PROFUSELY CARVED JAPANESE RED WOOD TALL CHEST: From the original 1987 Ben J. Selkirk & Sons auction catalog: ''A semi-antique Japanese red wood tall chest, finely carved with representation of tree peony, chrysanthemum, birds and prunes, the top surmounted by a high three-quarter gallery over a cupboard door and two three-quarter drawers, two short drawer and 3 long drawers flanked by applied carved dragons forms on the canted corners, based on a conforming plinth with bracket feet, the sides with similarly carved floral panels, one of which is signed one a inlaid plaque, measures 58'' h. x 44'' x 23''. Provenance: Purchased from Mikimoto at the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904.''