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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 16, 2019 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 66 | $****** - ****** | A magnificent Nanban cabinet |
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64.5 x 89 x 52.5 cm (25.39 x 35.04 x 20.67 in)
Embellished predominantly in gold hiramaki-e lacquer and inlaid with shell, the single hinged door decorated on the front with cloud-shaped cartouche enclosing a tiger and leopard prowling on the rocky banks of a river among flowering plants of kikyo (Chinese bellflowers), tachibana (mandarin orange), maple and hagi (bush clover) surrounded by symmetrical mitsu domoe (three-comma motifs) on a ground of tightly-clustered shells, and on the back with a crane and minogame (turtle with a 'tail' of weed) among scrolling asagao (morning glory), the top with a pair of cranes flying above two minogame on the banks of a river flanked by arching branches of maple and kikyo reserved on the same patterned-ground as the door, the left side with a long-tailed cockerel in a garden, flowering maple and kikyo, the right with a long-tailed cockerel among tachibana and kiri (paulownia), the reverse with meandering branches of kuzu (kudzu vine), some of the leaves inlaid in shell, all framed by narrow bands of shell, square latticework, thin zigzag bands and shippo-tsunagi (linked-cash), the door opening downwards to reveal 19 drawers of three sizes arranged horizontally in six rows surrounding a central drawer with an arch in relief decorated with a standing ho-o (phoenix) surrounded by a chequered design and a copper lock plate, 18 drawers decorated with rectangular panels alternately enclosing asagao, tachibana and kuzu, each drawer with a copper gilt chrysanthemum knob, the sides with two copper-gilt carrying handles, the underside of plain wood, with a custom-made wood storage box and two keys
