By Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927) of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), 1880-1900 Finely worked in silver wire and decorated in the centre with five butterflies of different sizes encircled with a border of chrysanthemums, all reserved on a lustrous black ground, the underside with repeated foliate sprays and karakusa ('Chinese grasses'), applied with a silver foot and rim, the base signed on a silver tablet Kyoto Namikawa; with a custom-made, cloth-bound storage box. 7.1cm (2¾in) diam. (2).