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AN IRON INLAID RECTANGULAR BOX A GILT-DAMASCENED KOMAI BOX AND TWO KOMAI IRON INLAID CASES AND A
AND HINGED COVER HINGED COVER KOMAI STYLE CASE
Meiji Period Meiji Period Meiji Period
Worked in the Komai style of gold overlay Of rectangular form, set on four bracket Of rounded rectangular form, the first with
with a pine-strewn, mountainous riverside feet, decorated with a dense profusion of a group of egrets amongst reeds, the
village, the sides with butterflies amongst maple leaves, the interior incised with birds reverse with six butterflies; the second with
scattered leaves and blossom, the interior amongst foaming waves and a bird-of-prey a scene of a riverside village, the reverse
etched with pine and bamboo, small seal to beneath the moon, the underside with the with a monogram, both signed on the base
the lower corner of the cover. seal of the Komai workshop and dragonfly with seal Nihonkoku Kyoto no ju Komai sei
21cm x 13cm x 8.5cm (8.1/4in x 5.1/8in x mark, hongmu stand. beneath a dragonfly; the third with a central
3.3/8in). 16.5cm (6.1/2in) long. (2). panel of a riverside scene to the front, and
peacocks amongst peonies to the reverse,
£2,000 - 3,000 £2,500 - 3,000 on a dense foliate ground with scattered
HK$20,000 - 30,000 HK$25,000 - 30,000 mon.
CNY18,000 - 26,000 CNY22,000 - 26,000 The longest 12.2cm (4.7/8in). (3).
£2,000 - 3,000
HK$20,000 - 30,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

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