SILVER AND SHIBUICHI HAWK BY UNNO BISEI II
Circa 1900
62 x 31 cm
24 ⅜ x 12 ¼ in
A fine inlaid silver and shibuichi study of a hawk perched on one leg, its head turned to one side and its wings folded. The breast feathers of silver, the wings and tail of shibuichi. The details inlayed in gold and shakudo. The stand of Indian ironwood applied throughout with silver mounts.
Signed Bisei (Unno Bisei II 1864 – 1919) also known as Unno Yoshimori.
銀四分一鷹置物 銘 美盛