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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A KODANSU [SMALL CABINET]
Edo Period (18th century)
Of standard rectangular form, the exterior and door decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, tsukegaki, tin and gold heidatsu and details in red and black lacquer on a nashiji ground, depicting karako [Chinese children] playing, the top with five children with hobbyhorses and a standard, the right side with six children playing with a dog, a duck and an umbrella, the left side with four children playing with fans, a butterfly, a standard and a diabolo, the door with five children playing with a cockerel, a hen and a branch of chrysanthemum, the back with three children playing with a standard and a fan, the back of the door with a seated kirin beneath small scattered clouds, the interior of the cabinet with three drawers decorated in gold hiramaki-e, gin-fun and fundame ground with a chequer pattern of gold squares and stylised chrysanthemums, the interior and base of the drawers nashiji, the gilt copper hinges and lock plates chased with floral pattern on a nanako ground
3 1/8 x 4½ x 2¾in. (7.9 x 11.3 x 7.1cm.)
Edo Period (18th century)
Of standard rectangular form, the exterior and door decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, tsukegaki, tin and gold heidatsu and details in red and black lacquer on a nashiji ground, depicting karako [Chinese children] playing, the top with five children with hobbyhorses and a standard, the right side with six children playing with a dog, a duck and an umbrella, the left side with four children playing with fans, a butterfly, a standard and a diabolo, the door with five children playing with a cockerel, a hen and a branch of chrysanthemum, the back with three children playing with a standard and a fan, the back of the door with a seated kirin beneath small scattered clouds, the interior of the cabinet with three drawers decorated in gold hiramaki-e, gin-fun and fundame ground with a chequer pattern of gold squares and stylised chrysanthemums, the interior and base of the drawers nashiji, the gilt copper hinges and lock plates chased with floral pattern on a nanako ground
3 1/8 x 4½ x 2¾in. (7.9 x 11.3 x 7.1cm.)
Literature
Mike and Hiroko Dean, Nihon no Shikki Japanese Lacquer - an Exposition (Kyoto, 1984), no. 5
Special notice
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