GROUP OF SEVEN JAPANESE BRONZE 'LADIES' OKIMONO MEIJI PERIOD comprising: five with each holding or playing shamisen, the largest singed with 'Yoshimitsu', two with straw hat signed ‘Seiya’, the rest also signed; one walking lady with monkey to her back, with maker's stamp; and one sweeping lady with a cat to her right, impressed 'Ichiko', on a wooden stand

(largest: 37cm high)

Footnote: Provenance: Private English collection