Japanese Choba Dansu - Late Meiji Era Style - Tianqiuping 'Bottle' Vases These tables also doubled as

These tables also doubled as occasional tables in Chinese traditional homes

They come in all sizes a set is made that nests one inside the other when not in use

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Japanese Choba Dansu - Late Meiji Era Style - Tianqiuping 'Bottle' Vases These tables also doubled asThis Japanese tansu chest is a choba dansu (or cho dansu) merchant chest dates from the late Meiji era (1868 1912). Cho dansu were used by merchants in shops for storing ledgers, money, and seals. The style of this tansu chest suggests it came from further north, nearer to Sakata. This piece has one long drawer at the top and six additional smaller drawers (two behind a lockable box). Two sliding doors conceal a large interior space with a single