A Meiji period bronze of a seated man smokingA Meiji period bronze of a seated man smoking

A Meiji period bronze of a seated man smoking

£ 1,450.00

Date:

Circa 1880

Origin:

Japan

Dimensions:

Height 12 ½ inches Width 14 inches Depth 9 inches

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A Meiji period bronze of a seated man smoking, shown with his pipe in his right hand resting on a rootwood base, wearing workman’s clothing with bare feet, the face expressively carved,  signed in a seal 暁光作 Gyoko saku  [Made by Gyoko].  Japanese, circa 1880.

Artist: 赤祖父暁光 Akasofu Gyoko, a member of the Tokyo Chukinkai 東京鋳金会 (Tokyo Cast Metalworkers’ Association), active in the second half of the Meiji Period.

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