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ƒ JAPAN, Meiji period A rare bronze pot or brazier with a br…
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ƒ JAPAN, Meiji period A rare bronze pot or brazier with a br…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
ƒ JAPAN, Meiji period
A rare bronze pot or brazier with a brown patina, Miyao Eisuke workshops.
The pot has a cylindrical shape imitating a wooden tub, surrounded by two rows of rope, and features a relief decoration of a woodcutter, shown standing, brandishing one arm skywards and holding an axe in the other, dressed in an elegant kimono with chased decoration known as "Suzu-me to Take", auspicious sparrows and bamboo, and wearing a sagemono on his belt. A puppy is also depicted barking between his legs. A four-character stamped "宮尾製造" mark on the back.
Height: 22 cm
Diameter: 28 cm
(Traces of oxidation, part of the tool missing)
The Miyao workshops in Yokohama, under the direction of their founder Miyao Eisuke, were among the most important of the Meiji period in the field of medium- to large-scale ornamental sculptures in patinated and gilded bronze. The works most often featured characters taken from the corpus of traditional Japanese myths and legends, appealing both to the Japanese market and to a Western clientele in search of quality and originality. Miyao Eisuke's works were presented on several occasions at the Universal Exhibitions of the time, as universal testimony to the high level of sophistication of Japanese art.
ƒ This lot is property in which MILLON or its associates have a right of ownership in all or part of the lot or has an interest equivalent to a right of ownership.
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