Japanese Black Lacquer Bo Dansu From Sakata - Meiji Period Wool Blue & White Porcelain Ginger

Blue & White Porcelain Ginger Jar with Peacocks Design

These mirrors would have been commissioned for wealthy merchants in Gujarat & Rajasthan in India

138 x 55 x 82 (wxdxh cms)

The body of the lamp is ingeniously formed as a stylised peacock

Carved from a single piece of teak

Japanese Black Lacquer Bo Dansu From Sakata - Meiji Period Wool Blue & White Porcelain GingerThis striking antique black lacquer Japanese Bo Dansu chest is typical of those made in the coastal trading port of Sakata. This style of black lacquer tansu was made in both Tsuruoka & Sakata however, they had distinct variation in ironwork techniques. Sakata ironwork was flat, chiseled and thick whereas Tsuruoka ironwork is repoussd (raised metalwork). This chest dates to the 19th century in the Meiji period (1868 1912) and is constructed from kiri.