By Ishikawa Rensai, Asakusa, Tokyo, late 19th centuryOf muso-zutsu form, carved in shishiaibori with a small bird pecking at a pomegranate attached to the branch of a tree which continues on the reverse, the cord attachment in the form of a reishi fungus and the upper part with mother-of-pearl rivetted repairs and carved bamboo leaves disguising a crack, signed with seal Ren(sai). 22.2cm (8?in).