LOT 33 A FINE AND UNUSUAL INLAID IRON BOX AND COVER BY THE KOMAI CO...
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A FINE AND UNUSUAL INLAID IRON BOX AND COVER BY THE KOMAI COMPANY MEIJI ERA, C.1900 Of long rectangular form and raised on shaped bracket feet, the cover finely decorated with figures in a river landscape with Mount Fuji towering in the distance; the foreground with the unusual depiction of a horse and cart outside thatched pavilions, with travellers resting inside and small chickens pecking grain at the back; the sides of the box with a kaleidoscope of fluttering butterflies; the inside embellished with chrysanthemum flowerheads; the decoration rendered in gilt, copper and silver on the dark black ground; the Komai dragonfly seal mark to the base inscribed Nihon koku Kyoto ju Komai sei , 6cm x 17.3cm x 8cm. Provenance: formerly in an American private collection. See p.1 of this catalogue for a full view of the decoration on the cover.
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