Description A LOT WITH FIVE SMALL METAL BOXES, MEIJIJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)Comprising four sentoku boxes and one copper finished metal box, four with hinged lids. Two oval boxes inlaid with birds and floral adornments, one further incised with reserves and leafy sprays. A rectangular box finely cast in relief and incised with a seaside scene and inlaid in copper and silver with two fans. A hexagonal box inlaid in copper with vases and baskets filled with flowers. And a rounded rectangular box decorated in high relief with two birds amid leafy sprays.Condition: Very good condition with some surface wear and minimal nicks here and there. 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: 455 g in totalDimensions: Height 2.5 – 3.5 cm, length 5.5 – 6.8 cm