Up for bid is a finely detailed Meiji period Japanese bronze figurine on stand of a boy balancing a ball.  The piece is 7 1/2 inches tall by 4 inches wide by 3 ¼ inches deep.  The figure itself is 6 inches tall, and has a nice even brown patina.  It shows a boy or young man wearing a traditional loin-cloth, balanced on one foot, with a hollow wicker ball balanced on the other foot.  It has very nice detail.  The figure has a threaded rod under the foot that passes through a flat square of bronze (not attached) on a carved wood square stand, secured with a nut.  The exterior of the stand has black paint and an alligatored varnish surface.  There are no visible marks.

Condition on the piece is quite good.  It has a deep patina, and there is some wear where the foot meets the plaque at the base.  A fine old figure.