Lot 21 , A large Japanese Satsuma model of boy riding on a buffalo, signed Hozan, Meiji period

A large Japanese Satsuma model of boy riding on a buffalo, signed Hozan, Meiji period, the boy wearing a straw hat on his back and in elaborately gilded clothing, holding a sickle in his left hand, the buffalo standing four square on a rock work base, gilt seal script mark above, gilt and iron red two character seal mark ‘Hozan’ , 29cm across, 25cm high, buffalo horns restored
£600-800

Condition:
Horns have been restored. Loss to tip of tail. Typical crackle to glaze throughout.