A gilt and inlaid bronze dishSigned by Yamamoto Koichi
The lobed circular dish depicting a dragon circling above three figures of mythology in a landscape setting, a tree peony issuing from rockwork to one side, three-character chiselled mark to reverse.
30.5cm diameter注脚Yamamoto Koichi worked for The Kiryu Kosho Kaisha which was founded in 1873 by the Meiji government after the great success of the Japanese exhibit of the Vienna World Exhibition of 1873.