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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A LARGE SHIBAYAMA-STYLE CABINET
meiji period (late 19th century)
The tall, wood two-section cabinet set on a wood base with four legs, the upper and lower sections with various sliding doors, hinged doors and shelves decorated in colored shell, gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and okibirame, with flower baskets, geese in shallow water, Chinese children at play, and Bugaku musicians; some ivory framed with pierced ivory decorated with gold aoi-mon, the base of the upper section with a free standing-railing in front of a theatrical scene with Chinese figures, the base pierced and carved with chrysanthemums and leaves, a face of Chinese lion between two mythical animal faces, and inlaid in colored shell with chrysanthemum flowerheads, the back panel decorated with lacquered fans on a pierced ground, the sides with small and larger panels of flowers, an insect on reeds, and flowers and butterflies
Height 78in. (198.8 cm.); width 58 in. (147.9 cm.); depth 16 in. (40.7 cm.)
meiji period (late 19th century)
The tall, wood two-section cabinet set on a wood base with four legs, the upper and lower sections with various sliding doors, hinged doors and shelves decorated in colored shell, gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and okibirame, with flower baskets, geese in shallow water, Chinese children at play, and Bugaku musicians; some ivory framed with pierced ivory decorated with gold aoi-mon, the base of the upper section with a free standing-railing in front of a theatrical scene with Chinese figures, the base pierced and carved with chrysanthemums and leaves, a face of Chinese lion between two mythical animal faces, and inlaid in colored shell with chrysanthemum flowerheads, the back panel decorated with lacquered fans on a pierced ground, the sides with small and larger panels of flowers, an insect on reeds, and flowers and butterflies
Height 78in. (198.8 cm.); width 58 in. (147.9 cm.); depth 16 in. (40.7 cm.)