A MASSIVE JAPANESE BRONZE TOKYO SCHOOL OKIMONO OF A GOOSE BY MASATSUNE MEIJI ERA, LATE 19TH CENTURY The tall bird is naturalistically depicted, with one leg forward and its long elegant neck curved as it looks down, its eyes inlaid in shakudō and gilt, raised on a wood stand naturalistically carved as a rocky outcrop, the belly signed Masatsune chu (cast by Masatsune), 78.5cm overall. (2) Cf. L Bordignon, The Golden Age of Japanese Okimono, pp.248-251 for other models of birds by Masatsune. The author points out that the artist was particularly good at depicting birds, but that little is known about his career. Also, see J Earle, Splendours of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection, p. 369, no.260, and Meiji no Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, the D. Khalili Collection, Metalwork part II, nos.104 and 105 for more examples.