JAPAN 1915-1926 TAISHO PRESENTATION LAQUER BOX TO US MILITARY AND AMBASSADORS

A JAPANESE TAISHO (1912-1926) LAQUER BOX.

A GREAT PIECE OF JAPANESE-AMERICAN HISTORY. IT WAS HANDMADE IN TWO PARTS WITH LACQUERED WOOD OF EBANE COLOR WITH DECORATIONS ON THE TOP OF THE AMERICAN ARMY EAGLE. AT THE BOTTOM THERE ARE TWO GOLDEN BRONZE BUTTONS WITH THE IMPERIAL SYMBOL OF CHRISANTHEMUS WHICH IS HOLDING A RED SILK CORD. THE INNER PART IS GILDED WITH 24K GOLD

THIS SMALL JAPANESE LACKER BOX WAS RECEIVED AS A DINNER FAVOUR-GIFT AT BANQUET IN THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL PALACE FOR THE US MILITARY AND CONSULATE STAFF IN THE YEAR 1915. GIVEN TO US INFANTRY CAPTAIN GEORGE M. BROOKE II AND HIS WIFE ISABEL TILTON BROOKE.

HAVE A MEASURES OF 70 mm BY 43 mm BY 24 mm (2.75 x 1.70 x 0.95 Inches).

IT IS IN GREAT CONDITION. AN ORIGINAL CARDBOARD WITH THE HISTORY IS INCLUDED. 

INVENTORY REF: D0000CEGG/.1111