A Komai style rectangular cigarette case

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A Komai style rectangular cigarette case
decorated to the front with a peacock, the reverse with a torii within cartouche shaped panels sorrounded by trailing vines -- 3in. (8.2cm) high, gilt sealmark to interior; a gilt bronze circular box and domed cover decorated in relief with prunus blossom on a stippled ground within a cartouche shaped panel, short foot -- 2.3/8in. (6.1cm); a bronze miniature noh mask with furrowed brow expression -- 2.1/8in. (5.4cm) high; and a Komai style iron hairpin decorated with geometric patterns and trailing foliage -- 7in. (18.4cm) long, 19th Century. (4)

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