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Material: Wood
Antique Burmese Kammavaca Script in Lacquer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
An exceptional 19th-century Burmese Kammavaca manuscript, composed of 14 lacquered palm-leaf-style panels, each meticulously decorated in orange and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Burmese Gilt Lacquered Kammavaca Manuscript
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Gilt Lacquered Kammavaca Manuscript, Consisting of 2 lacquered wood end covers and 16 double sided folios of lacquered cloth in red and black with gold leaf. This Kam...
Category
19th Century Burmese Other Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Japanese Keyaki Elm Tabako-Bon, 19th C.
Located in Norton, MA
JAPANESE ELMWOOD TABAKO-BON
19th c. Wooden Tobacco Tray, used to store tobacco and smoking items, the top with domed brass hibachi or hi-ire with removable vented lid for lighting a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Wood Lacquer
Materials
Brass
Japanese Lacquered Wood Box 19th Century Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese lacquered wood Box
Beautiful and elegant lacquered wood box and gold gilt, decorated with a crane with floral motives and Japanese script
Measures: Height 6 inches 1...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Lacquer Box with Mandarin Ducks
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese lacquer box with mandarin ducks motif on cover. One lacquer tray and one small lacquer plank inside the box.
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Coromandel Lacquer and Gilt Six Fold Screen
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Chinese Export Coromandel lacquer and gilt six fold screen.
Exceptional and rare six panel intaglio lacquer carving from the mid-20th century. It depi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Antique A Japanese Lacquer Bowl with Stand
Located in Norton, MA
Black lacquerware bowl in fitted stand, with raised gilded floral and vine decoration, 6 3/4" high, 7 1/2" sq. The Bowl is 4.25" Dia.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Antique wooden bucket of Japanese lacquer craftsman/20th century/planter
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a wooden bucket used by Japanese lacquerware craftsmen to store lacquer.
It is believed to have been used from the Meiji period to the first half of the Showa era (1868-1940)...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Cedar, Lacquer
Japanese Lacquered Box Signed, Late 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty Japanese lacquered box decorated with birds and foliage.
signed
Lacquered inside and outside
Late 19th century
Without key
Nice lock
Ideal for storing jewelry.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century, Showa, Japanese Wooden Lacquered Lower Table / Stand
Located in Sampantawong, TH
Japanese wooden lacquered lower table / stand.
Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Length 51.8 C.M. / Width 33 C.M. / Height 12.7 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Fine Pair Japanese Lacquered Wood Bowls 19th Century Meiji
Beautiful and elegant example of Japanese lacquer ware with and gold gilt, Rice bowls ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
JAPAN Meiji Period 1870 Four Tiers Presentation Jubako Box Namiki Lacquer & Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Four Tier Japanese Gilt Jubako Maki-E box with red Interior.
This is a beautiful decorative presentation Jubako box created in the Imperial Japan during the early Meiji period (1868...
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Gold
$4,087 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Chinese Lacquered Happiness Box with Birds & Blossoms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely lacquered box was once presented as a gift, filled with popular snacks like roasted melon seeds, dried fruit, and cinnamon-toasted soy beans. Dated to the late 19th centu...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Japanese Lacquer Table Cabinet
Located in Richmond, London
A fine and rare Japanese black lacquer table or jewellery cabinet, exquisitely decorated in intricate detail, dating to the late Meiji per...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Metal
Japanese Marquetry and Lacquer Jewelry Chest, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn Lunde (1927 - 2017).
The chest is crafted in the form of a Chinese seal...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Softwood, Lacquer
Japanese Lacquer Writing Box, Suzuribako, Edo Period, 18th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An exceptionally fine and unusual Japanese lacquer writing implements box, suzuribako, in the form of a zither, koto, Edo Period, 18th century, Japan. With a modern wood storage box,...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Gold, Silver, Copper
Antique A Two-tier Japanese Bento Box in Holder with Carry Handle
Located in Norton, MA
Two-tier bento box in holder with carry handle, with gilded leaf decoration, 6 1/2" high, 6 1/2" x 5 1/2"
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Japanese Kamakura Carved Lacquer & Wood Box
By The Lacquer Company
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Japanese Kamakura carved lacquer & wood box. A bird perches in a flowering tree on the top surface. Often mistaken for Chinese carved lacquer. Good overall conditio...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Important Signed Vietnamese Lacquer
Located in Jersey City, NJ
This lacquer is decorated with deers in a lush environnement in lavish reds with a waterfall in silver leaf. It has a seal and is signed by the artist. Lacquer is an ancestral Viet...
Category
1950s Vietnamese Vintage Wood Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
Exceptional Japanese Lacquered Hibachi with Poppy Flowers in Gold and Silver Mak
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This magnificent hibachi (charcoal brazier), likely custom-made to order, exemplifies the pinnacle of Japanese lacquer artistry of the 19th century. Carved from solid wood with a ric...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Copper
Antique Cased Japanese Lacquer Sage Jubako Picnic Set, 14 Pieces
Located in Norton, MA
Meiji Period Red and Black Lacquer Food Carrier Set, with top handle, drawers with two bowls and a serving spoon, plus three stacked boxes, and two square trays, contained within an ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Carved and Lacquered Door Panels
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (19th Century) red lacquered carved filigree door panels with scenes (PRICED AS Pair).
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
$18,000 / set
Fine Miniature Japanese Kodansu with Lacquer Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Japanese miniature kodansu constructed from Kaki wood (Persimmon) circa 19th century, late Meiji period. With its expressive exotic wood grains and exposed tenon construction,...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Portable jû'bako 重箱 (tiered food container)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare, high quality lacquered portable jû'bako (tiered food container/stacked picnic box) fitted with a removable vertical safety bar - housing a nice secret – decorated with a refi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Brass
Vintage Four Panel Lacquer and Carved Hardstone Screen
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
An early 20th century Asian black lacquer screen with carved coloured hardstone figures and scenery.
Category
1950s French Chinoiserie Vintage Wood Lacquer
Materials
Stone
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Gold Lacquer Inro with Deer Image, Ojime, Wood Frog Netsuke, Makie Box
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The Inro is comprised of three stacked compartments and features a deer motif with mother of pearl accents, an ojime and a wooden frog netsuke. Inros were used to store items like m...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Chinese Chippendale Qing Dynasty Red Lacquered King Wood Arm Chairs 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Chinese Chippendale Qing Dynasty red lacquered king wood serpentine crest curvature arm chairs with decorative carved straight legs and original connecting stretchers. Mid 19...
Category
1780s Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Kingwood, Lacquer
Antique Korean Mother of Pearl Inlay Lacquer Tabletop Accessory Chest Joseon
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Korean lacquered small chest of drawers with Mother-of-Pearl inlays circa 19th century (late Joseon Dynasty). The tabletop box with multiple small drawers of various sizes...
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinoisiere Lacquered Box
Located in New York, NY
Chinoiserie Lacquer Box. Beautifully hand painted Chinoiserie Box decorated with auspicious Chinese scenes. The box is constructed of wood having polychrome painting lacquered with...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Wood Lacquer
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Japanese Lacquer Duck Box by Zohiko, Showa Era, Mid 20th Century, Japan
By Zōhiko Studio
Located in Austin, TX
A finely decorated vintage Japanese box for precious incense, kogo, in the shape of a male mandarin duck, oshidori, by Zohiko, Showa Era, 1960's, or earlier.
The lovely and whimsic...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Large Antique Japanese Hokai Lacquer Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Japanese lacquered lidded Hokai boxes with chased brass hardware and original ropes. Hokai boxes are traditionally used in Japan as the containers ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Post Qing Dynasty Cinnabar Ginger Jar & Stand
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Post Qing Dynasty Cinnabar ginger jar & stand
Exquisite high relief carved continuous landscape motif, complete with hardwood stand. Unmarked.
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Lacquer
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Antique Lacquer Hair Comb with Flowers in Gold Maki-e
Located in New York, NY
Stunning antique Japanese lacquer hair comb with a geometric petal-like background of stylized chrysanthemums and flowers done in gold and red maki-e. Possibly Edo or Meiji time peri...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Chinese Antique Cinnabar Lacquer Round Box with Eight Hermit Design, Qing Period
Located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
This extraordinary Chinese cinnabar lacquer round box is very detailed in amazing quality.
A technique of engraving pattern on thick layer of red...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with shishi & Hotei design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A captivating lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) of rounded rectangular form depicting a pair of shishi (temple lions) and the lucky god Hotei 布袋 on a rôiro...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Chinese Vintage Black Lacquer Game Box with Gilded Traditional Landscape Scenes
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage lacquer game box from the mid 20th century, with gold leaf hand-painted landscape and floral décor. Created in China during the midcentury period, this vintage game box features a black lacquer ground perfectly accented with gilded hand-painted traditional landscapes and pagodas. The circular body, flanked with straight splaying supports, is topped with a lid revealing the small storage space. With its elegant lines and complimenting colors, this vintage Chinese game box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Inro by Shigehide Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite four-case lacquered inro was dated to the latter part of 18th century to early 19th century (Edo period) and made by Shigehide. The opposite sides of the inro together features a lavish flower arrangement in a bamboo basket (ikebana). The detailed craftmanship was a true pleasure to behold. Mostly Takamaki-e (high relief) were used to texturize the delicate petals of the chrysanthemums, on which different shades of gold were used to create contrast. Raden (mother of pearl) shells were also used to highlight some leaves, rendering the piece an interesting balance of color and material. The interior was completed in a mottled gold finish. It was signed Shigehide on the bottom with a Kao. There is a small carved rabbit ojime bead...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Chinese Red Lacquer Low Kang Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique Chinese red lacquer low Kang table, c. 1910's.
The Kang table has a rich history as it was used in everyday life for dining, having tea, playing games and meditation. The ta...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Wood Lacquer
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Export Black Lacquer & Mother Of Pearl Sewing Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning 19th-century Chinese Export sewing box showcases exceptional craftsmanship and intricate decorative artistry. The rectangular box features a black lacquered surface ado...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Chinese Export Table Top Black Lacquer Jewelry/Valuables Cabinet
Located in Incline Village, NV
Chinoiserie hand painted 19th century Chinese export jewelry cabinet circa 1880; is fronted by a pair of raised panel double doors; decorated in gilt with scenes of Chinese figures, ...
Category
1880s Chinese Qing Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Chinese Soapstone, Semiprecious Hardstone and Lacquer Folding Screen
Located in Miami, FL
This stunning Chinese screen is an exceptionally well-crafted piece, beautifully decorated with intricate semiprecious hardstone carvings. Measuring ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wood Lacquer
Materials
Precious Stone, Wood
Japanese Lacquer Incense Accessories Box, Kobako, Edo Period, mid 19th c, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A remarkable Japanese maki-e lacquer box for incense accessories, kobako, with interior fitted tray, kakego, designed with a temple complex scene, late Edo Period, mid 19th century, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Silk, Softwood, Cypress, Lacquer
Japanese Rinpa Style Lacquer Ink Stone Box Suzuribako
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese writing box with ink stone (known as Suzuribako) with exquisite maki-e decoration circa late Meiji to early Taisho period (1890s-1930s)...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Gilt Takamaki-E Tabako-Bon, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This box with many drawers is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Brass
Exceptional Japanese Gold Lacquer Tebako 手箱 'Box for Personal Accessories'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Exceptional Japanese rectangular gold lacquer tebako (box for personal accessories) with a slightly domed well-fitted lid and raised by four low bracket feet. The lid finely carved with pointed shapes as if it is covered by folded papers.
On top of this embossed surface it is decorated with gold and silver hiramaki-e (low-relief design) and takamaki-e (high-relief design) depicting a wild winding river landscape with along the waterfront...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Black Lacquer Box with Silver Birds by Hiroshi Mimura (1921–1975), Japan, Showa
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A striking and rare black lacquer box by celebrated Japanese lacquer artist Hiroshi Mimura (1921–1975), known for his bold, modernist reinterpretations of traditional techniques. Thi...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Wood Lacquer
Materials
Silver Leaf
Japan Red Lacquered Box 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Beautiful Japanese box in red lacquered wood. The lid is decorated with flowering magnolia branches and signed by the artist. The inside of the box is covered with a paint loaded wit...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Japan 1810 Kajikawa Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Inro from the Edo period (1615-1868) created by Kajikawa.
Beautiful Inro, created in Japan by one of the Kajikawa family during the Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1810. Has been carefully crafted in carved precious wood with applications of gilding maki-e and decorated with Japonism patterns. All dan trays are attached together with a himo cord. The detailed craftsmanship was a true pleasure to behold.
Period: Edo period (1615-1868). Shogunate.
Approximate Date: 1790-1810
Motif: A family of birds consisting of a cockerel, the hen and three chicks.
Drawers: Five.
Shape: Rectangular navette.
Technique: Carved wood, lacquer and decorated in iroe-hiramaki-e on a gold ground.
Ojime: 15mm 20mm, oval carved from natural translucent agate.
Netsuke: None
Weight: 47.70 Grams.
Measurements: Inro is 78 mm by 55 mm by 18 mm (3.07 x 2.17 x 0.71 Inches).
Signatures: Kajikawa Saku, in the underside with the signature KAJIKAWA. By a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa 梶川 Japan, late 18th century to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868).
The Kajikawa family
Kajikawa family, flourished in the 19th century, they was Japanese lacquerware artists whose school in Edo (now Tokyo) flourished for more than 200 years. This family is perhaps the most famous of all the dynasties of Japanese lacquer artists, and certainly the name most often found on inro. The family is said to have been founded by Hikobei at Edo in the early 17th century, although some claim that the family’s great reputation really stemmed from his son and pupil Kyujiro. In any event, Hikobei worked for the shogunate, as did his successors until well into the 19th century. Kijirō excelled in designing particularly delicate lacquer inrō, portable medicine cases...
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1810s Japanese Edo Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Agate, Gold
$3,337 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Black Lacquered Carved Box Village Life
Located in Somis, CA
This captivating early 20th-century lacquerware box transports you to a serene Chinese farming village. The fully carved lid unfolds a scene of daily life: two men, one seated on a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Wood Lacquer
Materials
Kork, Wood, Lacquer
$95 Sale Price
38% Off
Japanese Lacquered Maki-E Natsume in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered tea caddy (known as Natsume) with fine Maki-e decoration circa 18-19th century Edo to Meiji period. The large-sized nat...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Edo Makie Lacquered Stand Hibachi Brazier Tea Fire Bowl Brass
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Japanese late Edo / Tokugawa period Hibachi used for burning coal, as a portable heater, and as a heating device for a pot of tea. In modern times they work well as a planter...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Brass
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Large 20th C. Chinese 6 Panel Lacquered Hardstone and Jade Coromandel Screen
Located in New York, NY
A large 20th century Chinese six panel Lacquered Hardstone and Jade Coromandel screen. This screen features intricately carved hardstone, soapstone, jade, lapis, quartz, and other ha...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Wood Lacquer
Materials
Stone, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Soapstone
Rare Charming 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet with Gilt-Bronze Mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Japanese pictoral style lacquer cabinet with gilt-metal mounts
Kyoto, Edo period, 1670-1690
Decorated in Japanese relief lacquer work, black lacquer ground decorated...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Bronze
$44,198 Sale Price
25% Off
Pair of Japanese Hibachi with Inlaid Bamboo Motif
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A beautifully matched pair of Japanese hibachi (traditional fire bowls) from the Meiji period (1868–1912), showcasing exceptional craftsmanship and refined aesthetics. Each vessel is...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Coromandel Room Screen c. Late 19th Century
Located in Westfield, MA
This stunning late 19th century Chinese Coromandel screen features richly detailed Chinoiserie artistry on both sides, offering two completely different visual experiences. One side ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Composition
Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Gold Plum Blossom Design, Taisho Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A high quality, antique, Japanese black lacquer document box. It has an external design of gold maki e plum blossoms. In Japanese culture plum blossom symbolises the beginning of Spring, having its own festival, the Ume Matsuri, alongside the more famous cherry blossom festival...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Lacquer Trays
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a wonderful collection of 6 mid-20th century Japanese Lacquer Trays. There is one pair of oxblood red with highlights; one pair of matched oil spot trays and one near pair of oil spot lacquer trays. All of the trays are in good overall condition with minor anticipated chips and patina to the edges. One of the cinnabar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$975 / set
Japan 1800 Edo Period Six Drawer Inro In Lacquered Gilt Wood With Utensils
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Inro from the Edo Period (1603-1867).
Beautiful Inro, created in Japan during the Edo period (Shogunate), circa 1800. It was carefully crafted in carved precious wood with ...
Category
Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Coral
$2,437 Sale Price
25% Off
Japanese Lacquer Incense Box, Kogo, Momoyama or Edo Period, 16th/17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Japanese lacquer incense box, kogo, with a design of plovers in flight, late Momoyama or early Edo Period, circa 1600, Japan.
The small box, called a kogo, was used to s...
Category
Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Gold, Pewter
18th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Chinoiserie Bureau Desk for the Dutch Market
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An extremely rare, possibly unique, Chinese export lacquer bureau for the Dutch market
Canton, circa 1737
H. 118 x W. 102.5 x D. 63 cm
Provenance:
- Private collection, The Netherlands
- J.K. Driessen Antiques, Arnhem (Art Fair Breda, 1989)
- Noble collection, Belgium
Literature:
- C.J.A. Jörg, ’De handel van de V.O.C. in Oosters lakwerk in de 18de eeuw’ in: Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek , Jr. 31 (1980), pp. 355-363 (ill.)
- Annigje Hofstede, Nederlandse meubelen van Barok tot Biedermeier, 1700-1830, Waanders, Zwolle 2004, pp. 35-37 (ill.)
This lacquer bureau is one of the four writing desks purchased in Canton in 1737, and as far as is known, this is the only remaining bureau of its type from the period. As the VOC believed that large pieces of import took up too much valuable space in their trading ships...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Wood Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Cypress, Lacquer
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