Komai silver and gilt honzogan decorated box Japanese, late Meiji...

Komai silver and gilt honzogan decorated box Japanese, late Meiji period of rectangular form supported on four corners of the base with rounded wave shaped feet, the four sides sides decorated with sailing boats the interior decorated with an all over gilt glaze with two engraved scenes of water birds river scenes, the cover with a centralised six sided gilt jardiniere with three facing panels decorated with a bird, lotus and other flowers and foliage supported on a four footed openwork stand with a solid base, further to the right at the top right corner the capital letters JL in gilt are that of the English buyer a Mr John Love ordered this for his collection, signed upon the base with a hanging calendar style form Nihon Koku Kyoto Ju Kom Sei inlaid in gilt and silver Hirazogan, 15cm x 10cm x 5cm Provenance: The John Percival Love (1896-1974) collection.Komai silver and gilt honzogan decorated box Japanese, late Meiji period of rectangular form supported on four corners of the base with rounded wave shaped feet, the four sides sides decorated with sailing boats the interior decorated with an all over gilt glaze with two engraved scenes of water birds river scenes, the cover with a centralised six sided gilt jardiniere with three facing panels decorated with a bird, lotus and other flowers and foliage supported on a four footed openwork stand with a solid base, further to the right at the top right corner the capital letters JL in gilt are that of the English buyer a Mr John Love ordered this for his collection, signed upon the base with a hanging calendar style form Nihon Koku Kyoto Ju Kom Sei inlaid in gilt and silver Hirazogan, 15cm x 10cm x 5cm Provenance: The John Percival Love (1896-1974) collection.

With some very light signs of wear. The inside has some marks and discolouring which may just be dirt and we have left it, as it came from the house.