A small gilt-bronze figure of a samurai


Style of Miyao Eisuke of Yokohama, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe figure shown standing with one hand holding aloft an open signal fan and the other clutching probably a baton (lacking), a tachi suspended from his waist around his left hip, his garments decorated with auspicious motifs highlighted in gilt; affixed to a rectangular wood stand lacquered around the sides with karakusa ('Chinese grasses'); unsigned. 16cm (6¼in) high, including stand.