A Bizen stoneware large model of a shishi
By Kimura Gizaburo Sadamoto, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-late 19th centuryStanding with its head lowered to the left and its long curly tail rising over its head, covered with an iron oxide glaze, varying in tone over the body which is incised with tufts of hair florets, signed on its right hind leg with chiselled characters Inbemura, Kimura Gizaburo, Sadamoto saku (made by Kimura Gizaburo Sadamoto in Inbe Village [present-day Bizen], Okayama Prefecture). 49.5cm x 51cm (19?in x 20in).
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This artist is believed to have been active from the Kaei to the Keio era (1848-1868), and large-scale figures by him survive in the precincts of shrines in the Bizen region, see http://www.komainu.org/okayama/okayama_naka/ooga/ooga.html; for another work by him, see lot 210.