

The box in black lacquer on copper, the lid decorated with a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji. It has mother-of-pearl inlaid flowers in the four corners inside a similar inlaid border. The sides of the box are likewise decorated with gold lacquer flowers.


_Meiji period, late 19th century_ _Ink, colour and gofun on silk_ _H. 79.5 x W. 50 cm_ _H. 103.5 x W. 64.5 cm (incl. mount)_ With a label on the original box