A Japanese Bizen okimono of a hen and Cockerel, Edo period (1603-1868), early 19th century, the moulded stoneware okimono depicting a male and female pair of fowl with fine incised and moulded feathers to their bodies, seated on a naturalistically depicted tree stump, with splashes of characteristic 'Goma' ash-glaze sprinkled over the figures and stump. Two seal marks to the base, unread., 28 cm high, 17 cm wide.