SETSUZAN (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY) A Satsuma Covered Box Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryProperty of various ownersSETSUZAN (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)A Satsuma Covered Box Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryModeled as an armor box, the cover formed as a kabuto (helmet), painted in polychrome enamels and gilt on a clear, crackled glaze with chrysanthemums and butterflies, hydrangeas, and cranes and bushy-tailed tortoises in crashing waves, signed Satsuma yaki Setsuzan and with the mark of the Shimazu family 7 1/2in (19cm) highNone