Large black lacquered box with an elegantly shaped lid and decorated with a design of three-leaved arrowhead (omodaka, Sagittaria trifolia) near flowing water in silver, gold and red-brown maki-e lacquer, with butterfly design and a paulownia crest (gosannokiri mon) and ‘Chinese flower’ crest (goka ni karahana mon). With some very light traces of age but in very nice original condition. The gold-plated hardware on both sides of the box decorated with the same paulownia crest .
In a black wooden transport box.
Taisho Period.
Size; H. : 22,5 cm; 30,3 x 33,5 cm.