A Komai iron cabinet with a lower drawer and two doors opening to reveal five further drawers with butterfly and flowerhead handles, all worked in silver and gold nunomezogan, the panels depicting various buildings and shrines on grounds of cranes, fans, butterflies, chrysanthemums, precious objects and fruiting vines, the exterior sides with various diaper and geometric panels, the top of the cabinet with confronting ho-o, with key -- 5¾in. high.

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A Komai iron cabinet with a lower drawer and two doors opening to reveal five further drawers with butterfly and flowerhead handles, all worked in silver and gold nunomezogan, the panels depicting various buildings and shrines on grounds of cranes, fans, butterflies, chrysanthemums, precious objects and fruiting vines, the exterior sides with various diaper and geometric panels, the top of the cabinet with confronting ho-o, with key -- 5¾in. high.
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