A GOLD LACQUER CABINET Attributed to Akatsuka Jitoku (1871-1936),(Late Meiji-Taisho Period, 20th Century) A very fine cabinet with a hinged door and four drawers on a scalloped base, the outside with an all-over design of a wisteria tree in bloom, in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a gold lacquer ground with areas of gold foil mosaic, the inside of the door with a design of dandelions, horsetail and other plants by a stream with butterflies overhead in gold and silver hiramaki-e and gold foil, the drawer-fronts with four unconnected seasonal plant designs including floating cherry-blossom, trefoil, pine and plum, and bamboo, the other surfaces gold nashiji , chased silver fittings with gilt and silver collars 8 x 6.7/8 x 9.5/8in. (20.1 x 17.5 x 24.4cm.)
A GOLD LACQUER CABINET Attributed to Akatsuka Jitoku (1871-1936),(Late Meiji-Taisho Period, 20th Century) A very fine cabinet with a hinged door and four drawers on a scalloped base, the outside with an all-over design of a wisteria tree in bloom, in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a gold lacquer ground with areas of gold foil mosaic, the inside of the door with a design of dandelions, horsetail and other plants by a stream with butterflies overhead in gold and silver hiramaki-e and gold foil, the drawer-fronts with four unconnected seasonal plant designs including floating cherry-blossom, trefoil, pine and plum, and bamboo, the other surfaces gold nashiji , chased silver fittings with gilt and silver collars 8 x 6.7/8 x 9.5/8in. (20.1 x 17.5 x 24.4cm.)
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