A MONUMENTAL JAPANESE CLOISONNÉ KORO AND COVER

with a compressed body incorporating six oval panels decorated with foliage, dragons and butterflies, on a golden ground strewn with tendrils, with polychrome flowerheads, the neck with a cellular border of flowers and stylised foliage, and the hexagonal cover with an exotic bird and a knop finial, 34cm high x 33cm dia.