Japanese bronze eagle signed Masatsune Meiji period

Code: 10094

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Japanese bronze eagle with silvered body naturalistically modelled ready to take flight perched on a rootwood base, the eyes inlaid with details in shakudo and gilt, signed in a rectangular reserve plaque Masatsune chū 政常鋳 (cast by Masatsune), Meiji period 1868-1912.

The artist Masatsune 政常 was very accomplished in birds subjects.

For other bronze birds by this artist see: 'The Golden Age of Japanese Okimono, the Dr. Kanter Collection' by Laura Bordignon, ACC Woodbridge 2010, Metalwork no. 248.

'Meiji no Takara 明治の宝 Treasures of Imperial Japan, the D. Khalili Collection', Metalwork part II, no. 104-105.

Eagle dimensions without rootwood base:
H 38cm (15") x W 65cm (25.75")