A silver, gilt and shakudo okimono of a cockatoo with en-suite bronze stand By Yoshitani/Bikoku, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century (2)
A silver, gilt and shakudo okimono of a cockatoo with en-suite bronze stand
By Yoshitani/Bikoku, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryCast in two separate sections, the detachable bird perched on one foot atop a gnarled maple-clad trunk, its right talon raised to its beak; its eyes inlaid in glass with black pupils, the bird signed in a rectangular gilt reserve with chiselled signature Bikoku/Yoshitani kansei; the stand unsigned. The bird: 30.5cm (12in) high, the bronze stand: 31.5cm (12 3/8in) high. (2).