Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies ground decoy I love the use of

I love the use of white paint outlining their lower bodies

standing up steadily on their feet (or on their horses)

which is darkened by stains across half of it

6 7/8" long x 1 3/8" wide x 1" deep

It feels to be a pretty old one

Antique Japanese Hand-painted Enameled Tin Chazutsu (Tea Canister) with Silver Dragonflies ground decoy I love the use ofHard to photograph because the gorgeous soft red on it pretty much glows, giving it a soft edge in photos but this is really a beautiful thing. C. late 19th c. Japanese I believe, with a pair of dragonfly painted in silver with tiny black eyes, this I believe would be referred to as a chazutsu, or tin for holding tea which it would do very well again now, though just beautiful set someone, especially alongside some silver of any sort or collection of