Cute Antique Japanese Kiri Choba Merchant Tansu With Original Hand Wrought Iron Hardware

Small antique Japanese choba merchant tansu made from kiri wood, a high-quality wood for furniture building with a beautiful contrasting grain. Two drawers across the top of equal size, three small drawers down the right side, bottom two are covered with a wood panel secured with decorative and intricate wrought iron lock plates and hinges. Two sliding panels on the right open up to a single shelfed compartment. One full length drawer across the bottom. The top panel has some wear on the mid left region, appears to be natural wear and tear from being used for over a century. Small digs and dents in the edges and drawer faces. Significant amount of purple discoloration in a couple of the drawers, the worst of it is included in the photos. None of the purple color is visible from the outside.
The sliding panels have antique bronze fusuma hikite (sliding door handles) depicting a rising sun over a river with leaves in the lower corner, with a border of flowers.

32.5" width x 28" height x 16.5" width

local pickup or shipping arranged by buyer

10717-22