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£1450.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
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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.
Dimensions
Height 12 ½ inches Width 14 inches Depth 9 inchesThe BADA Standard
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