Japanese Mizuya Dansu - Meiji Period Wucai Porcelain it's now ready to be

it's now ready to be used again in someone's home

A charming vintage Indian brass food storage caddy from Northern India

approx 60mms max diameter - this is flexible so can be enlarged or reduced to fit the user

It would have originally opened from the top by a hatch

Japanese Mizuya Dansu - Meiji Period Wucai Porcelain it's now ready to beThis Japanese antique mizuya dansu chest dates from the Meiji period (1868 1912) and is constructed from hinoki wood (cypress) with keyaki (red elm zelkova) panels. It is made in the Tokyo style and the recessed brass panel handles depict the flowers with a waxing crescent moon. Mizuya were usually used in the kitchen for food and crockery storage. All the ironwork is original. The iron drawer pulls (hikite) on the front are leech (hirute) shaped