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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED SHOMIN AND WITH KAO
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A SOFT-METAL BOX AND COVER
meiji period (late 19th century), inscribed shomin and with kao
Of mokko-shaped shakudo, the interior lined with silver, the body decorated in gold hirazogan with stylized flowers and plants in a geometric ring pattern, the lid with a mokko-shaped panel decorated in iro-e zogan with three of the six poetic geniuses, on a ground of gilt nanako encircled by clouds
3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) wide
meiji period (late 19th century), inscribed shomin and with kao
Of mokko-shaped shakudo, the interior lined with silver, the body decorated in gold hirazogan with stylized flowers and plants in a geometric ring pattern, the lid with a mokko-shaped panel decorated in iro-e zogan with three of the six poetic geniuses, on a ground of gilt nanako encircled by clouds
3.3/8in. (8.6cm.) wide