A JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER NAMBAN COFFER EDO PERIOD

A JAPANESE WOOD AND LACQUER NAMBAN COFFER

EDO PERIOD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Of typical rectangular shape with a domed lid, unusually decorated with rectangular panels enclosing Hotei carrying his large sack while crossing a bridge on a horse, with two boy attendants following him, the front with two frolicking shishi and the sides and back with vegetations, the borders with bands of diamond cash, with details rendered in iroe takamakie and togidashi on a black roiro ground, 49.5cm x 100.5cm x 43cm.