A SMALL PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BRONZE OK...

Hammer

£650

A SMALL PAIR OF 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BRONZE OKIMONO by Miyao Eisuke, one modelled holding a hawk, the other holding aloft an axe. 14 cm x 6 cm. Note: The Miyao Company of Yokohama, under its founder Miyao Eisuke, was a prolific producer of medium to large-scale patinated and gilded bronze ornamental sculptures. These works often depicted characters from Japanese legend and mythology and as such appealed both to the Japanese market, where the subject matter would be clearly understood, and the Western market where the sheer exoticism of the subject matter together with fine workmanship would appeal.