Small Japanese Meiji Period Inlaid Cabinet Shodana, circa 1870

Small Japanese lacquer cabinet from the Meiji period with two doors and a drawer as well as side handles. The cabinet is decorated with gold...

Very rare Japanese Shibayama cabinet with multiple leaves, drawers and sliding panels. Indeed, the quality of sculpture, the variety of materials (iv...

Japanese lacquered Meiji Period cabinet.

A spectacular Japanese yosegi zaiku marquetry etagere display cabinet, shadona, Meiji Period, circa 1880, Japan. The display cabinet, called a ...

An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and ...

The construction of this antique shodana is somehow different and richer than the traditional Japanese model: even if in fact there are the fundamental elements, which are a lower compartment closed by two sliding doors and three intermediate shelves, in this piece, there are many other closed parts, including two drawers. More, there are several lacquered parts decorated in superior-quality maki-e even in places that generally are left empty. Panels are painted with gold lacquer with landscapes from the Genji monogatari; handles reproduce a sho, a rare antique musical instrument...