MIYAO EISUKE A GILT-DECORATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A FARMER

MIYAO EISUKE
A GILT-DECORATED BRONZE FIGURE OF A FARMER
Japan, Meiji period, late 19th century, in a walking pose holding a hoe over his left shoulder, a bundle of bamboo shoots in his lowered right hand, dressed in a gilt decorated robe, mounted on a gold-lacquered wood stand, signed, "Miyao," in a rectangular cartouche verso,
overall ht. 7 1/8, figure ht. 6 3/8 in.
Provenance: The Dr A.M. Kanter collection.

Publication: Laura Bordignon, The Golden Age of Japanese Okimono: Dr A.M. Kanter's Collection, Antique Collectors Club, UK, 2010, p. 240-1.