A JAPANESE IKI-NINGYO MODEL OF AN ARCHER

A JAPANESE IKI-NINGYO MODEL OF AN ARCHER
MEIJI ERA (1868-1912)

Realistically modelled with glass eyes; the samurai is depicted standing, wearing a full armour with red lacing, a kabuto (helmet) and a menpo (face mask), holding a tall bow; together with miniature arrows, a campaign stool and a flag with the paulownia mon (crest); raised on a flat wood base; the figure 41cm, in a wood box. (approx. 20)

Provenance: from the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent. By repute, acquired in Asia at the turn of the 19th century.