A Japanese bronze model of a standing bijin

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A Japanese bronze model of a standing bijin
wearing long robe and carrying a hat, a small child on her back -- 14in. (35.6cm) high; another similar of a bijin wearing long robe and sandals, holding a samisen before her -- 15in. (38.1cm) high, (small repair), both with the same signature seals; and a Japanese bronze group of two figures, comprising a standing archer wearing decorative robes and a hat, holding a bow, carrying swords and arrows, the other a kneeling bijin wearing long decorative robes, offering a tray on an upraised hand -- 12½in. (31.8cm) and 6in. (15.2cm) high, respectively, on a pierced rectangular waisted wood stand.
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