Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927)


A fine cloisonné-enamel box and cover Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryOf rectangular form with rounded edges and set on four foliate feet, worked in polychrome enamels and silver wire with a scene of a single butterfly floating above a spray of pink chrysanthemums on a light yellow ground, the sides of the box decorated with a lozenge pattern in shades of green, purple and red, gilt-metal mounts, signed on the underside Kyoto Namikawa 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/2in (8 x 5.7 x 3.8cm)