Kitchen chest "mizuya dansu", Kyoto style, late Edo period, 19th century ·  Japan · ID: 3046311

Description

elm/ zelkova “keyaki”, cast iron handles, finish in blackened burned lacquer, two part, front with six smaller sliding doors, two of them open worked, two large sliding doors below, four small drawers

The Japanese kitchen buffet developed from the tradition of tea houses.

The extremely practical piece of furniture offers plenty of storage space. The Western world has discovered the beauty and practicality of “mizuya dansu” where they can often be found in living and dining rooms, office spaces,etc.

The object Kitchen chest “mizuya dansu”, Kyoto style, late Edo period, 19th century with the object ID 3046311 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 2 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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