A FINE AND RARE NATSUO CARD CASE SIGNED ROKUJYU-SAN REI NATSUO KOKU [INCISED BY NATSUO AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-THREE] WITH KAO, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

A FINE AND RARE NATSUO CARD CASE

SIGNED ROKUJYU-SAN REI NATSUO KOKU [INCISED BY NATSUO AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-THREE] WITH KAO

MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19^TH CENTURY

the rectangular hinged card case with rounded corners and curved top and bottom, carved, chased and inlaid in silver and gold with a bird in branches of a pine tree, small lock catch opening to reveal an elegant lined interior with stencilled chrysanthemums on a very fine card, the reverse with a magpie beside a stream beneath the continuing branches of the pine tree, silver rims

11.5 cm, 4 ½ in. long