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KOMAI COMPANY (CIRCA 1880)
A fine and large inlaid-iron tray
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The rectangular tray barbed on the sides and lobed at the corners
and richly decorated in high-relief gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi,
and gold and silver nunomezogan with two shaped central panels
featuring a Chinese sage playing a stringed instrument while two
children peer at him through a curtained window, the rim with leafy
vines and grapes, the ground with shaped reserves of landscapes,
butterflies and fans, brocade balls, and textiles, all against a
ground of floral lozenges, the undecorated base signed in gold
nunomezogan within a silver rectangular reserve Kyoto no ju Komai
sei (made by Komai of Kyoto)
15 x 19 7/8in (38 x 50.3cm)

$20,000 - 30,000

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