An inlaid gold, silver and shakudo box and coverMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The cover decorated in gold and shakudo high relief with the Chinese general Gentoku positioned on the seppa-dai of a kurikomi mokko-shape tsuba holding a whip on horseback riding across a river, surrounded by kirimon (paulownia crests); the sides of the box engraved with a spray of paulownia, the interior of plain silver, unsigned; with a wood storage box. 4.1cm x 7.6cm (1 5/8in x 3in). (3).