£12,600
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 713
Auction: 4 November 2022 at 10:00 GMT
明治 日本國京都住駒井製款 金工樓閣寶塔置物
constructed in two removeable storeys raised on a stepped square base supported on four bracket feet, each storey constructed beneath a typically sloping roof fitted with hinged doors and drawers, both upper and lower roof decorated respectively with cranes, magpies, phoenix and peacocks in rural settings or seasonal flowers, surmounted by a tall stupa with a knop in the form of a flaming pearl, the roof's corners further adorned with suspending bells, the base signed Nihon Koku Kyoto ju Komai sei, with a fitted and stepped wooden stand
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Perthshire
Note: a comparable hexagonal facetted cabinet modelled as a shrine with the same Komai mark, was offered at Bonhams London, 11 May 2010, lot 475; the other cabinet attributed to the Komai company, similar in the form and decoration, was sold at Bonhams London, 7 Nov 2019, lot 211; a further comparable example was sold at Sotheby's London, 16 May 2007, lot 945.