Meiji era (1868-1912) The box worked in colored enamels and...

Meiji era (1868-1912)
The box worked in colored enamels and silver wires with a cover featuring design of two multi-colored pigeons on a blue ground with narcissus flowers and other plants and grasses surrounded by a lobed black border and surrounded by a band of paulownia and phoenixes on brown aventurine ground, the body and vertical band of the cover with flower roundels and kiri-karakusa design on black aventurine ground, the interior of lid, body, and foot of body covered in blue-grey counter enamel, gilded metal rims, unsigned
5 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4in (14.6 x 9.5 x 5.7cm)