Asian Art - 15th November 2017
Lot 786
A JAPANESE KOMAI IRON MINIATURE BOX AND COVER
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1300
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Description
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)