A LACQUER SHODANA [DISPLAY CABINET], MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A LACQUER SHODANA [DISPLAY CABINET]

MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19^TH-EARLY 20^TH CENTURY

decorated in fine iroe-hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with quail in autumn grasses and dewdrops inlaid in silver, the reverse of the doors with butterflies, the top decorated in fine silver togidashi-e with a moon in a misty sky, applied throughout with the silver mounts depicting ichimatsu [checker pattern] design

75.5 x 38.5 x 82 cm, 29 3/4 x 15 1/8 x 32 1/4 in.