic boys hanging from a circular apparatus
balanced on poles supported by male performers, two swallows
perched atop the poles, all finished in two shades of bronze, the
figures' robes decorated with patterns of crane roundels, scrolling
vines and crashing waves, signed Miyao and sealed; each set upon
an original wood stand decorated in floral vines and stylized dragons
in gold hiramaki-e
17in (43.2cm) high
US$15,000 - 25,000
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