COCKEREL BY TADAKUNI

Estimate

5,000 - 5,500 GBP

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Description

COCKEREL BY TADAKUNI
Signed in a rectangular reserve Tadakuni
Wood, the eyes inlaid
4.5cm., 1 3/4 in.

The cockerel is simply depicted, lying in full splendour with its combs, wattles and long-tailed plummage. Its head is turned to the rear with its beak resting on its back.

Literature

A very similar example is illustrated and described in The Meinertzhagen Index, p.837.