A bronze okimono of an akodai (rose fish) By the Maruki Company, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Naturalistically cast with its body slightly curved to the right, balanced on its fins and its tail thrashing in the water, its eyes double inlaid with shakudo and gilt; signed on its belly Nihon koku Maruki sei within a square seal. 28cm (11in) long.