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ATTRIBUÉ À KOMAI DE KYOTO JAPON PÉRIODE MEIJI (1868-1912)
The item was sold for 20 336 €
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ATTRIBUTED TO KOMAI DE KYOTO JAPAN MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912)
Miniature cabinet (kodansu) in iron and gold and silver inlay in nunome zôgan.
The front has two drawers and two doors opening onto several drawers and asymmetrical compartments. The interior of the doors is decorated with views of the Kiyomizu-dera and the Kyoto-gosho.
The cabinet as a whole is richly decorated with reserves featuring landscapes, flowers of the four seasons, stylized chrysanthemum motifs on a mokume background and underlined by friezes of vine shoots.
With inlaid key.
Dim. 19.5 x 16 x 8.3 cm
NOTE Founded in Kyoto in 1841 by Komai Seibei, who came from a long line of metalworkers, the
became a symbol of the decorative arts of the Meiji era. Under the direction of Komai Otojiro, and following the Haitorei edict of 1876 prohibiting the public carrying of swords, the workshop specialized in the manufacture of decorative objects (vases, cigarette cases, dishes, etc.) in nunome zôgan damascene of gold and silver on iron. The
Komai presents pictorial motifs drawn from Japanese history and mythology, on geometric or nature-inspired backgrounds.
Miniature cabinet (kodansu) in iron and gold and silver inlay in nunome zôgan.
The front has two drawers and two doors opening onto several drawers and asymmetrical compartments. The interior of the doors is decorated with views of the Kiyomizu-dera and the Kyoto-gosho.
The cabinet as a whole is richly decorated with reserves featuring landscapes, flowers of the four seasons, stylized chrysanthemum motifs on a mokume background and underlined by friezes of vine shoots.
With inlaid key.
Dim. 19.5 x 16 x 8.3 cm
NOTE Founded in Kyoto in 1841 by Komai Seibei, who came from a long line of metalworkers, the
became a symbol of the decorative arts of the Meiji era. Under the direction of Komai Otojiro, and following the Haitorei edict of 1876 prohibiting the public carrying of swords, the workshop specialized in the manufacture of decorative objects (vases, cigarette cases, dishes, etc.) in nunome zôgan damascene of gold and silver on iron. The
Komai presents pictorial motifs drawn from Japanese history and mythology, on geometric or nature-inspired backgrounds.