A group of three ‘Yatate’ figures cast in bronze, some decorated with dragons or persimmons

Description:

Japan, 19th century / Meiji period
L. 16,2 - 16,8 cm
From an old German private collection, assembled from the 1960s onwards, a Yatate with a collection label CCB (Charles Cartier-Bresson (1853-1921) 829. See Sotheby’s Miami, 12 January 1987, Lot 257, and Lempertz Cologne, 31 May 1997, Lot 1099 - Minimal signs of age