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A Japanese Komai style damascene cigarette case with richly detailed gold inlay on blackened steel, featuring a different landscape composition …
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A Japanese Komai style damascene cigarette case with richly detailed gold inlay on blackened steel, featuring a different landscape composition on each face. The front panel depicts a panoramic scene of thatched village buildings, a bridge, fishing vessels on water, and trees, all rendered beneath Mt. Fuji.
The reverse carries a more spare composition: Mt. Fuji receding into the background above a solitary heron standing in marsh grass with birds in flight, demonstrating the range of the craftsman's hand across a single object.
The damascene technique involves hammering fine gold wire into crosshatched grooves cut into the steel surface, then oxidizing the base metal to create the characteristic black ground. The result is durable, not painted or printed.
Interior is lacquered black with brass frame edging and an elastic cigarette retainer on the right panel. Hinge is functional. Surface wear consistent with age and handling, most notably light scratching to the back panel.
Measures approximately 5"W × 3.5"H.
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- Dimensions
- 5ʺW × 3.5ʺD × 0.5ʺH
- Styles
- Japanese
- Period
- Early 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Gold Finish
- Steel
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Gold
- Condition Notes
- Good vintage condition. Light surface scratching to back panel consistent with age and use. Gold inlay intact on both faces. Good vintage condition. Light surface scratching to back panel consistent with age and use. Gold inlay intact on both faces. less
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