Antique East Asian black lacquer tabletop cabinet or jewelry chest featuring intricate mother-of-pearl (abalone) shell inlays and decorative metal hardware.
Produced as a jewelry chest, vanity box (gyeongdae), or miniature document cabinet (ko-dansu) across Korea, Japan (specifically Nagasaki style), and China during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.
Features traditional motifs of birds and blossoming flowers inlaid with shimmering abalone shell panels, a signature technique of East Asian lacquerware.
Equipped with decorative metal corner brackets, a central locking plates assembly, and a lower pull-out drawer with dropdown metal drop handles. The two front cabinet doors swing open to reveal a set of smaller internal drawers.
Measures 8 x 15 x 14 inches.
Ant antique item sadly with some damage and repair, please see photos.