Keyaki Isho Dansu From Sendai - Late Meiji Era Style - Rouleau Vase For similar examples see page

For similar examples see page 84 of Museums of India 'National Handicrafts & Handlooms Museum New Delhi' by Jyotindra Jain & Aarti Aggarwala

suitable as a garden gate or wall feature

5 x 57 (wxdxh cms)

and a stylised lingzhi fungus emblem of longevity

Chests like this were €œcustom made€� by the head of the family

Keyaki Isho Dansu From Sendai - Late Meiji Era Style - Rouleau Vase For similar examples see pageThis Japanese tansu chest is from Sendai province and dates to the late Meiji era (1868 1912), circa 1900. Tansu and isho dansu made in Sendai province were some of the best ever made. The masterfully crafted ironwork is particular to Sendai province. Sendai metalwork forgoes straight lines and spreads effortlessly. The more extravagant fittings like those on this tansu appeared in the mid Meiji period when the sword carrying ban of 1876 was brought