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Description
20" (51 cm.) h. 18"l. The samurai has a sculpted head with tinted gofun complexion, inset glass eyes, sculpted and painted moustache and goatee, silk fiber hair, sculpted hands with painted gloves, sculpted feet with applied fur boots. He is wearing an elaborate lacquer-paper armature over silk brocade shirt and trousers, leather helmet with rich gilt accents, metal knee guards with original cord ties, and carries a sabre. He is posed seated upon a white horse which has a rare white implanted-hair coat (keue saiku), glass eyes, hair mane and tail, and is fitted with an elaborate saddle and stirrups, and decorated with red silk fringe, and purple and white harness. The horse and samurai are posed on their original wooden base. Excellent condition. Meiji era, circa 1900.