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A BRONZE FIGURE OF AN ARCHER
Taisho (1912-1868) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 1900s
Standing with barefoot apart, leaning back with his left
arm taut as he prepares to loose an arrow (bow and arrow
missing), wearing a domaru (armour) over his garments
decorated with elaborate wheel symbols, fixed on a (signature)
rectangular wood stand, carved and pierced around the
sides with foliate motifs; unsigned. The figure: 17cm (6
5/8in) high; total height: 26.2cm (10¼in).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
240
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR
Taisho (1912-1868) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 1900s
Standing with feet apart in a belligerent stance, both
hands clutching a sword, his wind-swept garment and
pantaloons cast with maru ni chigai takanoha (two crossed
eagle feathers) crests, a fur-covered tachi suspended
from his waist, fixed on a rectangular wood stand carved
and pierced around the sides with formal floral motifs;
unsigned. The figure: 18cm (7in) high;
total height: 23.5cm (9¼in).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
241
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A WARRIOR
Taisho (1912-1868) or Showa (1926-1989) era, early 1900s
Standing in a belligerent pose with feet apart, dressed in
full armour, carved with elaborate crests of rokumaizasa (six
bamboo leaves) and wheel symbols with clouds, wearing
a kabuto (helmet), brandishing a naginata (spear), a fur-
covered tachi suspended from his waist and a tanto tucked
into his belt at the front, affixed to an unrelated rectangular
plain wood stand; unsigned. The figure: 26.5cm (10¼in)
high; total height: 37.5cm (14¾in) including stand. (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,600 - 4,000
242 *
A GILT-BRONZE OKIMONO OF BENKEI HOLDING
ALOFT A KORO (INCENSE BURNER) AND COVER
By Miyao Eisuke of Yokohama, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Constructed in two detachable sections, the legendary
strongman seated cross-legged wearing a gilt-accented
armour breast plate and brocade-patterned garments
decorated with phoenix crests and large blossoms amid
incised scrolling leafy tendrils, holding up with both hands
a large tripod censer (detachable) decorated in high relief
with a dragon writhing among clouds ornamented around
the body, the sides applied with two tall upturned handles
in the from of mythological creatures, the en-suite cover
partially pierced with a band of gilt-edged petals and
surmounted by a shishi playing with a tasseled brocade
ball; signed on the reverse of Benkei Miyao seizo within a
large gilt square cartouche. The figure: 31cm (12 3/16in)
high; the koro: 37cm (14½in) high. (3).

£15,000 - 20,000
JPY2,200,000 - 3,000,000 242
US$20,000 - 26,000

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