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AN INLAID-IRON CIGARETTE CASE CONVERTED
INTO A COSMETIC CASE
By the Komai Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Worked in typical gold and silver overlay with snow-laden bamboo
leaves on one side and Mount Fuji on the reverse, all reserved on
a plain matt black damascened ground, the inside inset with two
engraved compartments and a mirror, the outside of the hinged cover
attached with a gold chain and decorated with a gold monogram with
the initials AHW, the same initials inscribed in katakana script to its left,
signed on the interior with gold seal Nihonkoku Kyoto no ju Komai sei
beneath a dragonfly.
9.5cm x 7.3cm (3¾in x 2 5/8in).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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.