A large circular cloisonné-enamel kashiki (confectionery box) and en-suite cover


Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryIntricately worked in silver wire, supported on three tall feet, the cover with sparrows perched and in flight among flowering branches of cherry, stalks of lilies, wild chrysanthemums and fuyo (rose mallow) growing at the trunk of the tree, the sides of the box with four panels enclosing a different bird-and-flower scene including an uguisu (bush warbler) perched on a shidare-zakura (weeping cherry) branch, sparrows in flight among autumnal foilage and stalks of bearded purple irises; unsigned. 12.5cm x 22.5cm (4 7/8in x 8 7/8in). (2).