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AN INLAID IRON RECTANGULAR VESSEL TWO INLAID IRON CIGARETTE CASES
AND EN-SUITE COVER By the Komai Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912),
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century
Inlaid in flat silver and gold overlay with a tight repeated geometric The first, converted into a cosmetic case, worked in typical gold and
lozenge patterns, two sides decorated along the bottom with ferns, silver overlay with snow-laden bamboo leaves on one side and Mount
the shoulder and handles scattered with cherry blossoms, the cover Fuji on the reverse, all reserved on a plain matt black damascened
similarly inlaid and surmounted by a bronze finial in the form of a ground, the inside inset with two engraved compartments and a
seated shishimai dancer, resting one hand on a large shishi mask mirror, the outside of the hinged cover attached with a gold chain and
with a kitsune mask propped on his head, the whole raised on four decorated with a gold monogram with the initials AHW, the same
tall lappet feet, the sides applied with two upswept split slab handles; initials inscribed in katakana script to its left, signed on the interior with
unsigned. 22.2cm (8¾in) high. (2). gold seal Nihonkoku Kyoto no ju Komai sei beneath a dragonfly, 9.5cm
x 7.3cm (3¾in x 2 5/8in); the second worked in typical gold overlay
£7,000 - 9,000 with a peacock perched on a gnarled branch of pine draped diagonally
JPY1,000,000 - 1,300,000 across the cover, the interior plain and inscribed with the initials
US$9,300 - 12,000 and date M.B. 1930, the reverse inlaid with three chidori (plovers or
dotterels) on a plain matt black damascened ground, signed with a
seal Nihonkoku Kyoto no ju Komai sei beneath a dragonfly, 8cm x
12.2cm (3 1/8in x 4¾in), with a wooden storage box. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000
Illustrated on page 106.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE JAPANESE ART | 105