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Signed Japanese Komai Inlaid Iron Folding Table Screen browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Metalwork: Pre 1920: item # 955700 Please refer to our stock # 6-458 when inquiring.
B & C Antiques P. O. Box 291 Derby, CT 06418 203-929-7312 Guest Book $895 |
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This elegant little black table screen has four panels with a continuous landscape scene inlaid with gold and silver on an iron base. Meiji period, early 20th century. There is a three character kanji signature in the right hand corner which reads “Toshikazu Saku” (made by Toshikazu). From right to left, the detailed landscape scene includes a golden temple with a pagoda on the shore of a lake. Sailboats appear in the background and foreground, and Mount Fuji rises above it all. On the other side of the lake there are two tea houses in a wooded landscape. The bottom of the screen has panels filled with gold and silver irises in a bridged stream. The back of the screen is finished in brass and hand engraved with a sailboat on a lake with Mount Fuji in the background, and each panel is edged in gilt brass. Japanese metalwork, technically and artistically, has been unrivaled by that of other cultures for many centuries. In Kyoto, the Komai family was recognized for its fine decorative metalwork during the Meiji period. Made by a very difficult process of metalwork, Komai wares typically had a base of iron or steel which was decorated with minute bits of gold and/or silver and copper in exquisite detail. Their most successful products were generally small items such as this table screen. Also called damascene, high quality Komai wares are highly collectible. CONDITION is excellent, with no damage, loss or corrosion. DIMENSIONS: 6 ½” (16.5 cm) long, 3 ¼” (8.3 cm) high. |
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