Antique Japanese 2-section shodana, display cabinet for heirlooms and works of art. It's rare, mostly open configuration gives a floating appearance to it's multi tiered shelves and compartments. It has intricate pierced carved details of phoenixes and curling flower vines. A rectangular compartment in the center portion has a hinged door that is decorated with blue lacquer and bone shibayama inlay of a bird in tall grasses stalking a bee. Two drawers on the lower portion of the cabinet are similarly decorated with blossoming flowers. Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 72" high x 35" wide (at widest point) x 16 1/2" deep (at deepest point)