On four mask feet carved and engraved in gold, silver, shakudo and gilt with an eagle amongst pine on rocks beside a waterfall, the feathers finely detailed, the reverse with two red-capped cranes under cherry blossoms beside a stream, with two applied handles inlaid in gold with scrolling vines, the base with scrolling vines and mythical creatures in gilt inlay, the cover with a band of archaic motif of mythical creatures, with a finely detailed finial of a kirin, a ball in its mouth, signed on an inset tablet Uchimono [hammer worker] Kurokawa Eisho, Choko [sculptor] Kamijo Kazutoshi, Zogan [inlay] Kashima Ippu and sealed Sawada Sei
20 in (51 cm) high