Lot 371

A Japanese bronze figure of Gyoran Kannon, Japan, Meiji period (1868 - 1912). Signed ‘Atsuyoshi saku’ and a square seal reading ‘Maruki shachu sei’ (made by Miyabe Atsuyoshi for the Maruki Company) and set on a separable base in the shape of rolling waves. Gyoran Kannon, also known as the bodhisattva with fish basket is the 10th of 33 incarnations of Kannon Bosatsu. During to the Chinese Tang dynasty, a fish selling girl asked Kannon Bosatsu to grant her a wish for a good husband. The wish was granted and later the girl itself became an incarnation of Kannon Bosatsu. _x000D_ Miyabe Atsuyoshi is documented in Wakayama Takeshi's "Kinko jiten" (Dictionary of Metalworkers). He is noted as a maker of sword fittings and a pupil of Shinoyama Tokuoki, active in Kyoto during the late Edo period and early Meiji era. A master bronze smith, Atsuyoshi exhibited both domestically and internationally, including at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. The Maruki workshop, based on Sukiya Street in the Nihonbashi ward of Tokyo, produced high-quality bronzes and carvings during the Meiji era. _x000D_ Height: 41 cm, Width: 27 cm, Depth: 12 cm. -Flaring end of robe restored, flaring part of robe missing-