Japanese Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 235
A PAIR OF JAPANESE MINIATURE INLAID-IRON KOMAI VASES MEIJI 1868-1912 The baluster bodies...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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A PAIR OF JAPANESE MINIATURE INLAID-IRON KOMAI VASES
MEIJI 1868-1912
The baluster bodies decorated in nunome zogan (gold and silver inlays), both with two fan-shaped and two circular panels containing flowers, birds and landscapes, one with Mount Fuji and another with a temple resembling Kiyomizu-dera, on a silver-inlaid ground of asa-no-ha and other geometric patterns and mon, the neck and foot with a dense pattern of vine leaves, a band of key fret above the foot rim, one with the base marked Kyoto no ju Komai sei (Made by Komai of Kyoto), 9cm. (2)