Date: Japan 1640 – 1660
Material: Wood, black lacquer, decorated in gold an silver hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi, tsukegaki, nashiji
original silver fittings
Measurement: 34.8 cm (high), 38.2 cm (wide), 29.3 cm (deep)
The interior with two secret drawers, one under the sliding roof top and another behind the sliding side-door.
overall good condition, usual wear to edges, crack and relacquering to base
Provenance: German Private Collection
Exhibition: Museum für Lackkunst, Münster, April – July 2016
Literature: Papist-Matsuo, Antje: Brückenschlag von Ost nach West – Japanischer Exportlack aus vier Jahrhunderten. Museum für Lackkunst, Münster p. 58 – 59, No. 14.