Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Finish - Red Lacquer These Indian antique painted doors

These Indian antique painted doors and frame hark from Gujarat and have been reclaimed from an old haveli

Internal Dimensions: 80 x 9 x 199 (wxdxh cms)

The perfect gift for a lover of meditation Zircon is said to have great healing energy that can promote balance between a person's physical

outer frame 144 x 208cms - 181cms wide at top of frame

and are framed within finely painted cusped arches and delicate floral borders that reflect the decorative traditions of Rajasthan

Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Finish - Red Lacquer These Indian antique painted doorsThis Japanese choba dansu (or cho dansu) merchant chest dates from the Taish Era (1912 1926) and is made in the Osaka style. Cho dansu were used by merchants in shops for storing ledgers, money, and seals. Osaka & Kyoto were the centers of production for unconventional tansu like this one. This tansu is constructed with mpuru (maple wood acer amoenum) door & drawer fronts with a sugi (cryptomeria) frame. The drawers inside the lockbox are kiri