Property of various owners ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY)A Parcel-gilt Bronze Model of Su Shi (So Tōba) on His Mule Edo period (1615-1868)-Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century, A two-piece model in patinated and parcel-gilt bronze of the exiled Chinese writer and statesman Su Shi (also known as Su Dongpo, Japanese: So Tōba) riding a mule, the side-saddle-riding figure one piece, whatever he was holding in his hands now lost, glancing in the opposite direction to the mule, the other piece consisting of the ground plane and the mule, the eyes inlaid, its ears at attention and one of its feet raised, its saddle blanket with design of a curling dragon on both sides, two pieces of the collar decoration separately cast (2) 21 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 18 1/2in (53.6 x 24.1 x 47cm) None