the ovoid body enamelled with alternating panels of dragons, blossoms and butterflies against a turquoise ground, to a lappet black-ground border decorated with further sprays of flowers, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a finial in the form of a gilt-metal chrysanthemum bud, 12cm high; and a Japanese cloisonné enamel covered box, Taisho period (1912-1926), the rectangular hinged cover enamelled with a turquoise cartouche centred by a bird of paradise on a rocky outcrop amongst bamboo and peonies, against a royal-blue ground worked with further flowerheads and scrolls, the interior engraved with Mount Fuji, raised on four bracket feet, 4,5cm high, 9cm wide, 7,5cm deep