Antique Japanese Iwayado Kuruma Choba Tansu Keyaki Wheeled Chest

Antique Japanese Iwayado Kuruma Choba Tansu Keyaki Wheeled Chest

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Japanese

Period

Pre 1900

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A rare antique Iwayado Kuruma Choba Tansu (wheeled merchant chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Kijiro Urushi lacquer. Featured metalwork includes motifs of Chrysanthemums and Pine trees symbolizing the Takasago Immortal couple. Unusual pod shaped designs on the recessed drawers.

Age: Meiji period (1870-1880). Exhibited in the Palo Alto Cultureal Museum 1995.

Providence:Zentner Private Family Collection

Dimensions: 43 3/4″ Wide by 40 3/4″ High by 19 1/4″ Deep

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A rare antique Iwayado Kuruma Choba Tansu (wheeled merchant chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Kijiro Urushi lacquer. Featured metalwork includes motifs of Chrysanthemums and Pine trees symbolizing the Takasago Immortal couple. Unusual pod shaped designs on the recessed drawers.

Age: Meiji period (1870-1880). Exhibited in the Palo Alto Cultureal Museum 1995.

Providence:Zentner Private Family Collection

Dimensions: 43 3/4″ Wide by 40 3/4″ High by 19 1/4″ Deep

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Region

Japanese

Period

Pre 1900

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