Japanese Art
A bronze okimono
By Toyotoshi/Hoju, Meiji EraThe contented elderly man sat upon a tree stump, his lower hand clasping his tabako-ire (tobacco pouch) and kiseruzutsu (pipe case), his raised hand lacking the pipe, signed to reverse.16.2cm high.
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Provenance: sold by decedents of John W. Kennedy, a Scottish Chief Engineer in Merchant Navy, purchased circa 1920s.