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A GILT BRONZE FIGURE
Miyao Eisuke of Yokohama, Meiji Period
Depicting a smiling boy pouring water from
a height into a kettle, resting upon a pail,
the robes with leafy flower sprays, set on a
lacquered wood stand, signed Miyao in a
rectangular plaque to the reverse.
The figure 23cm (9in) high.

£3,000 - 4,000
HK$31,000 - 41,000
CNY26,000 - 35,000

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TWO PARCEL GILT-BRONZE FIGURES
Signed Miyao, Meiji Period
The first of a samurai wearing elaborate floral
robes, with a sheathed tanto and katana
scabbard at the knotted obi, the hands
positioned to hold further swords, the face
with a defiant expression and with a topknot
hairstyle, fixed gilt-lacquer decorated base;
the second similarly decorated figure of
entertainer holding a stove. Each: 15cm (5
7/8in) high (2).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000
The Miyao Company of Yokohama, under
its founder Miyao Eisuke, was a prolific
producer of medium to large-scale patinated
and gilded bronze ornamental sculptures.
These works often depicted characters
from Japanese legend and mythology and
as such appealed both to the Japanese
market, where the subject matter would be
clearly understood, and the Western market
where the sheer exoticism of the subject
matter together with fine workmanship would
appeal.

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