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A GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER 3099 (closed)
KODANSU (SMALL CABINET)
Meiji era (late 19th century)
Of rectangular form, the outer case bearing a
roiro-nuri ground decorated in gold and silver
hiramaki-e, gold takamaki-e, e-nashji and
haritsuke kanagai with a landscape of birds
amid pines along a waterway bordered by
flowering cherry and continuing to the front of
the lower drawer with a blossoming cherry;
the pair of hinged doors with recessed panels
featuring blossoming peony and ornamental
rock in gold, silver and black togidashi
maki-e on a fundame ground and opening
to reveal two stacks of three small drawers
and a single drawer decorated with scattered
cherry blossoms, applied with silvered-metal
mounts, some chased with scrolling foliage
With a wood storage box
7 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 5 1/2in (19.8 x 22.3 x 13.8cm)
$4,000 - 6,000
3100
A LARGE LACQUER KODANSU
(SMALL CABINET)
Meiji era (late 19th century)
Of rectangular form with a roiro-nuri ground
decorated in gold and colored takamaki-e
and inlay of pewter and mother-of-pearl
with various types of insects amid flowering
autumn foliage repeated to the interior of the
hinged double-doors and the fronts of the
eleven drawers of varying size arranged in five
tiers, with gilt metal mounts and lock-plate
17 x 19 3/4 x 11 1/2in (43.8 x 50.2 x 29.3cm)
$3,000 - 5,000
3100
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