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Antique 20th Century Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Bento Box
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful and antique Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Bento Box with full array of components included
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20th Century Japanese Other Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Japanese Export Lacquer Mother-of-Pearl Secretaire for the American Market
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Overall densely decorated with flower sprays and landscapes, minutely inlaid with mother-of-pearl and
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Antique 1810s Japanese Edo Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Japanese Edo Period Lacquer Panel with Gold, Mother of Pearl and Coral Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Edo period single panel table screen finely ornate with gold, mother of pearl and coral
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Antique 1860s Japanese Edo More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

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Coral, Gold

Pair of Japanese Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Knife Urns, circa 1800-1815
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare pair of Kyoto-Nagasaki style lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlaid knife urns Edo period
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Brass

Japanese Edo Period Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Embellished Stoneware Koro
Located in Austin, TX
mother-of-pearl embellishment, signed Gyokusen, Edo Period, early to mid 19th century, Japan. The
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Scholar's Objects

Materials

Copper

Japanese Meiji Door Carvings Featuring Owl and Parrot in Mother of Pearl & Bones
Located in New York, NY
birds and flowers. The carvings are executed in wood, mother of pearl and bones and date from circa 1890
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Red lacquer Festival Flag Support abundantly inlaid with mother-of-pearl, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, NL
outer sides with extensive mother-of-pearl inlay-work (raden). In the centre a bronze plaque with a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Antiquities

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Metal, Bronze, Copper

Two Japanese Mother of Pearl Wood Dishes
Located in Brea, CA
Two Japanese mother of pearl wood dishes, very beautiful pieces. Measures: Large one H 2” x L 13.5
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Powder Horn with Inlay in Mother of Pearl, 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A fantastic Japanese powder horn. The horn has inlay of mother of pearl in the shape of a
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Horn

A Fine Jingasa with Mother-of-Pearl ‘Mosaic’ Decoration
Located in London, GB
A Fine Jingasa with Mother-of-Pearl ‘Mosaic’ Decoration Lacquer, wood, leather, mother-of-pearl
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Antique 1860s Lacquer

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Leather, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Japonisme Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Display Cabinet after Viardot
By Gabriel Viardot
Located in London, GB
West, and exporting Japanese goods—including furniture and decorative art—to Europe. One craftsmen by
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Antique Late 19th Century French Japonisme Furniture

Materials

Metal

Japanese Momoyama Period Black Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Box, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Japanese black lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid box, Momoyama Period, 16th
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Antique 16th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Lacquer, Abalone

Mother-of-Pearl Black Lacquer Japanese Export Table with Feet Shaped as Bats
Located in Amsterdam, NL
diam. 108 cm The six-lobbed top is decorated with reverse-painted mother-of-pearl in a sprawling
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

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Lacquer

Midcentury Carved Inuit TOTEM in Birch with Circular Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in New York, NY
circular mother-of-pearl inlay in its center and rests on a stone base. It is inscribed on the bottom of
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Native American Objects

Materials

Stone

Korean Lacquered Wood and Mother of Pearl Inlay Chest, Joseon Dynasty, 19th c
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Korean keyaki (Japanese elm), lacquer, and mother-of-pearl inlaid personal accessory
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Antique Early 19th Century Korean Scholar's Objects

Materials

Brass

Japanese Nagasaki Export Lacquer Box with Depiction of the 'Trippenhuis'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Nagasaki export lacquer box with mother-of-pearl depiction of the Amsterdam ‘Trippenhuis
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Meiji-period lacquer tray represents the mastery of Japanese craftsmen in the art of lacquer
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Gold

Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
H 4.25 in W 29.75 in D 21.13 in
Shibayama Mother of Pearl Opera Glasses by Lemaire
Located in London, GB
A superb and incredibly rare pair of gilt bronze and mother of pearl Shibayama opera glasses by
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Antique 1880s French Scientific Instruments

Materials

Brass

Ming Dynasty Period Scholar's Garden: Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Lacquer Kang Table
Located in Fukuoka, JP
masterful inlay of mother-of-pearl, meticulously pieced together to depict an idyllic scholars' garden scene
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Antique 16th Century Japanese Ming Furniture

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Table from Ryukyu Islands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small square-form table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Kang Table from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small low table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Japanese Carved and Lacquered Shibayama Cabinet, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and mother of pearl decoration of flowers and birds on
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Portuguese-colonial Japanese Namban lacquer Vargueno Cabinet, circa 1600
Located in Amsterdam, NL
x W. 64.5 x D. 36 cm Wood, black lacquered and decorated with gold and inlays of mother-of-pearl
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Antique Early 1600s Japanese Antiquities

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Gold, Brass

Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Box from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lacquer presentation box with mother-of-pearl inlays from Japanese Ryukyu Islands circa 17-18th
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

19th Century Japanese Shibayama Lacquered Inlay Charger, Meiji Period
Located in London, GB
Japanese charger beautifully depicting herons and pine trees detailed in mother of pearl and bone on a
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Art

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Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

A pair of Spanish-colonial Viceregal mother-of-pearl inlaid bureau-cabinets
Located in Amsterdam, NL
routes within Asia, the Indian mother-of-pearl objects influenced the Japanese lacquer production. In
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Antique 18th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Cabinets

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Mother-of-Pearl, Teak

Contemporary Japanese Black Lacquer Hanging Wall Vase
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Fine quality contemporary Japanese hanging vase, black lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl. This
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

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Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Antique circa 1900 Japanese Shibayama Inlaid Side Table Depicting Rickshaw Scene
Located in GB
angle, circa 1900, hand made in Japan, the driver and client are in mother of pearl which glows in the
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Late Victorian Furniture

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

Oversized Vintage Mirror with Mother of Pearl Details by Muramasa Kudo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
mother of pearl details further elevate this mirror to the realm of exquisite art. Intricately embedded
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1990s Japanese Wall Mirrors

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Mother-of-Pearl, Mirror

Japanese Shibayama Cabinet, Carved and Black Lacquered, Meiji Period, 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
mother pearl and gold. This incredible and unique piece was made around 1870s in Japan. The structure of
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Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Furniture

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Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood

19th Century Shibayama Four Panel Screen Meiji Period Japan, C.1880
Located in London, GB
19th century Shibayama four Panel screen Meiji Period Japan C.1880 Mother of pearl inlay in
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Paintings and Screens

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Edo Period Igarashi School Long Lacquer Box, Tanzaku-Bako
Located in Austin, TX
water iris inlaid with mother-of-pearl in the ohirame technique, the leaves in takamaki-e and hiramaki-e
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

24k Gold

Antique Japanese Hand Carved, Black Lacquer Table Top 4-Panel Folding Screen
Located in Pasadena, CA
Black lacquer panels decorated with carved Mother of Pearl + Bone Birds and cherry blossom branches.
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20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Japanese Meiji Period Shibayama Charger Featuring Cockerel
Located in Norwood, NJ
, mother of pearl and bone to stand in high relief against the black lacquered ground. Presented in the
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Decorative Art

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Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Shell

Japanese black lacquered sword stand 刀掛け (katana’kake) with raden inlay
Located in Amsterdam, NL
beautiful shiny blue/purple mother-of-pearl (raden). Presenting a stylized depiction of a pine tree branch
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Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Pair of Japanese Gilt and Mother Pearl Inlay Lidded Rice Lacquer Bowls
Located in Norton, MA
Pair of Japanese gilt and mother pearl inlay lidded rice lacquer bowls with floral patterns and
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Lacquer

Carlo Zen, Mother-of-Pearl & Brass Thread Inlaid Side Table, Italy, circa 1900
By Carlo Zen
Located in New York, NY
Carlo Zen Stile Floreale - Italian Art Nouveau Octagonal Side Table Walnut, Mother-of-Pearl & Brass
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Antique Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Side Tables

Materials

Brass

Four Panel Tropical Underwater Scene with Mother of Pearl Inlays on Wood Panel
Located in Soquel, CA
Four Panel Tropical Underwater Scene with Mother of Pearl Inlays on Wood Panel Elaborate four
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Art Nouveau Animal Sculptures

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Abalone, Wood, Acrylic

Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
core and inlaid with shimmering abalone mother of pearl. There is a strong Japanese influence to the
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Vintage 1930s Korean Showa Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer, Abalone

Fine Japanese Export Red Lacquer Box with Masonic Symbols, circa 1800
Located in Amsterdam, NL
designed in mother of pearl inlaid on a black lacquer ground, the lock-plate of silvered copper and with
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

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Gold

Japanese Rare Antique Inlaid Smoking Tansu, Complete 1850
Located in South Burlington, VT
lacquer is tastefully inlaid with mother of pearl and white shell decorations using the Japanese "raden
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Decorative Jewellery Case, Japanese, Lacquer, Box, Art Deco, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an vintage decorative jewellery case. A Japanese, lacquer and Mother of Pearl lidded box in
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Tray
Located in New Orleans, LA
a towering mountain, executed in mother-of-pearl, gold and other precious materials. The deep black
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Silver

Japanese Lacquer Tray
Japanese Lacquer Tray
H 2.5 in W 21.25 in D 15.38 in
Japanese Lacquer Hibachi (Brazier)
Located in Hudson, NY
mother of pearl inlay, handles on two sides, and a copper insert. Family crest of the Matsunaga clan in
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Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Copper

Japanese Lacquer Hibachi (Brazier)
Japanese Lacquer Hibachi (Brazier)
H 11.5 in W 14.5 in D 14.5 in
Japanese Tanto, 19th c
Located in Stockholm, SE
A nicely designed Japanese Tanto with a bone scabbard that has inlays of stones and mother of pearl
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork

Materials

Iron

Japanese Tanto, 19th c
Japanese Tanto, 19th c
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H 1.97 in W 13.78 in D 1.19 in
A Japanese boxwood okimono portraying the moment of Daruma's awakening
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood okimono with horn and mother of pearl, portraying the moment of Daruma's awakening. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Boxwood

Grouping of Framed 19th and 20th Century Japanese Lacquer Panels
Located in Hudson, NY
The pair of panels are done in a fine gold lacquer with bone, mother of pearl & abalone shell
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Export Nagasaki Lacquer Box with the Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Bonaparte in gold hiramaki-e and nashiji. It has mother-of-pearl inlaid flowers in the four corners inside a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Copper, Gold

Fine Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako 'Inkstone Box'
Located in PARIS, FR
is entangled in a low wall, highlighted by mother-of-pearl inlay (raden). Inner cover made of nashi
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Japanese Lacquer Stacking Food Box 'Jubako'
Located in Hudson, NY
With all-over mother of pearl inlay and mon design of chrysanthemum in gold and black lacquer on
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

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Gold

Beautiful Japanese Lacquered Tray Raden Abalone Shell Decoration
Located in Fukuoka, JP
decorated with abalone shell inlay, a technique known as raden. Raden is a centuries-old Japanese art form
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20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Pair of Korean Lacquer Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets with Striking Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
powders. Elaborate inlay work with mother of pearl (MOP), tortoise shell scales (or a material made to
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Early 20th Century Korean Other Furniture

Materials

Brass

Japanese Meiji Period Lacquer Six Drawer Inro
Located in Newark, England
The Inro is decorated with a gold lacquer base and features mother of pearl shell inlay leaves
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Rope, Lacquer

Japanese Meiji Period Lacquer Six Drawer Inro
Japanese Meiji Period Lacquer Six Drawer Inro
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H 2.87 in W 2.64 in D 0.94 in
A Japanese boxwood okimono depicting a koi carp
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood okimono depicting a koi carp. The eyes, in mother-of-pearl and black horn, are inlaid with
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

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Boxwood

Exquisite Oversized Japanese Ten-Drawer Cabinet Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Clearly commissioned by a proud Japanese person of means, its subtle Chinese and Art Deco design touches
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Rare and Important Japanese Meiji Period Shadona, circa 1890
Located in Brighton, Sussex
drawers inlaid in ivory, bone, mother of pearl and lacquer with numerous animals, insects, flower and
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture

Materials

Hardwood, Lacquer

Japanese Inro by Koma Koryu Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
takamaki-e and raden (mother-of-pearl) shell inlay were used in combination to create the textured scenery
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Inro by Shigehide Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
which different shades of gold were used to create contrast. Raden (mother of pearl) shells were also
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

Unusual Japanese Lacquer Inkstone Box with MOP Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese black lacquer box with mother of pearl inlays circa early 20th century, end of Meiji
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Large Japanese Namban Lacquer Coffer Arqueta, 16th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
-é), inlaid with mother of pearl (raden) and gilt copper mounts, three panels separated by geometric
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Antique 16th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Large Japanese Namban Lacquer Coffer Arqueta, 16th Century
Large Japanese Namban Lacquer Coffer Arqueta, 16th Century
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H 16.54 in W 34.45 in D 11.82 in
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Japanese Mother Of Pearl Art For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more in our collection of Japanese mother of pearl art on 1stDibs. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using shell, mother-of-pearl and wood. Your living room may not be complete without a piece of Japanese mother of pearl art — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An item from our selection of Japanese mother of pearl art is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Deco styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made choice in our collection of Japanese mother of pearl art over the years, but those crafted by Kazumi Yoshida are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Japanese Mother Of Pearl Art?

Prices for a piece of Japanese mother of pearl art start at $100 and top out at $68,000 with the average selling for $3,926.