Snuffbox made of red- and black-stained ivory, decorated with birds and children; Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912) Decorated on a red-stained background with children playing in a garden under a pine tree on one side and a bird perched on a branch of a flowering plum tree on the other. The foot, shoulder, neck, and stopper are all decorated with geometric friezes stained in black and red. An apocryphal Qianlong mark consisting of four characters in zhuanshu script on the base. Total height: 8 cm; weight: 52 g Provenance: Millon-Jutheau auction, Hôtel Drouot, April 1 and 2, 1987, lot no. 362.