A Large inlaid iron Koro, meiji period

of rectangular section raised on four leaf-shaped feet, decorated in iro-e takazogan with a shaped panel showing a parrot on a perch beside a basket of peonies, the reverse with a panel of cranes above cherry blossoms and peonies, all reserved on diaper designs in gold and silver honzogan, the sides with shaped panels of flowers on a karakusa ground, the shoulders with two angled handles, the shallow domed cover pierced with insects and dragons and surmounted by an inlaid bronze figure of Kannon

A large iron koro, in similar style by Kajima Ikkoku II for the Tekkodo Company, is in the Nasser D. Khalili collection, illustrated, Meiji (no) Takara, Treasures of Imperial Japan, Metalwork Part 1, no.40