Japon Période Meiji (1868-1912)
Wooden cabinet, ivory and shibayama type inlays, the sides and the back entirely covered with a basket of ivory strips, the front presenting two doors and two drawers, the first ones with inlaid decoration of flowered baskets in lacquered wood, tinted ivory, mother-of-pearl, and coral, on a background of ivory strips, the drawers decorated with crabs among lotuses; The doors, decorated on the reverse side with wisteria in gold lacquer and mother-of-pearl insects, reveal shelves, small drawers and doors, inlaid with flowers and foliage on a woven ivory background, the handles in the form of crabs.
Dim. 38,5 x 31 x 15,5 cm
(The decoration of the sides almost entirely restored with a white paste; several gaps of inlay on the panels; lack at the level of the closing, small accidents on the basketry inside)
