browse these categories for related items...
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Furniture: Pre 1900: Item # 1418986

Click to view additional online photographs

Zentner Collection
View Seller Profile
5757 Horton Street
Emeryville, CA 94608
510.653.5181

Guest Book

A rare antique Japanese Ko Tansu used as a fancy personal storage chest made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Kirinoki (Paulownia) woods. Both original finish and hand made iron fittings including the Kakute handles. Likely a specially commissioned custom made chest by a wealthy individual or family. Unusual features include the sliding three door design of cranes and bamboo, the carved decorative base and the triangular hardened wooden nail construction.

Age: Early Meiji Era (1868-1880)

Dimensions: 26 1/4" Wide x 19 7/8" High x 10" Deep