Bidspirit auction | PAIR OF JAPANESE WOOD FIGURES

PAIR OF JAPANESE WOOD FIGURES – GRAPE PICKERS, LATE MEIJI TO EARLY TAISHO PERIOD, EARLY 20TH CENTURY - Depicting a young woman carrying a grape cluster and a side basket, and a boy holding a lunch box and wearing a straw hat. Finely carved, apparently from boxwood, with chocolate-brown patina. Signed and incised signature. Height: 21 cm. Natural shrinkage cracks present.