Description
the hinged doors inset with two gold-lacquer panels embellished in typical Shibayama inlay with blossoming branches, the top decorated with a gold-lacquer fan inlaid with birds amongst blossoming branches, all reserved on a basket-weave pattern ground, the doors opening to reveal three fitted drawers decorated with leaves and flowerheads, signed within a mother-of-pearl plaque to the front
Dimensions
26.8cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of an English RAF officer who fought in both World Wars and purchased the items during his stay in the Far East; thence by direct family descent.