Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Lembata " This statue been given

" This statue been given an aged effect and has traces of paint

Candles or oil lamps were placed inside the glass bell and the glass lid prevented soot from marking the ceiling of the palace or the tent

This highly decorative black lacquer Chinese chest on stand was made is was made for export to Europe

This long Indian console table is made from reclaimed wood which is salvaged from old buildings in Rajasthan and Gujarat

Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Lembata " This statue been givenThis 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