Lot 945
  • 945

An inlaid iron cabinet modelled as a shrine by the Komai Company, Meiji period

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • 29.5cm., 11 5/8 in., with hardwood stand
constructed in two removeable storeys raised on a stepped base, the upper detachable section consisting of a typical sloping roof, hung at each corner with bells, beneath which are a pair of sliding doors and two drawers, the lower section surrounded by a railed balcony encloses further drawers of varying sizes, the whole decorated in typical gold nunomezogan with dragons, cranes, views of shrines, chidori above waves, poultry, irises as well as auspicious symbols of longevity, signed beneath the roof with seal Komai