Brooch-mounted gold kagamibuta plate, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) Takabori chasing of a theater scene depicting a character dressed as a fox emerging from under a cape. Behind him, another character pulls a theater curtain with a rope. A signature is chiseled at lower right: Ryumin avec kao - 立民. French gold mounting, two eagle-head hallmarks. Diameter: 2.6 cm; weight: 15.7 g