A pair of iron inlaid Komai style vases, Meiji period

each vase inset with two large shaped panels of contrasting subjects applied in iro-e takazogan, one vase with a basket overbrimming with pomegranates on one side and a woman and child leading a tortoise on the reverse; the Second vase with a butterfly flitting towards a sprig of camellia and a woman and child playing tombotori at the end of Summer, all reserved on a brocade ground of mythological creatures including ho-o and rain dragons in gold nunomezogan, unsigned