AN IRON SILVER-LINED JAR AND COVER
AN IRON SILVER-LINED JAR AND COVER

SIGNED ON AN INLAID SILVER TABLET, JOHO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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AN IRON SILVER-LINED JAR AND COVER
SIGNED ON AN INLAID SILVER TABLET, JOHO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Formed as a treasure bag or purse, the neck tied with a silver tasselled cord, the body decorated in coloured enamels with a ho-o bird, its long tail feathers in silver, and three groups of paulownia leaves and flowers, the cover decorated in relief with the mallet of Daikoku forming the finial
10.5cm. high

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