A JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOX AND COVER

A JAPANESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BOX AND COVER, KOBAKO

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Of rectangular form with rounded corners, the lid elegantly decorated with a ho-ho bird in flight, its long tail feathers trailing behind it and with its head turned to the side, with flowering branches of paulownia below, all on a deep black ground, 5.5cm x 9.7cm x 13.5cm. (2)