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2200 Rotating cabinet and stand above which rotates on a central pivot, its sides incorporating a
RCIN 26005 variety of drawers and compartments with doors (three of the
Black and gold lacquer and gold leaf on wood, with brass drawers now missing). The pillars reinforced at the corners in
Japan; late 18th to early 19th century engraved brass. The four sides decorated in takamakie, fundame,
H 41.5 cm; W 32.0 cm; D 32.0 cm nashiji and gold leaf on a black ground, with various scenes,
including a house with a woman at a window overlooking a
A square cabinet comprising a low, lacquered wood stand from garden with a pine tree, a pavilion with prunus and other trees, a
which four tall, square, corner pillars rise to support a shallow seated old man with a fan viewing a waterfall, pines and camellia
top, and between them a square base enclosing a drawer below plants with flying cranes, trees, and boats on the water. The sides
with metal drop handle, and the principal cube-shaped cabinet of the drawer below depicting waterside scenes with dwellings,

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