A miniature iron screen with gold and silver inlaid motifs

Estimated Value:

1.500 € - 2.500 €

Result:

1.554 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Japan, Komai school, Meiji period
18,4 x 9,8 cm (gefaltet/fold 9,8 x 4,8 x 1,4 cm)
Four-part. Different motifs in gold and silver numo-mezogan: peony branches, grasses, and a bird; a shore scene under a full moon with huts; wisteria with a butterfly; a view of a temple complex with a pagoda in front of snow-covered Mount Fuji. Below each, in a rectangular reserve, is a decoration with dense foliage in the same technique. The reverse depicts an eagle perched on a pine tree above the seashore, in katakiri-bori on a gold ground. Inscribed "K24" on the front lower left.
Property from a Southern German industrial collection, acquired at Galerie Koller, Zürich, 22 November 1991, lot 442 (copy of invoice preserved) - Very minor wear

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