Japanese Ryobiraki Kasane Dansu From Kanto - Late Edo Period Coffee Tables Carved Marble Jali fretwork window

Carved Marble Jali fretwork window from Rajasthan

Glazed Terracotta Tang Style Horse - Reproduction

The gilding has worn away on the face to reveal the red lacquer covering the bronze

Blue and white porcelain is glazed using a transparent porcelain glaze dating back to the Tang Dynasty - 618 - 907

90% Cashmere Wool

Japanese Ryobiraki Kasane Dansu From Kanto - Late Edo Period Coffee Tables Carved Marble Jali fretwork windowThis Japanese kannon biraki tansu chest dates to the very end of the Edo period (1603 1868) circa 1840 or 1850. This style of Japanese tansu is from the Kanto region and may well be from the city of Edo. Japanese tastes consider this style of tansu as refined and this style is often referred to as iki (chic). This chest is made from kiri (paulownia wood). Sumptuary law restricted chonin (townspeople) to owning unlacquered chests such as this one. This