Lot 186 , A Japanese bronze lamp, Meiji period, 37cm high

A Japanese bronze lamp, Meiji period,
modelled as two monkeys clambering up a shaft of bamboo, on a wood base carved as rockwork,
37cm high
£300-500

Condition:
It appears that the bronze has always been designed as an electric lamp as there is accommodation for a flex at the base of the bamboo shaft and a hole for a fixing at the top, the lamp now with a later plastic fitting which can be removed. There is some wear and scuffing to the wood base round the edges otherwise in good condition height of bronze is 30.9cm

Sold for £460