A JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE PANEL

A JAPANESE PARCEL-GILT BRONZE PANEL

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

Depicting a large bird of prey precariously perched on a rock, with large crashing waves and a small fish emerging from the water beside it, the head of the majestic bird and other elements rendered in high relief, an oval cartouche to the lower left corner inscribed Hidekazu/Shuichi with kao, in a wooden frame carved as two dragons on either side of the hoju-no-tama sacred jewel, 32.5cm x 44.5cm overall.