A rare pair of Japanese inlaid iron panels,Meiji period (1868-1912), by Kazutoshi Ichiju, finely decorated in bronze and gilt takazogan, one with a monkey wearing a floral robe and a pair of glasses, carefully studying the netsuke attached to an inro decorated with butterflies, the other with a monkey seated on rock, holding his left foot in pain, all reserved against the plain iron ground, both signed Ichiju with an artist's seal,monkey with glasses 70 x 48cmmonkey on rock 77 x 45cm both framed (2)Monkey with glasses - overall 79 x 57.5cm.Monkey on rock - overall 86 x 54.5cm.Panels with no obvious faults. Both frames with minor surface scratches and very minute knocks to edges, corners a bit stretched.