THREE JAPANESE IRON-BOUND SEA CAPTAINS' CHESTS

THREE JAPANESE IRON-BOUND FUNADANSU (SEA CAPTAINS' CHESTS)
EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

All three of typical rectangular form, made of heavy keyaki (zelkova) wood, the exterior elaborately reinforced with hand-forged iron hardware and complex locking plates featuring auspicious motifs, the larger two with doors opening to reveal inner drawers, 48cm x 38cm x 44.5cm max. (3)