A lacquer robe-chest

LATE EDO/EARLY MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

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A lacquer robe-chest
Late Edo/early Meiji Period (19th Century)
Decorated in gold hiramaki-e on a polished black lacquer ground with the encircled mokko design and elaborately engraved gilt copper fittings and lock-plate with a similar design with peony, the interior with a tray, minor old wear
27.5/8 x 14.5/8 x 17.3/8in. (70.2 x 37.4 x 43.8cm.)

Lot Essay

The crest is most possibly that of the Hotta family of Sakura and Miyagawa, as illustrated in V-F. Weber, Koji Hoten, Dictionnaire l'Usage des Amateurs et Collectionneurs d'Objets d'Art Japonais et Chinois, Vol. 2 (New York, 1975), app. XIX, pl.24, no. 204.

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