Antique Japanese c.1880’s Kiri Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 12" Bowls Sailerking or JapanPicker

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The handles are designed as bronze elephant heads

This is a vintage Japanese hand thrown ceramic Bizen ware vase for flowers or any other decoration that could use a vessel of this size and shape

This vase was used in a tokonoma (alcove in a traditional Japanese home) to display flowers

1890) Imari ceramic plate with a stencil print design of flowers

Antique Japanese c.1880’s Kiri Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 12" Bowls Sailerking or JapanPickerThis is a 150 year old antique Japanese suzuribako from the late Meiji Era (c. 1880s). This suzuribako (portable calligraphy tansu) has three drawers and a lidded top section, made of solid Kiri (pallowina) wood. The metal hardware is hand forged iron. Suzuribako were used as portable accounting chests (the forerunner of the attache' case). Also known as a calligraphy chest as it housed an ink stone, brushes, ink stick, and paper. Keyaki (zelkova)