Box with rounded corners, having a pair of metal rings with chrysanthemum fixings on the sides and a dark purple tasselled cord; the overfitting cover with matching cut-outs on the sides. The slightly domed top decorated on a gold ground with three chrysanthemum stems, with blooms in relief in gold or silver, and with daisies, and a stream flowing below.

Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III.