Beautiful and unusual Japanese antique karuma tansu (storage chest on wheels), made all of heavy keyaki (elm) wood with iron hardware, front has sliding panels with horizontal slats, sides and back all have wooden bracing, interior left side has 4 drawers of different sizes with iron hardware, right side interior has hidden compartment that opens to reveal 2 secret boxes, Edo Period.
Size: 36 1/4" high x 38" wide x 23" deep.
Antique Japanese keyaki choba tansu (merchant's chest), beautiful old patina with strong grain pattern, top right drawer-front has old repair. Dimensions 27.5" High x 35.25" Long x 17.75" Deep.
Japanese keyaki bar tansu with original finish, kiri leaf shaped lock on top drawer, bar opens with one key. Dimensions: 24.25" High x 29.5" Long x 20.75" Deep
Absolutely stunning and remarkably well cared for, is this visual plethora of scenes of a flowering prune tree and perched bird. The top portion of this Japanese treasure box exhibits a atmospheric scene of a placid lake with a boating scene. All hardware is silver plated and original. This wood and lacquer treasure box dates to the early Meiji period circa 1870's and is dated according to the type ornate locking mechanisms here shown. Size: 7.5" high and 8.5" wide.
Rare and beautiful antique Japanese isho tansu (clothing chest) from the Sendai area, made with striking keyaki wood burl on front, unusual elaborate iron work including top drawer lock plate in the form of a dragon and bottom drawer lock plate in the form of a tiger, two smaller drawers with peony shaped lock plates, large safe box with heavy hardware and three small keyaki wood interior drawers, moko shaped drawer pulls, middle drawers are covered by a locking bar with more hardware in ... Click for details
Wooden panel, presumably keyaki, inlaid and mounted with pieces of wood and stagantler in the shape of a celestial dragon, surrounded by islands of clouds. The pieces are mounted partly with the help of nails. The inlay in the upper left corner is engraved with the name Ichiryu. No craftsman with that name is known to have been working in stagantler. Japan, Taisho or early Showa period. Framed in a faux-bamboo frame from the same period.... Click for details
Japanese antique Kaidon Tansu (step chest) in two sections, this piece was once used as both a stair case and storage chest and would have been built into a Japanese home, the frame of the chest is made of sugi (cryptomeria) wood with a lovely hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood front and drawers of keyaki (elm) wood with nice grain, the top section has a small compartment with a drop in panel and a larger compartment with a hinged door with horizontal slats, the bottom compartment has a large c... Click for details
This early 1900's Kyoto style hibachi is crafted from beautifully grained keyaki wood. It has a copper liner and heavy iron insert. The piece has wonderful joinery with drawer fronts that combine keyaki and persimmon woods. It has an unusually thick frame. Very good condition.
Height: 15 ½”
Width: 34”
Depth: 24 ½”
Japanese antique katana tansu (sword chest), made with kiri (paulownia) wood drawer fronts and sugi (cryptomeria) wood frame, 4 drawers of various sizes: 2 long drawers, 1 medium, and 1 small drawer, heavy iron hardware including side handles, corner bracing, square shaped lock plates, and warabite shaped drawer pulls, Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Size: 18" high x 45 1/2"wide x 13" deep.
Beautiful Japanese antique single section mizuya tansu (kitchen chest), dramatic keyaki (elm) burl wood panels, 3 compartments with sliding panels, middle panels have intricate star pattern lattice work in wood, below are 6 drawers of various sizes, iron hardware, deep brown translucent lacquer finish, sides and top are slightly darker in color, Meiji Period (1868-1912).
Size: 52" high x 36" wide 18" deep.
