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256 | BONHAMS A TETSUBIN (IRON TEAPOT FOR SENCHA)
WITH BRONZE COVER
By the Kinkodo Company, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The squat cylindrical body with two rectangular panels cast in low
relief, one enclosing a crab crawling beside windswept reeds and the
other with a three-line inscription probably from a poem, on a rough,
pitted surface, the bronze cover surmounted by a finial in the form of a
plum blossom, the inside of the cover signed with chiselled characters
Kinkodo zo. 10.2cm (4in) high excluding handle. (2).

£800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000
US$990 - 1,200

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AN INLAID MINIATURE RECTANGULAR IRON KOBAKO
(SMALL BOX) AND COVER
By Komai of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Raised on four bracket feet and worked throughout in the typical
Komai style of gold overlay, the hinged cover decorated with thatched
huts nestled beneath pine trees along the seashore and sailing boats
on the lake, the sides of the box inlaid with fruiting vines, stamped on
the the underside Dai Nippon Kyoto no ju Komai sei within a square
seal beneath a dragonfly. 2.2cm x 6cm x 4.2cm
(7/8in x 2 3/8in x 1 5/8in). (2).

£800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000
US$990 - 1,200

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.