A tapering koro and pierced cover on four arched angular feet and with stepped globular finial, painted and gilt with shaped panels of families at leisure on riverbanks, birds among blossoming trees, censers, scrolls and precious objects and deities appearing before karako in an interior, all on a ground of geometric designs and stylised flowerheads, the cover with a multitude of flowers and further precious objects -- 8¼in. (21cm.) high, signed Dai Nippon Tojiki Goshi Gaisha Ryozan.

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A tapering koro and pierced cover on four arched angular feet and with stepped globular finial, painted and gilt with shaped panels of families at leisure on riverbanks, birds among blossoming trees, censers, scrolls and precious objects and deities appearing before karako in an interior, all on a ground of geometric designs and stylised flowerheads, the cover with a multitude of flowers and further precious objects -- 8¼in. (21cm.) high, signed Dai Nippon Tojiki Goshi Gaisha Ryozan.
See Colour Plate 10 and detail of signature.

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