A bronze and mixed metal figural group


Miyao workshop, Meiji era, late 19th centuryCast in multiple parts as a study of two contestants playing a game of go, each figure seated in gilt-patterned robes in front of a thick game board scattered with go 'stones', one player holding a container of game pieces, the other with his hand about to place a game piece on the board, all attached to a low oval plinth, the back of one figure with a Miyao cartouche (losses to the gilt).7 3/8in (18.7cm) long