A JAPANESE KOMAI IRON MINIATURE BOX AND COVER

A JAPANESE KOMAI IRON MINIATURE BOX AND COVER, KOBAKO

MEIJI 1868-1912

The hexagonal body decorated in nunome zogan (gold and silver inlays) and raised on

a short tapering foot, the sides with panels depicting a scene from the Genji Monogatari (the Tale of

Genji), a view of the Kiyomizu-dera temple of Kyoto, and rain falling over Lake Biwa, the other panels with

chrystanthemum flowerheads on an asa-no-ha and other geometrical grounds, the shoulder and lid with further flowerheads and scrolling vines, the base signed Nihon Koku Kyoto ju Komai sei (Made by Komai of Kyoto, Japan), 10cm. (2)