By Toyosai after paintings by Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506) and Sesson (1504-circa 1589), 19th centuryOf wide form, with contrasting sides, one of rich roiro, lacquered and inlaid with two prancing shishi, in gold togidashi maki-e with outlines of gold foil and shell, the other of kinji, lacquered in sumi-e togidashi maki-e with a scene based on Sesshu's celebrated painting of Ama no Hashidate, a famous sandbar in Tango Province, the interior of matt shibuichi-nuri with kinji edges; inscribed on the base with the signatures of the painters Sesshu (for the Ama no Hashidate scene) and Sesson (for the shishi), signed Toyosai, with a gilt metal ojime, unsigned. 8cm (3 1/8in) high.