Description A WOODEN CHEST WITH DRAWERS AND A COPPER SAKE WARMER 'KANDOUKO', 19th CENTURYJapan, 19th centuryThe wooden miniature chest applied with reddish varnish, with a hinged cupboard door set with an iron lock and opening to reveal two deep rectangular drawers and two quadrangular drawers, all with iron handles and one with a further iron lock, the top with a further handle for transportation and overall with iron fittings. The copper Kandouko holds the brazier and two water containers with spout and handle; all within a fitted wood box inscribed and painted, with two handles to each side and a vent opening for the brazier to one side, a further opening to the top. Together with an inscribed wooden storage box.Condition: The chest with extensive wear, scratches, nicks, few age cracks and small losses, the locks not functioning, in any case, still in stable condition. The Kandouko in good condition with wear, scratchesand signs of erosion, the fitted box with age cracks and few worm holes.Provenance: Family collection of either Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) or his son-in-law Louis (Loek) Borensztajn (1935-2021), Netherlands. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, dealer, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. He became one of the world's leading collectors of Japanese art, starting at the age of 18, and continued to collect and work as an art dealer in Berlin in the 1920s. In the 1930s Felix Tikotin fled from the Nazis and hid his collection in the Netherlands. After the war, he decided that his collection should be taken to Israel, where in 1959 and with the help of Abba Hushi, who was the mayor of Haifa, The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was established. The Museum's collection comprises more than 8,000 items of art and crafts.Dimensions: The cabinet 22.5 x 21.5 30.5 cm, the Kandouko 15.5 x 20 x 12 cm, the additional wooden box 26 x 27 x 14.5 cmThe kandouko sake warmer is thought to have been used since the early Edo period in Japan to enjoy warm sake outdoors.