The breathtaking jewelry cabinet in heavy bronze,gilded and done with silver wire cloisonné. Fitted with three drawers and worked in silver wire and white enamel on a deep blue ground with scattered cherry blossoms, the gilt-bronze refined hardware carved with scrolling vines, the loop handle supported by chrysanthemum bosses, set on four bracket feet, velvet lined interiors, signed in silver wire on black enamel. Each side and the top all have framed scenes of nature, birds and flora. The top depicts a phoenix. The back has an exquisite image of a peacock with peonies. On one side there are quails and a maple tree. On the front there are birds and chrysanthemums. On another, a bird on a flowering cherry tree. This is a masterful work of art. The cabinet is in beautiful condition. Quoting from the Victoria & Albert Museum's article on Japanese cloisonné- "Until its closure in the 1990s, the Inaba Company of Kyoto was another important survivor of the Golden Age. Founded in 1886 by Inaba Ishin, a former samurai who began working in enamels in 1875, the company’s output was eclectic and combined designs and techniques used by both Kyoto and Nagoya makers"H: 7 inches, 18 cm; W: 4.4 inches, 11 cm; L: 5.5 inches, 14 cm. Provenance: private Florida collection.