Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c 1900) Two Drawer Tansu Chest/Desk Zelkova Wood 33" Metalwork born into an artistic family

born into an artistic family

This is a beautiful Tibetan or Nepali Buddhist ceremonial dagger

These weighted pin beds are used to stand flowers at the correct height and angle when arranging flowers in a vase they are hevy and stay at the bottom of a water filled vase

A clean white clay glazed over in a light tone

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (c 1900) Two Drawer Tansu Chest/Desk Zelkova Wood 33" Metalwork born into an artistic familyDating to the late Meiji era early 1900's, this is a special antique Japanese two drawer scholars desk made of Keyaki (zelkova) wood top and drawer faces with Sugi (Japanese cedar) wood casing. This type of bench like tansu was known as a tsukue (desk) and held writing materials and it was a perfect size to act as a desk sitting on the tatami floor. The method of construction (wooden pin) as well as all the early industrial copper handles with