Lot Essay
This signature, used by the famous bronzecaster Murata Seimin (1761-1837), is routinely found on pieces of somewhat later date. For another example of a large bronze with a separate, detachable ornament in the centre of the base see Joe Earle, Splendors of Meiji: Treasures of Imperial Japan, Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection (St. Petersburg, Florida, Broughton International Publications, 1999), cat. no. 000