Japanese Choba Dansu - Late Meiji Era Trays Designed with three small arched

Designed with three small arched recesses

or other household provisions

The right attendee is his consort Bhadrakali

Crafted using the distinctive scratchwork technique

This solid and understated sideboard comes from Dongbei (northeast China) and dates to around 1940

Japanese Choba Dansu - Late Meiji Era Trays Designed with three small archedThis Japanese tansu chest is a choba dansu (or cho dansu) merchant chest dates from the late Meiji era (1868 1912). Cho dansu were used by merchants in shops for storing ledgers, money, and seals. The style of this tansu chest suggests it came from further north, nearer to Sakata. This piece has one long drawer at the top and six additional smaller drawers (two behind a lockable box). Two sliding doors conceal a large interior space with a single