Lacquer

This is a good black laquered wall pocket or wall letter rack, all hand made from papier mâché with a hand painted and gilded people scene, made in Japan during the 19th century, Mei...

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 traditional accessories of Ja...

Boxes in antique Chinese Lacquer , 24KT gold leaf.

An antique Japanese table with inlaid mother-of-pearl (Raden) and gold maki-e over brown lacquer. Japan, late Edo period, possibly earlier. Raden (螺鈿) is a traditional Japanese dec...

A spectacular Japanese lacquer calligraphy box, finely decorated with elegant floral motifs executed in maki-e, dating to the late Meiji period (late 19th–early 20th century). The b...

Antique Owl-shaped boxes in Chinese lacquer and gold leaf circa 1930 .

A Burmese Offering Vessel, 19th Century Description: This beautiful lacquerware vessel is constructed in 2 main parts, opening to reveal a compartment. Beautiful proportions. The b...

The Design & Impact: This stately antique writing box (suzuribako) exudes the austere elegance and authority of traditional samurai culture. The cover is strikingly minimalist, featu...

The Design & Impact: This majestic writing box (suzuribako) showcases a breathtaking, classical Yamato-e style composition. The design features elegant chrysanthemums and flowing ara...

Large Antique Burmese Lacquer Container – Octagonal Yun Ware Vessel – Bagan, Myanmar, Early 20th Century A finely made large Burmese lacquer container of octagonal form, produced in...

A fine antique Japanese Meji Period lacquer box decorated with a fan and a stylized star shaped window in the maki-e technique. The fan at the top right corner, fully opened depictin...

The Design & Impact: This elegant round writing box (suzuribako) presents a breathtaking vision of Horai, the mythological utopian realm of eternal joy. The cover features a highly complex, balanced circular composition of intertwining hosoge (imaginary auspicious Buddhist flowers...

A Burmese Offering Vessel, Early 20th Century Description: Feature a multi-tiered finial cover designed to resemble a stupa. Produced in Burma...

A fine Japanese lacquer Takamakura Geisha pillow, first half of the 20th century. Depicting Shi-Shi Lion between peony and rock in gold, silver, red and ...

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.

The Design & Impact: This exquisite antique writing box (suzuribako) beautifully illustrates a serene and expansive natural landscape. The cover features a highly detailed compositio...

A stunning and exceptionally rare pair of Japanese hibachi, richly lacquered and decorated in exquisite gold maki-e with elegant motifs of birds and vegetation. These finely crafted...

This pair of Small Lacquered Offering Vessels are know in Myanmar as "Hsun Ok". These vessels were once used to carry food and offerings to and from the monast...

The Design & Impact: This exquisite set of four antique rectangular plates (meimeizara) features an elegant, elongated silhouette and a beautifully cohesive composition. The design s...

The Design & Impact: This exquisite antique suzuribako (writing box) beautifully captures the quiet poetry of a nocturnal landscape. The cover features a traditional "Pine and Mo...

The Design & Impact: This elegant writing box (suzuribako) beautifully captures the poetic essence of a traditional Japanese autumn. The composition centers on fully blooming chr...

Antique Victorian Papier-Mâché Wall Shelve with Japonizing Decoration A rare antique Papier-Mâché wall shelve with handpainted japonizing decoration featuring paintings of fishes an...

Pair of stylish Chinoiserie panels in a lacquer finish, painted in gold, red & black with landscapes with village and people. The frame also decorat...

Antique Burmese Betel Box “Kun-It”, a cylindrical woven container with a deep lid and interior tray all covered in layers of black, red and green lacquer having incised decoration of...

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The Design & Impact: This exquisite Edo-period writing box (suzuribako) beautifully illustrates a lively and heartwarming natural scene. The cover features a dynamic composition ...

The Design & Impact: This exceptional writing box (suzuribako) is a masterpiece of seasonal Japanese poetry brought to life. The exterior cover portrays a serene autumn night, featur...

A handsome lacquered tea set from Japan, circa 1920s, featuring a traditional Japanese lacquerware style, known as Urushi, with a deep red color and hand-painted gold designs, prized...

These trays were made after the late Edo period in Japan (after 1800). This particular type of tray is known as "Negoro-bon." Negoro lacquerware is a specific style of Japanese lacqu...

Quin Dynasty Decorative Plate w/ Dragon & Phoenix Cinnabar Lacquer China Ca. 1900 DIMENSIONS Height: 1 inch Diameter: 8 inches CONDITION: Good antique condition, with minor w...

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...

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)...

Chinese six-panel folding screen with decorative carved forest with standing and flying cranes, with reverse side depicting village and figures of people, terminating on brass square...

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...

The Design & Impact:This magnificent antique writing box (suzuribako) beautifully illustrates an auspicious scene of mandarin ducks resting by a stream beneath an ancient plum tree. ...

The Design & Impact: This extraordinary mid Edo period writing box (suzuribako) represents the absolute pinnacle of aristocratic samurai aesthetics. The cover is masterfully decorate...

The Design & Impact: This exceptional antique two-tier writing box (suzuribako) beautifully illustrates a sweeping, continuous landscape. The lid and sides are masterfully decorated ...

The Design & Impact: This extraordinary antique incense box (kobako) is a breathtaking example of aristocratic Japanese aesthetics. The lid features a ...

The Design & Impact: This exceptional writing box (suzuribako) showcases a dynamic and deeply carved composition of plum blossoms and a serene landscape. Executed in a rich palette o...

Introducing an extraordinary and exceptionally rare pair of Chinese Cinnabar Carved Lacquer Vases from the Qianlong period. These monumental vases stand as magnificent examples of Ch...

The Design & Impact: This exquisite writing box (suzuribako) captures the breathtaking beauty of wild cherry blossoms (sakura) blooming across a mountainous landscape. The lid featur...

Dimensions: each approx. 23 × 23 × 26 cm Material: Black lacquer with gold maki-e decoration Condition: Very good, minor wear consistent with age A rare matched pair of Japanese lac...

The Design & Impact: This exceptional writing box, known as a suzuribako, captures the elegant spirit of traditional Japanese court culture. The cover features a stunning "Momijigari...

An exceptional antique Chinese gold and black lacquer games box raised on four paw feet with a domed lift off cover decorated with figural landscape panels in gilded lacquer colours on a black ground. The cover lifts off to reveal five lidded removable counter boxes...

A rare palace size Chinese carved cinnabar lacquer figural box and cover, Qing Dynasty This palace size box and cover is a rare and exquisite piece of a...

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. This rectangular shaped papier mâché box has a well fitting hinged lid, with the box base and lid slightly domed. The box was probably originally made as a pocket box but could easily sit on a desk or dressing table as required. This is a very decorative box with finely hand painted scenes of three people, one holding a parasol, in a garden setting, with a pagoda type building, large gate...

A pair of monumental red lacquered Chinese palace vases on stands. These are crafted out of wood and paper mache. There are many motifs around thes...

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...

With monumental scale and beautiful, hand-carved details, this remarkable red lacquer hibachi is a true work of art. Designed to hold glowing embers, hibachi vessels such as this were used for cooking or as a source of heat in Japanese homes. Placed under a low wood kotatsu table...

Antique Victorian Papier-Mâché wall shelve with Edelweiss Decoration A rare antique Papier-Mâché corner shelve with hand painted alpine landscape and edelweiss decoration. Manufactu...

These elaborate and deeply carved panels are mid-20th century. The carving is very detailed and on a rather deep heavy wooden panel. All the raised areas are richly detailed and gild...

A superb 18th–19th century Japanese lacquered paper box (kobako) of exceptional quality, distinguished by its richly detailed and highly unusual avian composition. The lid is master...

Large antique Chinese carved and painted cinnabar lacquer style covered round box, top decorated in relief with two fierce, scaly, slithering dragons chasing a flaming pearl amongst ...

Antique 19th century export Chinese lacquer gaming box with hand painted scenes gilt export black lacquer with 4 pair of two dragons playing a ball, the...

Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful screen with a figural, hand painted, scene in shades of blue, green, purple and brown and red. With antique lacquer fan box...

A spectacular Japanese maki-e lacquer lidded box, possibly a writing box, suzuribako, decorated with images of folding fans, ogi, Edo Period, earl...

A superb lacquered kô’dansu (small cabinet of drawers), fully finished in lacquer and decorated with an elegant sakura (cherry blossom) design. Fully restored, and cleaned. The fron...

A refined Japanese Aizu dry lacquer bowl (kanshitsu), showcasing the exceptional craftsmanship for which Aizu lacquerware has been celebrated for centuries. The bowl features a rich...

A Japanese lacquered wood fubako (a box to store document or small scroll painting) circa late 18th century of Edo period. The rectangular box features a deep lid with rounded corners and recessed mid-edge and a lower box with two bronze medallion rings and tasseled silk ties. The surface of the fubako was elaborately decorated with hiramaki-e and a low takamaki-e on a mottled Mura-nashiji background. The motifs on the lid depict branches of Japanese pine with finely rendered needles on the lower part; on the upper part, it showcases fruited persimmon branches. Two different shades of gold fundame were used to contrast the design and augmented by scattered gold kirigane to highlight some of the leaves. The design continues and cascades down to all sides of the lid as well as the walls of the box. The two bronze medallions appear original to the box and the silk ties show significant fading from the age. This Fine fubako is signed on the lower wall "Kanshosai" in Kanji with a kao mark. All the trims were finished in gold fundame and the interiors a dense nashiji in gold. Kanshosai is the mark of the distinguished lacquer artist Lizuka Toyo I who also signed his work "Toyosai". He was active in the second half of the 18th century during Edo period, employed by Hachisuka Shigeyoshi (1738-1801), daimyo of Awa on Shikoku Island. Although most survived work bearing his marks are inros, he was also known to decorated trays and other larger objects...

Rare Fine Antique early 19th century Chinese gilt silver filigree and enamel brise fan , Qing dynasty, the fan has 22 sticks with a 18k gold ring loop , wond...