Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Lembata This highly decorative black lacquer

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

Hand carved from local stone they were normally used beside doorways with oil lamps or candles

Two strong hangers are attached for wall hanging but it could also be used freestanding on a sturdy shelf or embedded within a wall

33 x 23 x 30

Frame Size: 18 x 2 x 22

Japanese Choba Dansu - Taisho Era Lembata This highly decorative black lacquerThis 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