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Lot No. 4
AN IMPRESSIVE JAPANESE
LACQUER CABINET

The brilliantly detailed two-door cabinet features two shelves
and both interior and exterior decorated with gold takamaki-e
and hiramaki-e (techniques of Japanese lacquerwork). The
detailed design with mother-of-pearl features a peacock and
peahen underneath a sakura tree in the front and the interior
features birds of paradise. The interior doors are decorated with
fishing boat motifs in gold lacquer.
Size: 20 x 31 x 10 in (50.8 x 78.7 x 25.4 cm)
Medium: Lacquered wood
Circa: Edo period
` 8,00,000 - 12,00,000 | $ 9,877 - 14,815
Provenance: Property from a Parsi collection based in Mumbai

This lot is over one hundred years old or National Art Treasure,
cannot be exported out of India as per Antiques and Art
Treasures Act, 1972 (payment only in Indian Rupees)

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