73 - Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century

Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century Set of six small bronze figures: a bearded Rakan seated on an openwork rock holding a bowl, signed on the rock; a reclining Rakan holding a ring, with a lying shishi at his side, stamped on the base; a Rakan (or Daruma) seated in meditation, counting beads on a rosary; a shishimai dancer wearing a lion mask; a mask of a young woman adorned with a chrysanthemum on her forehead; a box with a relief decoration of mandarin ducks, the sides adorned with insects and fruit. Height: 3.5 to 9 cm.