### **A suzuribako depicting a kingfisher**


**1936-1946, Japan**

**Height: 5 cm, 2 inches**

**Length: 26 cm, 10.2 inches**

A Suzuribako depicting a kingfisher in aogai resting upon the stem of a flowering plant executed in brown takamakie - all against a textured pitted light tan to pink ground. The inside decorated in silver ohirame on black. The fitted box signed:

Dated to 10th - 20th year of Showa (1936-1946).