Flat oval container of palm wood with a flat lid. On front in a vivid relief of white mother-of-pearl, with delicate gilt vines of ivy, next to them in bold Shibuichi relief a cicada, on verso in Shibuichi and copper a large snail with golden antennae. Signed on a panel of ebony: Minko Juntoku, 1735-1810 & Kakihan, see for this one: MCI. p. 516. Next to it on light red-brown wood another seal similar to the one depicted but more dynamic. H.7cm. Condition A. Supplement: Ojime of stag antler and brocade cover.