A Miyao Bronze Figure of a Boy Riding a Hobby Horse
A Miyao Bronze Figure of a Boy Riding a Hobby Horse, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Finely cast in bronze with gilt details as a young boy wearing a gilt brocade-patterned kimono and standing with a hobby horse in between his legs, raising a toy paddle as if brandishing a sword, a rectangular gilt plaque on the back of his robe signed 'Miyao'; mounted on a rosewood stand with gilt lacquer accents, overall (including stand and paddle) height 4.7 in — 12 cm
Note:
For a pair of similar size and make, see Kinghams Auctioneers, UK, March 16, 2018, lot 91
Estimate: $600—800
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A Miyao Bronze Figure of a Boy Riding a Hobby Horse, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century
Finely cast in bronze with gilt details as a young boy wearing a gilt brocade-patterned kimono and standing with a hobby horse in between his legs, raising a toy paddle as if brandishing a sword, a rectangular gilt plaque on the back of his robe signed 'Miyao'; mounted on a rosewood stand with gilt lacquer accents, overall (including stand and paddle) height 4.7 in — 12 cm
Note:
For a pair of similar size and make, see Kinghams Auctioneers, UK, March 16, 2018, lot 91
Estimate: $600—800
