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• LARGE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A STONE
  LARGE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A STONE CUTTER ATSUYOSHI, FOR THE MARUKI COMPANY, MEIJI PERIOD ?? '??? ???????' ? ??????cast in generous proportions with dark brown patination as a male figure holds a chisel against the edge of a cubic stone which his left leg folds and steps on, his right leg steps across, a chipping hammer held high in his right hand ready to strike, his face finely detailed in pensive and focused expression, signed lower left on the right side of the stone with 'Atsuyoshi saku' in an oval reserve above cast characters of a seal-style mark 'Maruki shach? seisaku' (Manufactured at the Maruki Company, ???)(1)45.7cm highProvenance: Private Scottish collectionNote: Well known for his finely and freely modelled okimono depicting wild and domesticated animals, figures are a rarer subject matter for Atsuyoshi. His artworks were produced almost exclusively for the highly acclaimed Tokyo-based Maruki Company. A figural group of boys made by Atsuyoshi was sold in Bonhams, New Bond Street, 11 Nov 2010, lot 275