A Mid 18th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet

Using Japanese “Urushi” lacquer in a beautifully untouched and sleepy condition, on later stand, This Japanese lacquer cabinet on the stand has a “Nashi-ji decoration (meaning means ” Pear skin pattern”, as the texture resembles the Japanese pear), commonly used for furniture and objects in Japan and East Asia for the past 1200 years; “Nashi-ji”  is used for various metal powders, such as gold, silver, platinum, tin, brass, and blue gold / Ao-kin ( Gold and silver alloy powder ). In Japan’s late Edo period ( 1750 – 1867 ), the Tokugawa shogunate frequently announced the sumptuary law and tin or silver powder was mainly used for “Nashi-ji” decorations during this regulatory period.

Height: 138.5cm, 54 1/2″
Width: 101cm, 38 3/4″
Depth: 56cm, 22″