Japanese Child's Palanquin, Based

For the child who has everything, including people to carry it.

This child's palanquin comes from Japan and is dated to the Edo – Meiji period, in lacquered and gilded wood, shown on a base. Enclosed palanquins called norimono carried people of rank in Edo Japan, on the shoulders of bearers; a child's example may have served a noble family's child, or display. Gold birds, flowering branches and a mountain and river landscape cover the black lacquer, with panels of scrolling blossoms above. Two doors meet at the front. A long lacquered carrying pole, painted with grasses and flowers, runs across the top on two straps. It stands 50 inches high and spans 66 wide.

The bearers are not included.