After Tanaka Minko, 19th centuryThe wide rectangular body engraved on one side in delicate chinkinbori with a tiger beneath a swirling cloud and on the other with a dragon among storm clouds, the interior of black lacquer, inscribed Gose Minko zu; with a brass ojime, pierced with a shishi and peony, unsigned. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high.