A waisted hexagonal tripod koro and pierced domed cover painted and gilt with panels of figures playing musical instruments, birds and butterflies amongst flowers, a cockerel and chicks beside bamboo, ladies and children practicing calligraphy in an interior and families before pavilions in a river landscape, all on a dense ground of flowerheads and geometric motifs -- 6in. (15cm.) high, signed Tachibana Koen zo, (one foot broken and restuck, gilt rubbing.)