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A GOLD-LACQUER PORTABLE KODANSU (CABINET)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The rectangular body with a drop-front door opening to reveal seven
drawers, decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e and
mura-nashiji with thatched dwellings within a fenced compound set on
the shores of a lake surrounded by pines, the design continuing on the
sides and the reverse where plovers are shown in flight, the top with a
crescent moon, the drawers embellished with five scattered variations
of the hanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond crest), six drawers attached
with silvered-metal ring pulls engraved with the same crest, the exterior
with silvered-metal fitted mounts engraved with karakusa (‘Chinese
grasses’), unsigned; with a wood storage box and a key.
31.2cm x 38.6cm x 24cm (12¼in x 15¼in x 9½in). (3).

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 290,000
US$2,000 - 2,600

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A SMALL BLACK-LACQUER SQUARE PORTABLE
KODANSU (CABINET)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
The sliding door opening to reveal three drawers within, decorated
on the exterior of the door, sides and reverse with a flock of chidori
(plovers) flying over a pine grove on a lakeshore, the top with snow-
decked Mount Fuji, the drawers scattered with pine needles, lacquered
in gold hiramakie, e-nashiji and takamaki-e, unsigned; with a wood
storage box with an inscribed paper slip.
18.5cm x 15.2cm x 15.2cm (7¼in x 6in x 6in). (2).

£800 - 1,000 83
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,000 - 1,300

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