A FINE AND IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE INLAID IRON CHARGER BY THE KOMAI COMPANY SHOWA ERA, C.1930 Richly embellished with a central design of thatched huts in a river landscape with Mount Fuji towering in the distance; with minute details of a farmer transporting woven baskets on a carrying pole whilst walking towards the pavilions, a group of chickens busy pecking grain to the side; another figure on a sailing boat in the distance, and with a three-storey pagoda beyond; the decoration rendered in gilt, silver and copper inlays against the black iron ground; all framed by two impressive dragons depicted in shallow relief emerging from curtains ripped to shreds, their claws, whiskers, pupils, fangs and fire wisps modelled in gilded copper; the base with the dragonfly trademark, inscribed Nihon koku Kyoto ju Komai sei and JAPAN underneath, the rim with a metal ring, 45.5cm. Cf. Meiji no Takara, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Metalwork, Part I, no.19, for another Komai charger with comparable dragons appearing through torn drapery.