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AN INLAID IRON CIGARETTE CASE A TALL HAMMERED-IRON KORO (INCENSE-BURNER)
By the Komai Company of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), AND COVER
late 19th/early 20th century By the Myochin workshop, Meiji era (1868-1912),
Worked in typical gold overlay with an adult bear and young standing late 19th/early 20th century
on one side and a foreign sailing ship on the reverse, all reserved on The body decorated in high relief with six large awabi (abalone) shells,
a plain matt black damascened ground, the inside plain and inscribed the partially reticulated domed cover surmounted by a finial in the
with a dedication in German (To the old ‘grumble-bear’, to remember form of a standing Nio, the shoulder applied with a sazae (turban shell)
his loyal friend, June 1911, Block[?]) signed on the reverse Koma handle on either side, raised on three tall feet; the base signed with
within a square seal. chiselled characters Tensho juninen Myochin Muneyuki within a large
8.1cm x 9.3cm (3 3/16in x 3 5/8in). rectangular seal; with a wood storage box.
59cm (23¼in) high. (4).
£800 - 1,200
JPY110,000 - 160,000 £10,000 - 15,000
US$990 - 1,500 JPY1,300,000 - 2,000,000
US$12,000 - 18,000

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. FINE JAPANESE ART | 141