Antique Lacquer Boxes

Small lacquered wooden box in the shape of an eggplant. The upper part of the fruit near the leaves is painted with silver or tin pigments forming the stem.

The petite box is decorated in the manner of 'yun ware' engraving, coated in layers of red & black lacquer and then hand-etched with an allover geometric pattern reminiscent of woven...

An old suzuribako, or writing box, in black lacquer with a faceted lid and featuring, as its sole decoration in the lower left section, a moonlight scene emerging from tall grasses.

Antique 19th century Chinese tin coconut stacking box with mark: LiuYiJi, diameter 8 cm, high 10.5 cm.

Elegant small kobako in the shape of a bitter melon, also known as balsam pear or bitter cucumber. Crafted in bluish-green lacquer, with a gold-lacquered interior. The rendering of t...

The autumn landscape is built using the advanced takamaki-e (raised lacquer) and togidashi (burnished lacquer) techniques, giving the leaves and petals a stunning three dimensional p...

A crisply carved antique Chinese red cinnabar lacquer lidded round box with blue enamel interior and brass fittings.

Huge Japanese red lacquerware gourd motif box, decorated in relief with Japanese gourds suspended from leafy branches and scrolling vines.

The Material: The foundation of these magnificent boxes is a deep, highly polished black lacquer finish.

Unlike standard flat boxes, this piece features a sophisticated, multi-tiered drawer structure that masterfully combines an inkstone compartment with expansive storage utility.

This large, early 20th century betel box is constructed with a spun bamboo frame which is then lacquered with a cinnabar color and incised with one of the simplest patterns referred ...

Accompanied by its custom antique storage box, this incense box stands as an exceptionally rare, surviving testament to the absolute zenith of Japanese lacquer artistry.

Dimensions: 23 × 23 × 26 cm Material: Black lacquer with maki-e decoration Box: Signed tomobako (original wooden box) A refined example of late Meiji craftsmanship, this lacquer hib...

It is round, short and has a flat lid. It is often made of lacquer. The natsume is used for light tea or some thick tea preparations; while the cha-ire (ceramic tea box), for thick t...

An 18th/19th Century Chinese cinnabar circular box with multiple cartouches of Families. This is a marvelous piece with very fine details on the main top panel of the box.

Beautifully decorated hand carved, painted and lacquered, hinged wig box with chinoiserie theme gilding and paint design.

This is a good papier mâché, rectangular shaped black lacquered lidded box, hand enamelled and gilded, made in Japan during the 19th century, early Meiji period.

Interior in hirameji lacquer. On the top of the inro are three birds in flight in takamaki-e.

Chinese cinnabar very finely carved box circa late 18th or early 19th century. The multiple lacquered layers of red over black over amber, the cover carved with a scene of Kwan Yin i...

An exquisite small Japanese maki-e lacquer stacking box for incense and accessories, ju-kobako, late Edo or early Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan.

This box by its high quality lacquered scenes is rare.

Japan, 19th/20th century, one red-lacquered with an inner compartment; one black-lacquered with an inner compartment.

Two very nice attractive Chinese Lidded boxes with tray . Beautiful Antique Gold color ,comes with a Red Lacquer inside .

A 19th-century Japanese lacquered wooden box, finely decorated according to traditional Japanese craftsmanship.

19th century chinese black lacquered jewellery box circa 1860. Good quality shaped chinese jewellery box with overstuffed top cushion. 

Rectangular box with lid opening to game boxes. conforming case. Very good condition for this kind of piece.

A Gold Lacquer Kōbako (Incense Box) Edo Period (1615–1868), Circa 1850 This exquisite gold lacquer kōbako (incense box) exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of the Edo period.

A blend of leaves, nuts, seasonings, and sometimes tobacco, betel was kept in finely worked and decorated boxes. This round betel box is painted with concentric circles of red, black...

Antique 19th century a pair of silk Chinese fans, Qing dynasty with fan frame box. Fan is 18inch x 10'' x 2''.

Tea box in Japanese lacquer black lacquer floral decoration from the 19th century with two built-in trays measuring 30 cm by 28 cm for a height of 9 cm.

Tea box in Japanese lacquer black lacquer floral decoration from the 19th century, measuring 22 cm in length by 14 cm in height and 16 cm in depth.

19th Century Chinoiserie Sewing Box. Octagonal shaped box is hand-painted with intricate gilt decorated depicting Asian landscapes, figures, pavilions, and scrolling motifs against a...

Two-tier bento box in holder with carry handle, with gilded leaf decoration, 6 1/2" high, 6 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Japanese lacquered papier-mâché box with hand-painted decoration, Japan, 19th century.

Rectangular Japanese box in lacquered papier-mâché with hand-painted decoration, Japan, 19th century.

19th century Japanese black and gold lacquer Suzuribako box with firefly and plum blossom design.

Asian Art - Antique Decoration Measures : 30x18cm H:10,5cm Materials : Leather, Metal, Wood, Lacquered

Small incense box (kōgō) in black persimmon wood, carved in the form of a textured, charred and overturned tree stump upon which rests a cricket. The underside of the stump bears the...

Early 20th century Chinese Red Lacquer decorated box. Relief carved top panel of an attendant and scholar.

Art Deco lacquer box designed by Thomas. An impressive, beautiful and colorful box, created in Attleboro Massachuchet by the Charles Thomae Company, back in the 1925.

Circa 1870 Meiji era lacquer & papier mache box, Japan. Black with red divided interior.

English Victorian brown lacquered tole oval shaped box with three herons on top

In fact, headgear was so central to social status that even the containers used to store one's hat were beautifully constructed. This round hat box dates to the 19th century and is b...

19th century hand-painted Burmese lacquer lidded box Beautiful object.

This is an antique calligrapher's pen box. An Oriental, lacquered papier-mâché quill case in Chinoiserie taste, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.

Japan, late Edo, two big octagonal covered shell game boxes resting on footed stands, with makie-e decorations depicting flowering vines on a black lacquer ground, They are still in ...

19th Century Napoleon III period black lacquer jewelry or trinket box features an intricate lid.

An elegant and intricately detailed Chinese export folding game box, crafted from lacquered wood with gilded decoration, dating to the early 19th century.

This lovely antique lacquered apothecary box was crafted in Italy in late 19th century in the style of medicinal herbs casket in use in pharmacies during the Middle Age and Renaissan...

A fine Victorian English glove box, crafted in molded papier-mâché and finished in deep black lacquer.

Chinese decorative box in red lacquered leather Antique Chinese - Asian decoration Measures : 34x19cm H:12,5cm Materials : Leather, Metal, Wood, Lacquered

Early 20th century lacquered vanity box circa 1910. Good quality chinese export table top vanity box. 

This is a set of 4 vintage nesting boxes. A Japanese, lacquered quartet of small storage boxes with handpainted decor, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930.

A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century Of rectangular shape, overall painted in famille rose colors with flowers, all on a yellow ground, the interior in red.

A Chinese Carved Red Lacquer Cinnabar Box, 19th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection.

A Chinese lacquer game box from the 19th century, likely from the Qing Dynasty.

Beautiful little box lacquered with red and black Cinnabar forming a peony decoration.

This is a small antique sharing box. A Japanese, lacquered Meiji era case, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1890.

Small lacquered painted box, with floral decorations in yellow, red and green, it was made in China in the 19th century.

A large Chinese black lacquer work box dating from approximately 1800–1820.