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A LARGE LACQUER CABINET
MEIJI PERIOD (19TH-20TH CENTURY)
The cabinet set on a stand elaborately decorated in gold, silver and For a similar cabinet in the collection of Suntory Museum, see
polychrome lacquer hirakami-e, takamaki-e, togidashi and inlaid silver Export Lacquer: Reflection of the West in Black and Gold Makie (Osaka:
and mother-of-pearl, each side designed with gold and silver zig-zag The Yomiuri Shinbun, 2008), pl. 283.
panels with autumn flowers, stylized scrolling flowers and flying
phoenix, the hinged doors opening to reveal five drawers designed
with famous places in Kyoto, with elaborate silver fittings and handles
11 x 15æ x 15æ in. (27.9 x 40 x 40 cm.)
$50,000-70,000