Japan, Meiji era (1868-1912) - Lot 182

Japan, Meiji era (1868-1912) Small display case or cosmetics cabinet (hanagamidai) in gold, silver and red maki-e lacquer on a black background, opening with six drawers (four with pinecone handles), decorated on the front with an old pine tree on a bank with a broom on the ground and above with a sickle and a purse, on one side with large peonies in front of a waterfall (a fan and peaches at the top), on the other side with a prunus in bloom (above : a headdress and its box), on the back of a fan and a brush on rocks in front of chrysanthemums and a waterfall (above: a sickle, horsetails and maple branches, a wooden bundle, a gourd and a bowl), on the intermediate trays of a phoenix on one side and snow-covered bonsai on the other, the upper tray decorated with drums, bells, fans, dance headdresses and box, the inside of the drawers in mura nashiji. H. 26 cm - W. 27 cm - D. 17 cm LM Chips and scratches (especially top shelf and top drawers), worn lacquer, two detached sliding lacquered leaves (preserved in a drawer). Provenance : Scheidecker family at Château de Lutzelhouse (Bas-Rhin, France)