Small gold lacquered Japanese cabinet - Kodansu

Entirely lacquered in gold and decorated in taka and hira maki-e with children playing (karako) with a dog in shakudo and pheasants among flowering shrubs. It opens onto 3 drawers also decorated in gold as well as the inside of the door on a nashiji background with the decoration of Ebisu with his carp. Small lack of lacquer.
Origin: Japan. Meiji period (1868-1912).
Dimensions: 12.5 x 7.5 x H9 cm