By Hozan, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century The young oxherd seated on the back of an ox playing the flute, a basket strapped to his back, his left leg folded and resting on top of the halter tied to the ox's nose; signed in red lacquer in relief within a rectangular cartouche Hozan. 12cm (4¾in) high.