Japanese Meji Mixed Metal Sumo Wrestlers
Hammer Price w/ BP
$21,350
| Lot #: 66 Japanese Meji Mixed Metal Sumo Wrestlers |
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Workshop of Miyao Eisuke (Japanese: 宮尾 栄助), Japan, Yokohama, Meiji period (1868-1912). Bronze; casting, engraving, gilding, patination; wood, lacquer (stand). Catalog Note: The sculpture composition of three figures, created by the workshop of Miyao Eisuke, depicts sumo wrestlers at the moment of grabbing the mawashi by the belt and a gyoji judge standing next to them. On the judge's trouser leg there is a gilded relief rectangle with engraved hieroglyphs: "宮尾造" (Miyao zo) "created by Miyao". The figures are permanently fixed on a rectangular wooden stand with four legs and a valance running along the perimeter, decorated with an image of the Ho-o bird and graceful plant curls, made with gold lacquer using the takamaki-e technique. Literature Notes: Impey O., Fairley M. Metalwork in the Khalili Collection // Meiji no Takara Treasures of Imperial Japan (Nasser D. Khalili Collections of Japanese art). Vol. II. London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995. No. 108, 109. Bordignon, Laura. The Golden Age of Japanese Okimono. Suffolk: 2010. - R. 258-267. Catalogue of the exhibition in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, 11 November 2016 - 2 April 2017. Perfection in Detail. Art of Japan in the Meiji Period (1868-1912). Volume 2. St. Petersburg: Chisty List, 2016. Pp. Beyond Imagination. Treasures of Imperial Japan of the 19th - Early 20th Centuries from the Collection of Professor Khalili. Moscow Kremlin Museums: 2017. Pp. 25-26. |
| Ht. 14 in. Max 13 in. (on stand) |
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Auction Date Sep 25, 2025 |
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