Edo period (1615-1868), mid-late 19th centuryBearing a ground of moulded netting, with four panels in relief depicting a dragon amid clouds, a tiger and bamboo, a running kirin and a shishi frolicking among peonies, the shoulder with petal-shaped lappets beneath a painted band of cherry blossoms, and the foot with moulded stylised waves above a painted band of waves, the shallow domed cover similarly moulded with panels depicting a minogame (turtle with a tail of weed), chickens and two ho-o birds, surmounted by a seated monkey; signed on the based in underglaze blue Hirado Mikawachi sei Imamura Rokuro kore o egaku (painted by Imamura Rokuro, made in Mikawachi). 24.1cm (9?in) high. (2).