A gold-lacquer, ivory and shibayama-inlaid portable rectangular kodansu (cabinet)
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryApplied with 11 lobed ivory panels lavishly decorated in typical Shibayama style, each depicting a different bird-and-flower scene, all reserved on a ground of repeated hanabishi-mon (flowery-diamond crests) embellished in gold hiramaki-e, a single hinged door at each end of the cabinet, one opening to reveal two removable drawers, lacquered in gold takamaki-e with three cranes flying above a lake, Mount Fuji in the distance one drawer with two sets of integral gold-lacquered boxes and covers, the other end with three drawers similarly lacquered with pavilions and pine trees on a lakeshore, the underside of rich nashiji; unsigned. 12.5cm x 21.4cm x 12cm (4 7/8in x 8 3/8in x 4?in). (7).