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A MAGNIFICENT GOLD-LACQUER KODANSU hydrangeas and a lily, the corners fitted with engraved silver mounts,
(SMALL CABINET) WITH ENSUITE STAND all raised on a detachable tall four-legged square stand lacquered with
Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1870-1880 repeated stylized butterflies and flowers over a chequered roiro-kirikane
Of standard form with hinged door opening to reveal within three ground; unsigned.
drawers, the kinji ground lavishly decorated with a continuous design The kodansu: 16.7cm x 19cm x 13.5cm (6 9/16in x 7½in x 5¼in);
in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, e-nashiji and kirikane with scenes of the stand: 9.5cm x 20.6cm x 14.5cm (3¾in x 8 1/8in x 5¾in). (5).
autumnal plants and flowers comprising susuki (pampas grass), fuyo
(rose mallow), hagi (bush clover), kuzu (kudzu vine) and ominaeshi £10,000 - 15,000
(valerian), the front embellished with butterflies hovering over flowering JPY1,300,000 - 2,000,000
kiku (chrysanthemums) bordered by a simulated mokume (wood-grain) US$12,000 - 18,000
band, two sides with a pair of quails on the banks of a meandering
stream, the reverse with a wagtail foraging for seeds, the drawers Provenance:
similarly lacquered with tanchozuru (red-crested cranes) in flight Sandy A. Mactaggart Collection.
and standing beneath flowering branches on a rich nashiji ground,
the top surmounted by a handle in the form of a silver wire basket
containing an arrangement of gold-lacquered blooms comprising three

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