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A patinated bronze figure of a child Dated 1912, By Hirata Muneyuki (1851-1920)
28 July 2009, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$1,830 inc. premium
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Dated 1912, By Hirata Muneyuki (1851-1920)
Skillfully cast as a standing youth clothed in a kimono protected by a long apron while he plays with a hobby horse, its reigns grasped by the left hand, the right wielding a separately fashioned bamboo riding crop, all supported on a low plinth with the underside inscribed Taisho gannen haru kitsujitsu (first year of the Taisho era [in] spring [on an] auspicious day) Hirata Muneyuki; together with a tomobako inscribed with the title Chikuba Doji (Bamboo Horse [and] Child) followed by the designation teishitsu gijutsuin (Imperial Fine Arts Academy) and sculptor's name, reversed by a biography of the artist.
11in (27.8cm) high
Skillfully cast as a standing youth clothed in a kimono protected by a long apron while he plays with a hobby horse, its reigns grasped by the left hand, the right wielding a separately fashioned bamboo riding crop, all supported on a low plinth with the underside inscribed Taisho gannen haru kitsujitsu (first year of the Taisho era [in] spring [on an] auspicious day) Hirata Muneyuki; together with a tomobako inscribed with the title Chikuba Doji (Bamboo Horse [and] Child) followed by the designation teishitsu gijutsuin (Imperial Fine Arts Academy) and sculptor's name, reversed by a biography of the artist.
11in (27.8cm) high














