Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers Native American jar ) with great taste

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Antique Hand-Painted Japanese Lacquered Box With Interior Drawers Native American jar ) with great tasteThis antique Japanese lacquered tabletop cabinet Kodansu, in Japanese dates from the Meiji period, somewhere between late 19th and early 20th century. It features a hand painted golden duck, swimming amidst reeds at the center of its front, surrounded by silver hardware with engraved decoration. Inside the box are three black lacquer drawers of progressively larger size from top to bottom, painted with an elegant gold and silver design, and with