A large inlaid-iron dish
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Kyoto ju Komai sei
The shallow dish with lobed rim, inlaid in gold and silver nunomezogan, hirazogan and takazogan with a central roundel of two sages, one holding a stupa and another holding a book, encircled by a brocade band and twelve cartouches of various designs, including a dragon, phoenix, birds and flowers, the rim with a border of scrolling grape vines; signature on base
17in. (432cm.) diameter

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For a similar work by the same artist, see Metalwork, Part I, vol. 2 of Meiji no Takara Treasures of Imperial Japan: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Oliver Impey and Malcolm Fairley, gen. eds. (London: The Kibo Foundation, 1995), no. 19.