Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A JAPANESE WOOD CHEST

MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

Of rectangular shape, with a pair of hinged doors to the front and a drawer underneath, the inside with eight further drawers; the exterior richly decorated with depictions of carps amongst crashing waves and with border of peaches and seashells; each fish with its eyes inlaid in glass; the interior with smaller fish in meandering streams, with metal fittings and butterfly-shaped handles, 38cm x 39.5cm x 25.5cm. (10)

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.