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A MAGNIFICENT NANBAN CABINET inlaid in shell, all framed by narrow bands of shell, square latticework,
Momoyama period (1573-1615) late 16th/early 17th century thin zigzag bands and shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash), the door opening
Embellished predominantly in gold hiramaki-e lacquer and inlaid downwards to reveal 19 drawers of three sizes arranged horizontally in
with shell, the single hinged door decorated on the front with cloud- six rows surrounding a central drawer with an arch in relief decorated
shaped cartouche enclosing a tiger and leopard prowling on the rocky with a standing ho-o (phoenix) surrounded by a chequered design and
banks of a river among flowering plants of kikyo (Chinese bellflowers), a copper lock plate, 18 drawers decorated with rectangular panels
tachibana (mandarin orange), maple and hagi (bush clover) surrounded alternately enclosing asagao, tachibana and kuzu, each drawer with
by symmetrical mitsu domoe (three-comma motifs) on a ground of a copper gilt chrysanthemum knob, the sides with two copper-gilt
tightly-clustered shells, and on the back with a crane and minogame carrying handles, the underside of plain wood; with a custom-made
(turtle with a ‘tail’ of weed) among scrolling asagao (morning glory), wood storage box and two keys.
the top with a pair of cranes flying above two minogame on the banks 64.5cm x 89cm x 52.5cm (25 3/8in x 35 1/16in x 20 11/16in). (4).
of a river flanked by arching branches of maple and kikyo reserved
on the same patterned-ground as the door, the left side with a long- £120,000 - 150,000
tailed cockerel in a garden, flowering maple and kikyo, the right with a JPY17,000,000 - 22,000,000
long-tailed cockerel among tachibana and kiri (paulownia), the reverse US$160,000 - 200,000
with meandering branches of kuzu (kudzu vine), some of the leaves

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