A Satsuma gilt and enamelled koro and cover, Meiji period (1868-1912) of squat baluster form, the domed cover with a Buddhist lion finial above the body with a further pair of gilt lions joined at the shoulder and rim, on three feet with grotesque masks and animal paws, the body decorated in satsuma palette with two panels of figures on a brocade patterned ground, apparently unmarked with trace gilt painted mark to the underside. Height 42 cm, width 30 cm