Japanese Burr Keyaki Cha Dansu Chest - Taishō Era Period - Taishō solid elm seat with a

solid elm seat with a beautifully aged surface

It's a wonderful museum quality reproduction piece

This Chinese bamboo ladder features a beautiful blue painted design

A few hundred years ago the Dokras of Central and Eastern India travelled south as far as Kerala and north as far as Rajasthan

Materials: Elm wood (yumu)

Japanese Burr Keyaki Cha Dansu Chest - Taishō Era Period - Taishō solid elm seat with aThis Japanese cha dansu tea chest dates from the early Taish Period (1912 1926). Tea chests were made from fine wood and took pride of place in a Japanese home. This particular cha dansu is exceedingly fine and constructed from luxurious burr keyaki wood (Japanese red elm zelkova). It is of an unconventional form and is double the usual height. The sides are constructed from cryptomeria (Japanese cedar). This tansu is built as a kasane dansu (stacking