Casket with drawers, lacquer box with drawers and a removable front panel. Five sides of the coffin and the inside of the front panel are decorated with landscapes from the Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa). A decoration of insects on the drawers, which are provided with buttons in the form of metal butterflies, the wings of which can move. A leaf border motif on the edges., anonymous, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1850, Edo-period (1600-1868), wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), metal, w cm × h cm × d cm


Casket with drawers, lacquer box with drawers and a removable front panel. Five sides of the coffin and the inside of the front panel are decorated with landscapes from the Six Jewel Rivers (Mu Tamagawa). A decoration of insects on the drawers, which are provided with buttons in the form of metal butterflies, the wings of which can move. A leaf border motif on the edges., anonymous, Japan, c. 1800 - c. 1850, Edo-period (1600-1868), wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), metal, w cm × h cm × d cm


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