An impressive Japanese silver wire inlaid cloisonné rectangular box and cover, Meiji period, the top finely worked with a ho-o bird flying amidst blossoming branches and scrolling tendrils continuing onto the sides of the box, all against a whorl filled sage green ground, inlaid wire seal mark to base, length 28.1cm (missing gilt inner rim to lower section of box). Note: the seal mark to the base is similar to the Sakigake mark used at the Namikawa Sosuke Studio but would appear to be an unrecorded seal mark.