Lot 230
EXCEPTIONAL SHIBAYAMA-INLAID WOOD CABINET Y
MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 20 March 2018 at 11:00 GMT
£8,125
Description
comprising an asymmetrical arrangement of open shelves and cupboards, including a pair of hinged doors finely inlaid with a male dignitary teasing a boy under a plantain tree, a hinged door on the upper right corner depicting two samurais bracing themselves for the attack by a mythical beast descending from heaven, the remaining sliding and hinged doors decorated with birds and a variety of seasonal flowers, with elaborate scroll-form cornicing and a pierced back panel to the mid-section, raised on an elongated rectangular stand of matching form
Dimensions
193cm high, 140cm wide, 56cm deep
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection.