A SENDAI STYLE JAPANESE ELM WOOD (KEYAKI) TANSU

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A SENDAI STYLE JAPANESE ELM WOOD (KEYAKI) TANSU Japan, 19th century The keyaki wood tinted in bengara (iron oxide red) below a thin layer of kijiro lacquer, with characteristic asymmetrical drawers and a safe at the center of the right column. The front mounted with large iron fittings chased with rectangular peonies and foliage, typical of the Sendai style, the corners reinforced by triangular sumikanagu, and the drawers each with a pair of hirute-form handles. SIZE 106 x 90.8 x 42.5 cm Tansu are traditional portable storage chests, in Japanese traditional houses, there were no fixed chairs, tables, or pieces of furniture in the living space. Tansu were intended as mobile cabinetry, and used to keep objects of daily use, clothes, and personal items. They were also frequently employed by shopkeepers to store inventory, records, or valuables, as well as in warehouses, and even on ships for the personal use of the captain or owner. Auction comparison: Compare a related wood tansu, dated 19th century, at Christie’s Japanese Art & Design, 16 May 2012, London, lot 137 (sold for GBP 3,250 or approx. EUR 5,600 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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