LOT 273 An inlaid iron miniature cabinet By the Komai Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
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By the Komai Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Finely worked throughout in typical Komai style of predominantly flat gold and silver overlay with extensive use of kebori for the details, the removable scrolled top forming the cover with a lobed panel enclosing a torii gate, thatched building and a toro (stone lantern) on the shores of a lake and Mount Fuji rising in the distance, on a ground of densely cluttered cherry blossoms, the front set with two removable drawers with ho-o (phoenixes) in flight beneath three circular roundels enclosing a swallow, kikyo (Chinese bellflowers) and kiku (chrysanthemums) on a ground of scrolling vine, the reverse and sides similarly lavishly decorated with other complementary bird-and-flower roundels on a fruiting vine ground, signed on the base Nihon koku Kyoto no ju Komai sei beneath a dragonfly. 4.5cm x 6.7cm x 3cm (1¾in x 2 5/8in x 1 1/8in). (4).
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