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AN INLAID-IRON MINIATURE CABINET A SMALL INLAID-IRON
Attributed to the Komai Company of Kyoto, KOMAI-STYLE VASE
Meiji era (1868-1912), By Seki, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century
Worked throughout in mainly gold overlay Finely worked throughout in the typical Komai
and raised on four tall bracket feet, the pair of style of silver and gold overlay, the globular
hinged doors applied with a gold clasp in the form with two lobed panels, one depicting
form of a spray of cherry blossoms decorated a bird perched near a spider’s web among
on the outside with three cranes in flight over gourds and fruiting vines, the other with a
thatched dwellings nestled among pine trees, pine tree by a lake with Mount Fuji in the
a torii and a stone lantern in the foreground distance, the tall neck similarly decorated with
and a pagoda in the distance, opening kiku-mon (chrysanthemum crests) and kikyo-
to reveal within six removable drawers of mon (Chinese bellflower crests) on a diaper
different size decorated with various outdoor and geometric motif ground; signed on the
rural and bird-and-flower scenes including a side just above the foot with seal Seki.
flock of cranes, irises and Mount Fuji looming 13cm (5 1/8in).
in the distance, the inside of the doors
embellished with an elegantly clad woman £1,000 - 1,500
standing beneath cherry branches on one JPY150,000 - 220,000
door and a seated musician on the other, the US$1,300 - 2,000
sides of the cabinet similarly decorated with
a pagoda, the scrolled top with a confronted
phoenix and dragon, the reverse with a
cockatoo perched on a rock around which
issue flowering peonies reserved on a ground
of dense fruiting vine, engraved on the base
with butterflies hovering among floral wreaths,
inscribed on the base Fuku within a fan-
shaped panel. 11.7cm x 9.5cm x 3.6cm
(4 3/8in x 3¾in x 1½in).

£3,000 - 4,000 355
JPY440,000 - 590,000
US$4,000 - 5,300

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot FINE JAPANESE ART | 217
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.