A MOMOYAMA PERIOD RECTANGULAR COFFER decorated in gold hiramakie and aogai the flat over lapping top with a central rounded rectangular panel depicting a coastal scene with stags among trees on an aogai ground with shippo-hanabashi border, the front with a rounded rectangular panel depicting birds on a blossoming cherry tree in a garden the lower part containing a wide drawer, the sides with panels of cherry blossoms and Chinese bellflowers sprays, with similar shippo-hanabashi border, gilt-metal lock and side-handle, (old wear and damage), circa 1600, on a later Irish gilt-wood stand, 18th century

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A MOMOYAMA PERIOD RECTANGULAR COFFER decorated in gold hiramakie and aogai the flat over lapping top with a central rounded rectangular panel depicting a coastal scene with stags among trees on an aogai ground with shippo-hanabashi border, the front with a rounded rectangular panel depicting birds on a blossoming cherry tree in a garden the lower part containing a wide drawer, the sides with panels of cherry blossoms and Chinese bellflowers sprays, with similar shippo-hanabashi border, gilt-metal lock and side-handle, (old wear and damage), circa 1600, on a later Irish gilt-wood stand, 18th century
26.3 cm. high x 50.5 cm. wide x 34.5 cm. deep
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