Rare Japanese Kannon Biraki Tansu with Double Kiri Mon

Japanese antique kannon biraki tansu with kiri mon iron hardware

Rare Japanese Kannon Biraki Tansu with Double Kiri Mon

SKU 1479610 Categories Furniture, Isho Tansu (Clothing Chest), Tansu Tags antique japanese tansu, antique tansu, asian antique, Japanese antique, Japanese antique furniture, japanese antique tansu, Japanese tansu, Tansu

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Region	Japanese
Period	Pre 1900

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Exceptional antique Japanese large kannon biraki tansu (chest with hinged doors). Two stacking sections made all of kiri (paulownia) wood. This chest has unusually bold hardware made of iron with traces of red lacquer. Each of the two large doors on the upper portion is fitted with a large iron kiri mon (specifically Gosan-no-kiri-mon) During the Edo Period, this crest became a well established mon of the Japanese government where previously it was used only by the imperial family. The top section opens to 3 full width interior drawers. The bottom section has two large exterior drawers and a safe box with 4 small interior drawers on the right hand side.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)

Dimensions: 44″ high x 47 1/2″ wide x 17 3/4″ deep

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Exceptional antique Japanese large kannon biraki tansu (chest with hinged doors). Two stacking sections made all of kiri (paulownia) wood. This chest has unusually bold hardware made of iron with traces of red lacquer. Each of the two large doors on the upper portion is fitted with a large iron kiri mon (specifically Gosan-no-kiri-mon) During the Edo Period, this crest became a well established mon of the Japanese government where previously it was used only by the imperial family. The top section opens to 3 full width interior drawers. The bottom section has two large exterior drawers and a safe box with 4 small interior drawers on the right hand side.

Age: Edo Period (1603-1867)

Dimensions: 44″ high x 47 1/2″ wide x 17 3/4″ deep

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Region	Japanese
Period	Pre 1900

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