An inlaid iron brush pot
By Komai Otojiro of Kyoto, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryDecorated with a wide central band of silver flat relief inlay of densely clustered shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash) inset with two shaped panels enclosing contrasting landscape scenes rendered in varying degrees of relief of gold and silver inlay, one depicting a thatched hut nestled beneath flowering cherry branches overhanging a waterfall and a sea inlet where three masts are shown in the distance, a toro (stone lantern) in the foreground, between narrow bands of fruiting vine, the rim with cherry blossoms, signed on the base Kyoto no ju Komai sei. 9.3cm (3 5/8in) high.