Ittan
A matched pair of bronze egrets finely modelled, one looking down at an eel trapped beneath one claw, the eyes inlaid in shakudo and gilt.
Signed on a silver plaque Ittan,
the other standing with head raised to one side, the eyes inlaid in shakudo and gilt.
Unsigned
Height: 35cm and 39cm respectively
Meiji period, circa 1900
With root wood stands
£20,000
