A patinated bronze sculpture of an eagle

Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Masatsune chu (cast by Masatsune)

Details

A patinated bronze sculpture of an eagle
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Masatsune chu (cast by Masatsune)
Naturalistically cast and patinated with incised details as an eagle perched on a bronze base simulating a gnarled trunk of tree, the body finely finished in gilt silver and the legs patinated in gold, the eyes applied with gilt; signature on underside
19 ¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high including the base

Literature

Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi / Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of Cultural Relics, 2013), p. 260.

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Lot Essay

For a similar work by the same artist, see Metalwork, Part II, vol. 2 of Meiji no Takara / Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), pl. 105.

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