Description A LOT WITH FOUR METAL BOXES, MEIJIJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The first a rectangular sentoku box with hinged lid inlaid with fruity branches, blooms, birds, and figures. The second a silver finished copper box with hinged lid worked in repousse and embossed with a sinuous dragon and two characters 'long life' and 'good luck' on the cover, with dragon skin and stylized floral décor on the sides and underside, the interior fitted in wood. The third a quadrangular sentoku box with hinged lid incised with lobed and fan shaped reserves and inlaid with copper and sentoku birds and flowers. The last a small parcel-gilt bronze chest-shaped box with hinged lid and clasp, cast with animals, roundels, and flames.Condition: Overall good condition with wear, dents, and minor nicks here and there. The hinged lid mechanisms damaged. Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Weight: 1174 g in totalDimensions: Height 2.8 – 4.5 cm, length 7.3 – 11 cm