A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD SHIBAYAMA-STYLE CABINET

A JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD SHIBAYAMA-STYLE CABINET, TANSU

EDO/MEIJI PERIOD

Possibly Rykyu Islands, with seven pullout drawers, two sliding doors and a compartment, decorated with birds, bats, flowers, reishi, landscapes and musical instruments in mother of pearl, stained bone, soapstone and coral on a black lacquer ground, the inner part of the drawers in nashiji lacquer, the back with flowering prunus branches before a full moon, 54cm x 54.7cm x 27.2cm.