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A large Namban cabinet
Estimate
20.000 - 30.000
Session 3
14 December 2021
Hammer Price
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Black lacquered wood of profuse gilt and mother-of-pearl inlaid decoration
Two doors of central scalloped cartouches with landscapes with pagodas
Eighteen inner drawers of various sizes organised around a central portico shaped double height drawer.
Each drawer front of zigzag friezes and floral and foliage decoration, amongst which Tachibana orange, balloon flowers (Azagau), Japanese beans (Kuzu), camellias (Tsubaki), bellflowers (Kikyõ), chrysanthemums (Kiku) and Japanese apricot (Ume)
Gilt metal hardware of engraved decoration with chrysanthemum shaped escutcheons
Later rosewood stand of turned legs
Japan, Momoyama period, 16th / 17th century
(restoration)
63x87,5x48 cm
Category
Furniture
Closed Auction