Description A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE MINIATURE WOOD CABINETS, MEIJIJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The first with a top handle for transportation and two drawers, the backside with two circular openings to push the drawers open. The second with five drawers of different sizes, each set with a metal handle. The third with a hinged compartment at the top, opening to reveal two lidded compartments, above four drawers of different sizes, each set with iron handles.Condition: Good condition with some wear, surface scratches, few nicks and minimal age cracks.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 first 23.5 x 21 x 24 cm, the second 24 x 19 x 20 cm, the third 23 x 29 x 18 cm