Japanese Menuki Decorated Cha Dansu - Meiji Period Stone & Marble versatile and wonderfully tactile

versatile and wonderfully tactile

pegged and stitched joinery

These lamp bases are made from Neem wood in Rajasthan in small workshops

This carved teakwood tika box originates from the Banswara tribal region of Rajasthan and dates to the early 20th century

Japanese Menuki Decorated Cha Dansu - Meiji Period Stone & Marble versatile and wonderfully tactileThis intriguing tansu chest is a late 19th Century Japanese Cha Dansu (Tea Cabinet). It was made during the Meiji Period (1868 1912) most likely after the Hait Edict, the Samurai sword carrying ban of 1876. With an arrangement of five drawers and two sliding doors, this tansu is decorated with fifty four copper & brass Menuki. Menuki are found on the handle of Samurai Swords and are not only decorative but have the function of giving extra grip. It's