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Style: Showa
A Showa period cloisonné box with three cranes, Ando Company
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Showa period cloisonné box with three cranes, Ando Company, worked in (musen) wireless enamels with three rainbow coloured storks in flight, reserved against a rich matt iron colou...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

A Showa period cloisonné box with three cranes, Ando Company
A Showa period cloisonné box with three cranes, Ando Company

A Showa period cloisonné box with three cranes, Ando Company

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Kiseto Ware 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a porcelain box which we use during tea ceremony. It is called Kougou. This was made in Japan around 1950s in Showa era. This was made with style 'Seto'. In seto ware, this k...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Kiseto Ware 1950s
Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Kiseto Ware 1950s

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Kiseto Ware 1950s

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Oribe ware 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a porcelain box which we use during tea ceremony. It is called Kougou. This was made in Japan around 1950s in Showa era. This was made with style 'Oribe'. This item will com...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Oribe ware 1950s
Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Oribe ware 1950s

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Oribe ware 1950s

Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and elegant Korean black lacquer and abalone mother of pearl inlay "longevity" box, circa 1930s, Korea. The box, most likely used to sto...
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1930s Korean Vintage Showa Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Abalone

Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea
Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea

Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea

Signed Japanese Steel Shakudo Damascene Box with a Shimazu Mon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 20th century Japanese Amita Damascene Steel Box. Made of damascened steel inlaid with gold & silver. The lid of the box has gilt depictions of bamboo plants, whi...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Silver, Copper, Steel

Signed Japanese Steel Shakudo Damascene Box with a Shimazu Mon
Signed Japanese Steel Shakudo Damascene Box with a Shimazu Mon

Signed Japanese Steel Shakudo Damascene Box with a Shimazu Mon

Showa Period Lacquer “Flower Basket”
Located in Hudson, NY
The artist calls this vessel a flower basket in the calligraphy on the box. Showa period (1926-1989) black lacquer container in square form with notched c...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Showa Period Lacquer “Flower Basket”
Showa Period Lacquer “Flower Basket”

Showa Period Lacquer “Flower Basket”

A small Showa period cloisonné box with a single branch of blossom
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small Showa period cloisonné box with a single branch of blossom, worked in wire and coloured enamels with a blossoming plum branch, reserved against a pale-blue ground, with silve...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

A small Showa period cloisonné box with a single branch of blossom
A small Showa period cloisonné box with a single branch of blossom

A small Showa period cloisonné box with a single branch of blossom

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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Hudson, NY
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H 4.5 in W 10.5 in D 6.75 in
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Located in Stamford, CT
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Located in Prahran, Victoria
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H 13.78 in W 6.7 in D 6.7 in
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Located in Stamford, CT
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H 2 in W 6 in L 2 in
Japanese Showa Black Lacquer Bento Box
Located in Stamford, CT
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