TWO JAPANESE DAMASCENED IRON BOXES. Meiji period, each of re...

Hammer

£550

TWO JAPANESE DAMASCENED IRON BOXES. Meiji period, each of rectangular form upon bracket feet and inlaid in gold and silver, the larger with a hinged cover depicting a torii gate and temple buildings among pines in a mountainous landscape within a dense chrysanthemum border, the sides with dragons amid clouds upon a hatched ground, with a lock and key, the smaller with a figure seated beneath a canopy and the sides with landscape panels, the interiors gilt and engraved with Mount Fuji and shore scenes, each base inlaid in gold with a character. (2) Largest 9cm wide