Rare Small Marquetry Chest

For the Week of September 16- September 22

A delightful Japanese small chest with multiple drawers and a pair of sliding and recessed tambour doors. This intriguing little chest has a very unusual combination of both impressive geometric forms and realistically rendered scenes from nature. Both styles of designs are accomplished using very intricate and precise marquetry throughout. Additionally, when. The tambour doors are slid open three graduated drawers form one naturalistic rendered landscape scene displaying Mount Fuji. This lovely and beautifully crafted single scene is cunningly composed using the combination of the three drawer fronts!