Japanese Ranma Hori Carved Peacock Facing Right 6" Butsugu Tansu All drawers open and close

All drawers open and close smoothly

Made with wooden pin construction

Having been in storage for much the past century

Upon very close inspection (2x magnification at 1") very fine stress fractures can be seen as shown in some of the final photos

In this case the seal was given in Shanghai

Japanese Ranma Hori Carved Peacock Facing Right 6" Butsugu Tansu All drawers open and closeThis is a beautiful hand carved Ranma Hori in the shape of a peacock flying left. A Ranma is a transom that sits above sliding doorways in a traditional Japanese house to let air flow though freely. The Ranma Hori would usually sit on the ends of the Ranma in smaller transoms. As such, these functional sculptural works are meant to be viewed from the bottom and have little extra flourishes underneath. This one is 6 wide by 3 high and 3 Deep