A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD KODANSU (CABINET) AND STAND

A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD KODANSU (CABINET) AND STAND

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of rectangular form and decorated in red lacquer Kamakura bori, with a pair of hinged doors to the front and a drawer below, the inside with six further drawers, raised on a four-legged stand; the surface decorated all-over with a dense pattern of prunus blossoms and inset with eight Satsuma porcelain plaques embellished with depictions of birds; the reverse of the doors carved with a kirin to one side and a dragon to the other, the metal mounts shaped as butterflies, 41cm x 32.5cm x 20.5cm overall. (2)