A JAPANESE KOMAI STYLE INLAID IRON DISH MEIJI PERIOD

A JAPANESE KOMAI STYLE INLAID IRON DISH

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Decorated in nunome zogan (gold and silver inlays), the well with a large panel enclosing a mountainous river landscape, with many figures engaged in daily activities including a fisherman waiting for a bite and a beauty under a large thatched building, with details picked out in gilt and low relief, the rim with a band of scrolling tendrils, brocade and asa-no-ha patterns and six small fan-shaped panels enclosing a variety of fruits and plants, the reverse with two rectangular cartouches, one reading "Kyoto", 30cm.