No. 83350641

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Chôba’dansu 帳場箪笥 (merchant's document cabinet) - Hinoki (cypress) wood, Keyaki wood (Zelkova - "Japanese oak") - Japan - Mid-19th century (Late Edo period/Early Meiji period)
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Chôba’dansu 帳場箪笥 (merchant's document cabinet) - Hinoki (cypress) wood, Keyaki wood (Zelkova - "Japanese oak") - Japan - Mid-19th century (Late Edo period/Early Meiji period)

Great wooden Matsumoto chôba’dansu 帳場箪笥 (merchant's document cabinet), in a single section, clad with hand-forged iron hardware. Fully restored, cleaned and waxed. Made of indigenous hinoki (cypress) wood with a glossy Shunkei-style lacquer in a Bordeaux red hue. The drawer faces and door panels are made of precious Keyaki wood (Zelkova - "Japanese oak") in a warm brown hue but also with the darker finish still showing the lovely natural wood grain. Designed with two pair of sliding doors and a removable panel, and six drawers of different sides. The panels all with a black lacquer border, and the knob of the removable panel shaped like a closed folding fan 扇子 (sensu). The drawers equipped with large decorative iron lock plates shaped like auspicious well-filled money bags decorated with a dotted pattern. A feature added to cabinets distinctive to Matsumoto (Nagano prefecture). Set with a ‘mokkô’-shaped bail handle and with a raised knob on top shaped like chrysanthemum flowers 菊 (kiku). These smooth running drawers are very deep and have a lot of volume, for easy storage. Period: Japan – Mid-19th century (Late Edo period/Early Meiji period). Dimensions: Height 85.9 cm, Width 84.3 cm, Depth 36.3 cm. It is in a very good completely restored condition. No keys included. Please look at the photos for a condition reference. When shipped we will add a certificate of authenticity.

No. 83350641

Sold
Chôba’dansu 帳場箪笥 (merchant's document cabinet) - Hinoki (cypress) wood, Keyaki wood (Zelkova - "Japanese oak") - Japan - Mid-19th century (Late Edo period/Early Meiji period)

Chôba’dansu 帳場箪笥 (merchant's document cabinet) - Hinoki (cypress) wood, Keyaki wood (Zelkova - "Japanese oak") - Japan - Mid-19th century (Late Edo period/Early Meiji period)

Great wooden Matsumoto chôba’dansu 帳場箪笥 (merchant's document cabinet), in a single section, clad with hand-forged iron hardware. Fully restored, cleaned and waxed.

Made of indigenous hinoki (cypress) wood with a glossy Shunkei-style lacquer in a Bordeaux red hue. The drawer faces and door panels are made of precious Keyaki wood (Zelkova - "Japanese oak") in a warm brown hue but also with the darker finish still showing the lovely natural wood grain.

Designed with two pair of sliding doors and a removable panel, and six drawers of different sides. The panels all with a black lacquer border, and the knob of the removable panel shaped like a closed folding fan 扇子 (sensu).
The drawers equipped with large decorative iron lock plates shaped like auspicious well-filled money bags decorated with a dotted pattern. A feature added to cabinets distinctive to Matsumoto (Nagano prefecture). Set with a ‘mokkô’-shaped bail handle and with a raised knob on top shaped like chrysanthemum flowers 菊 (kiku). These smooth running drawers are very deep and have a lot of volume, for easy storage.

Period: Japan – Mid-19th century (Late Edo period/Early Meiji period).

Dimensions:
Height 85.9 cm, Width 84.3 cm, Depth 36.3 cm.

It is in a very good completely restored condition. No keys included. Please look at the photos for a condition reference.

When shipped we will add a certificate of authenticity.

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