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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUER SHODANA [BOOK CABINET]
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Constructed of three shelves; deep centre compartment enclosed by hinged double-doors and a lower rectangular shelf enclosed by two sliding doors; decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, shishiai-togidashi-e, okibirame and nashiji on a rich nashiji ground; the blossoms of the cherry trees applied silver and applied gilt metal; the interiors of the shelves, tapered legs, side bars and undersurface nashiji; mounts silver engraved with foliated scroll
The front decorated with a continuous, vibrant spring landscape of pines and flowering cherries on polished gold hills and the bank of a vigorous river; the top of the cabinet with a crashing waterfall, cliffs and similar tree, rolling hills and the top of a large pine; the lower right side with a willow tree; the left side with thatched huts, pine and bands of burnished gold mist
371/8 x 161/8 x 38¼in. (94.2 x 41 x 84.5cm.)
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Constructed of three shelves; deep centre compartment enclosed by hinged double-doors and a lower rectangular shelf enclosed by two sliding doors; decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, shishiai-togidashi-e, okibirame and nashiji on a rich nashiji ground; the blossoms of the cherry trees applied silver and applied gilt metal; the interiors of the shelves, tapered legs, side bars and undersurface nashiji; mounts silver engraved with foliated scroll
The front decorated with a continuous, vibrant spring landscape of pines and flowering cherries on polished gold hills and the bank of a vigorous river; the top of the cabinet with a crashing waterfall, cliffs and similar tree, rolling hills and the top of a large pine; the lower right side with a willow tree; the left side with thatched huts, pine and bands of burnished gold mist
371/8 x 161/8 x 38¼in. (94.2 x 41 x 84.5cm.)
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