Komai Company (circa 1880)A fine and large inlaid-iron tray
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The rectangular tray barbed on the sides and lobed at the corners and richly decorated in high-relief gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi, and gold and silver nunomezogan with two shaped central panels featuring a Chinese sage playing a stringed instrument while two children peer at him through a curtained window, the rim with leafy vines and grapes, the ground with shaped reserves of landscapes, butterflies and fans, brocade balls, and textiles, all against a ground of floral lozenges, the undecorated base signed in gold nunomezogan within a silver rectangular reserve Kyoto no ju Komai sei (made by Komai of Kyoto)
15 x 19 7/8in (38 x 50.3cm)