By Unbi, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryCast in two separate sections, the bird perched on one foot atop a gnarled tree from which issues a bifurcated branch of plum, its right talon raised to its beak; signed on the reverse of the tree Unbi zo within a rectangular bronze reserve. 28.1cm (11in) high. (2).