By Koenshi Osai, 19th centuryThe roiro ground embellished with mura-nashiji and lacquered with a Chinese sage, probably intended for Shen Nong (Shinno), seated on a rock beneath a withered tree, a boy attendant at his side and an ox with its calf on the reverse, in gold takamakie with kirikane and aogai highlights, the interior of nashiji, signed Koenshi Osai with seal; with gold lacquered ojime. 8cm (3 1/8in).