Komai Company (circa 1880)


An inlaid iron trayMeiji era (1868-1912), circa 1880The rectangular tray set on four rounded feet and decorated in gold and silver nunome-zogan with a scene of a sculptor startled as a sculpture of a beauty comes to life , two cartouches inscribed with poems in the top right, the rim decorated with roundels of floral, animal, and landscape designs, bordered by gemoetric bands and a silver pipe rim, signed Nihon koku Kyoto no ju Komai seiWith a wood storage box 6 1/8 x 8in (15.5 x 20.3cm)