Imperial lantern-shaped box, Japan, ca. 1928 (Imperial House - Lot 110

Imperial lantern-shaped box, Japan, ca. 1928 (Imperial House Coat of Arms) In solid silver in the imitation of a lantern, with a small door that opens in wood with the gold kikumon. Jungin hallmark - 純銀 (solid silver) and Yamazaki Shôten maker's hallmark - 山崎商店 (the letter "s" in a star). This model was made for the Emperor's enthronement and distributed on November 17 of the third year of Showa (1928) at Kyoto's Nijô Castle. Inside, small explanatory document in Japanese. 4.7 x 5.4 x 5.4 cm; gross weight: 124 g Bibliography - Minako Nagasako, Bonbonnières et Coutume de la Cour Impériale Moderne, ed. Tsukada Takayuki (ボンボニエールと近代皇室文化 著者：長左古美奈子 発行者：塚田敬幸), p. 91, no. 115. - Sensu Tadashi [ed. dir.], Imperial Silver Bonbonnières, Abepublishing (皇室のボンボニエール 監修：扇子忠 発行者：阿部 出版), p. 30, no. 47.