Hawk on a Perch

Jomi Eisuke (active 1890 onwards)

Ashmolean Museum

circa 1890

This is a shibuichi hawk which has been hammered and engraved and then inlaid with shakudo, gold and silver. Birds were a favourite theme in Meiji period sculpture where the virtuosity of technique was a main feature. It may have been made for one of the International Expositions where Japan sought to demonstrate the skill of its craftsmen to the west. The stand is contemporary with the sculpture and probably associated with it.

• Medium: copper alloy, gold & silver
• Dimensions: height: 65cm
• Art Fund Grant: £15000 ( Total: £35,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2005
• Vendor: Malcolm Fairley Ltd

Provenance

Not known.

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