Asian Art - 12th November 2008

Lot 1014

A Japanese bronze model of Ebisu

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £400

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Description

A Japanese bronze model of Ebisu, the god of fishermen and one of the seven Lucky Gods, while kneeling and holding a sea bream, and a bronze model of a fisherman, with a startled expression as an eel coils itself round his leg, signed Makuzi, 19th century, slight damage to wood base, 22.5cm max. (2)