Details
A lozenge shaped koro and pierced cover with Buddhistic lion finial and four shaped feet, painted and gilt with a panel depicting a legendary scene with a young boy walking through a rocky landscape flanked by a bird, a monkey and a badger wearing human dress, the reverse with a pheasant before a waterfall in a landcape of maple and rockwork, all on a dark blue ground reserved with scrolling foliage -- 5in. (12.5cm.) high, signed Konen, wood stand.
See Colour Plate 7and detail of signature.
See Colour Plate 7and detail of signature.