A lacquered wood storage chest (hasamibako)

Description:

Japan, late Edo period, 19th c.
48 x 74 x 54 cm
Raised on six splayed supports with floral-etched gilt bronze fittings and decorated overall with Japanese crests such as the kiri mon of the Toyotomi clan in gold hiramakie on a brown lacquer ground.
Aus einer württembergischen Privatsammlung, zwischen den 1950er Jahren und 2000 gesammelt - Partiell Gebrauchs- und Altersspuren