A LARGE KOMAI RUSSET IRON CHARGER with foliate rim decorated in shakudo, bronze, silver, gilt, hirazogan, takazogan and nunomezogan with a Chinese warrior holding a drawn sword riding on the back of a dragon surrounded by fan shaped panels enclosing river landscapes with buildings on a ground of geometric patterns variously depicting chidori above waves, minogame, stylised birds, ho-o, flowerheads, plants and foliage, the rim with fruiting vines, signed on the base Nihon-koku Kyoto ju Komai sei, 19th century