Lot 289
FINE INLAID IRON CABINET MODELLED AS A HOUSE
BY THE KOMAI COMPANY OF KYOTO, MEIJI PERIOD
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 4 November 2022 from 10:00 GMT
Description
明治 日本國京都住駒井製款 金工屋舍型置物
in the form of a traditional Japanese timber building, the rectangular house constructed with a removable yosemune hipped roof, raised on a platform base supported on six soseki foundation stones, the roof finely decorated with phoenixes and dragons, the four walls adorned with various houses in a landscape setting with Mount Fuji in the far distance, behind the double hinged doors with eight drawers, behind the left door signed Nihon Koku Kyoto ju Komai sei, with a wooden stand
Dimensions
15.5cm high; 1642g
Provenance
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Perthshire
Footnote
Note: a comparable Komai cabinet in the form of a temple was in the Avo Krikorian Collection and sold at Christie's Geneva, 19 Feb 2007, lot 86