A FINE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF SANKOCHO BIRDS BY KOYAMA YUKIMITSU

A FINE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF SANKOCHO BIRDS BY KOYAMA YUKIMITSU

MEIJI OR TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY

The two paradise flycatchers perched on a flowering branch of paulownia, the plumage of the long-tailed birds embellished in gilt and russet, the eyespots at the end of their feathers inlaid, and their eyes gilded; the branch bearing large leaves and with silvered paulownia flowers blooming beside them; together with the original tomobako wood box, the front inscribed Kirinoki so Sankocho okimono (a pair of Sankocho birds okimono on a paulownia base), the reverse signed Koyama Yukimitsu with a seal mark reading Mitsu, the interior with a drawer divided into two compartments for the birds, 27.7cm x 36cm. (6)