Lot Essay
The inscription on the box reads: 'a cabinet (gobindai) for combs and make-up painted in black with equally spaced mon'.
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MEIJI PERIOD
Details
A lacquer cabinet, kodansu
Meiji period
Of rectangular shape fitted with two hinged doors opening to seven differently sized drawers with silver swing handle, decorated inside and out in gold Tokugawa mon on a roironuri ground, the interior of the doors in gold, silver and iroe hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a sunset in the distance of a pine landscape, muranashiji interiors, silver mounts and swing handles
28.5 x 29.8 x 19.7 cm., fitted box
Meiji period
Of rectangular shape fitted with two hinged doors opening to seven differently sized drawers with silver swing handle, decorated inside and out in gold Tokugawa mon on a roironuri ground, the interior of the doors in gold, silver and iroe hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with a sunset in the distance of a pine landscape, muranashiji interiors, silver mounts and swing handles
28.5 x 29.8 x 19.7 cm., fitted box
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