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A Momoyama lacquer cabinet
with brass handles, the shagreen ground front flap opening to reveal nine drawers, decorated in mother-of-pearl with with an equestrian figure and two attendant leaving a pavilion within geometric borders, the front and sides with panels of shishi lions, ho-o and birds among maple and flowers, the reverse with leafy tendrils -- 20.in (51cm) wide, early 17th Century, (some inlay missing, old damage).
See Colour Plate.
with brass handles, the shagreen ground front flap opening to reveal nine drawers, decorated in mother-of-pearl with with an equestrian figure and two attendant leaving a pavilion within geometric borders, the front and sides with panels of shishi lions, ho-o and birds among maple and flowers, the reverse with leafy tendrils -- 20.in (51cm) wide, early 17th Century, (some inlay missing, old damage).
See Colour Plate.