A Satsuma Koro and Cover, the ovoid body moulded with shishi mask handles and raised on three feet, the domed cover pierced in the form of a Ho-o bird, the whole decorated in overglaze enamels and gilding with a continuous scene of bijin and children walking beneath prunus and peonies beside a river, the shoulder and cover with an elaborate floral diaper band, gilt seal to the base Kinkozan tsukuru, height 12cms, Meiji Period.