SMALL LIDDED BOX – “KOBAKO” made of suaka and sentoku, shaped like a chestnut with a raised stem, featuring a small sentoku bee and gold highlights on the reverse, with a gilded interior. Signed ‘Noriyuki’ on the lid, Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912). A SMALL CHESNUT-SHAPED METAL ‘KOBAKO’, SIGNED NORIYUKI, JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD. DIM. 3.3 X 5 CM (1 5/16 X 2 IN.)