Hirayama Yoshitoshi
An inlaid silver and shakudo box, with canted corners, the cover inlaid in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi with Handaka Sonja seated on a rock, accompanied by an attendant, watching in awe as a dragon escapes from a koro.
Signed on a gold plaque Hirayama Yoshitoshi shitaji (the ground worked by)
Length 11.6 x Width 8.5 cm
Meiji period, circa 1875
See Haynes R.E., ref.H12205.O
£12,500