Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018
Lot 1003
A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £800
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Description
A LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE FIGURE, OKIMONO
MEIJI 1868-1912
Cast as an elderly man holding a pipe and a tobacco pouch, tabakoire, with a large woven basket to his side overflowing with mushrooms, a conical straw hat slung over his back and wearing a long fur vest above his tunic, signed in seal form Genryusai Seiya kore o tsukuru, 50cm.
Cf. Bonhams London, 7th November 2013, lot 559 for a related bronze figure by Seiya of a mushroom picker.