Japanese Kazaribako Glass Box by Kyohei Fujita

A Kazaribako "Ornamented Box" made of glass by Japanese artist Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004) circa 1990. Sometimes knowns as "Liuli" box, (a type of glass), with technically complicated decoration that results in the magical jewel-tone boxes. Graduated from the Tokyo Academy of Arts, Department of Metal Crafts at nineteen. At twenty-six he entered the Iwata Glass Co. and resigned two years later to establish a career as an independent artist. In 1973, Fujita presented the “Japanese Iris” themed Liuli box. From that point on, the name Kyohei Fujita became synonymous with “Liuli box”. They were the most ornate and magical Japanese boxes in the world.
The box on offer is of a hexagonal form with conforming lid. Purple in background, the decoration features crushed gold and silver leaves and cobalt blue and turquoise free-form droplets inclusions. Etch signed on the base. Very faint but discernible.
Reference: many Kazaribakos with variations in color and patterns can be seen in the book “The world of Kyocera Fujitsu: a 70th Birthday Commemoration”. and catalog "Kyohei Fujita Museum of Glass".