Lot description
OTHER BRONZE WORKS OF ART
Various PropertiesA pair of gilt-bronze samurai warriors
By Miyao Eisuke of Yokohama, Meiji Period
Comprising an archer, 37.5cm (14¾in) high, standing with his weight on his braced left leg, his left arm taut and anchoring the arrow and string in position and his right hand gripping the bow, a tachi suspended from his belt at the front, the second warrior wielding a large hexagonal-form mallet, with an aikuchi tanto tucked into his waistband, 33cm (13in) high; both dressed in richly brocaded clothes and wearing full armour and affixed to typical Miyao-style wood stands decorated in gold takamaki–e with ho–o amid karakusa; both signed in a rectangular reserve Miyao with seal Ei; with two wood storage boxes. (4).Footnotes
銅置物 武士 一対 宮尾栄助作 明治時代
Quoted from the lot page, © Bonhams. Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 2014-05-15, lot 548 ↗
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