The small koro of akoda [melon] form with six lobes, decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a nashiji and black lacquer ground with plovers in flight, with patinated copper basket-weave cover and copper liner, in associated wood box
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) diam.

Collection of the late Soame Jenyns (1904-1976), then by descent within the family.

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For a slightly larger example of similar form in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), New York, accession number: 2015.500.2.26a, b, go to: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40325.