A SOFT-METAL DECORATED BOX AND COVER
SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED YO (NOBUTA YO;1902-1990)
The rectangular wood box with slightly arched cover, decorated in finely carved and chiselled silver plates with bear, frogs and various aeroplanes in gold and silver high relief, underlined with orange fabric; signature on cover
11 3⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2 in. (28.9 x 19.1 x 14 cm.)
With original box inscripted Showa junen no haru saku (Made in spring of 1935), signed and sealed Yo on the reverse of cover
A SOFT-METAL DECORATED BOX AND COVER
SHOWA PERIOD (20TH CENTURY), SIGNED YO (NOBUTA YO;1902-1990)
The rectangular wood box with slightly arched cover, decorated in finely carved and chiselled silver plates with bear, frogs and various aeroplanes in gold and silver high relief, underlined with orange fabric; signature on cover
11 3⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄2 in. (28.9 x 19.1 x 14 cm.)
With original box inscripted Showa junen no haru saku (Made in spring of 1935), signed and sealed Yo on the reverse of cover
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