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Choba Tansu

Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Antique Choba Tansu (Merchant Chest) Meiji Era Antique Choba - Tansu (merchant's chest
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Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Furniture

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Wrought Iron

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Japanese Shop Chest Choba Tansu
Located in Seattle, WA
A Japanese shop chest, choba dansu, crafted entirely of sugi (cryptomeria) wood. The tansu with a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets

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Wood

Japanese Shop Chest Choba Tansu
Japanese Shop Chest Choba Tansu
H 36 in W 36 in D 16.5 in
19th Antique Japanese Choba Tansu Keyaki and Kiri Wood
Located in Brescia, IT
Choba Tansu Japanese cabinet, last Edo Period, in Kiri and Keyaki wood with four drawers and two
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture

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Wood

Fine Japanese Edo Period Keyaki Choba Tansu 'Merchant's Chest'
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Japanese late Edo period keyaki wood (elm) Choba tansu (merchant's chest) with multiple
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Antique 1850s Japanese Edo Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Pair of 19th Century Japanese Choba Tansu on Custom Steel Stands
Located in Chicago, IL
tables, or stylish end tables beside your sofa. The Choba Tansu's distinct compartments and drawers, once
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Steel, Iron

19th C. Japanese Chest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th c. Japanese merchant choba tansu on iron base. Intricate iron work and secret compartments.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets

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Iron

19th C. Japanese Chest
19th C. Japanese Chest
H 38.5 in W 30 in D 16 in
Fine Quality Japanese Meiji Period Merchant's Tansu
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine single section Japanese Meiji period lacquered keyaki wood choba (merchant's tansu) fitted
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

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Iron

Fine Japanese Meiji Period Stained Keyaki Clothing Tansu
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Japanese Meiji period lacquered and stained choba or clothing tansu in two parts, the upper
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Elm, Pine

Japanese Elm and Pine Clothing Tansu with Crane and Turtle Hardware
Located in San Francisco, CA
A late Meiji period elm and pine clothing tansu (choba) in two sections with two long drawers over
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Elm, Pine

Japanese Choba (Merchant) Tansu, Kiri/Sugi Wood, Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
One section Choba (Merchant) Tansu, Kiri/Sugi wood, Meiji period Configuration of drawers and
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Wood

Japanese Choba Dansu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique two section hinoki (cypress) wood choba dansu (merchant's chest) from Kyoto, Japan. Tansu
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets

Japanese Choba Dansu
Japanese Choba Dansu
H 55.325 in W 32 in D 15 in

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Located in London, GB
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H 26.78 in W 31.11 in D 12.41 in
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Located in Big Flats, NY
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