Made in the Meiji period, the bird is naturalistically modelled with the feathers highlighted in gilt and the eyes, beak and claws in shakudo. It is signed in a gilt rectangular plaque Mitani sei.
The estimate in Salisbury is £7000-9000.
The sale of Japanese works of art at Woolley & Wallis on the morning of May 17 is led by this 8in (20cm) high silvered bronze okimono of a cockatoo.
Made in the Meiji period, the bird is naturalistically modelled with the feathers highlighted in gilt and the eyes, beak and claws in shakudo. It is signed in a gilt rectangular plaque Mitani sei.
The estimate in Salisbury is £7000-9000.