Japanese Document Boxes

Fine Bunko (document box) and Suzuribako (writing box), style of Ogawa Haritsu, seal mark of KAN. Each of typical form and decorated in gold hiramakie, takamakie, kirigane, muranash...

Late Meiji period bunko-bako or document box, with the sides and panels decorated with landscape panels executed in hiramakie, with a second interior lacquer tray, in nishiji lacquer...

20th century carved lacquer document box Kinjoo Ikokusai was born in Hiroshima in 1906 and died in 1991.

An elegant Japanese Meiji period hardwood document box with iron hardware and Japanese inscriptions on the drawer front.

An antique Japanese figural document box offers cast bronze footed case with hinged lid and having relief design including Oni or Hannya devil mask, serpents, dragons, floral and fol...

Japanese Ryoshibako ( document ) box of black lacquer with overall scattered gold chrysanthemum and engraved vine tendrils.

A 19th century Korean or Japanese document storage box the interior fitted with a single drawer and shelf, the case resting on bracket feet.

Japanese Black lacquer document box, with peony design.

This monumental Japanese lacquer-ware document box is a work of extraordinary artistry.

A spectacular Japanese maki-e lacquer lidded box, possibly a writing box, suzuribako, decorated with images of folding fans, ogi, Edo Period, early 19th century, Japan. The low, rec...

A large and boldly decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, Showa Period, circa 1960, Japan.

A high quality, antique, Japanese black lacquer document box. It has an external design of gold maki e plum blossoms.

This Japanese black lacquer document box, known as a ryoshi- bako in Japanese is in fantastic condition for its age.

An antique black lacquer document box with an exquisitely detailed, finely wrought design from The Tale of the Genji depicted in gold maki e across the lid. Internally, the box is de...

A Rare and Historic Letter Box This rare and historic letter box is made of leather and is covered with embossed Tokugawa Shogun gilded crests. The box bears the name of an official...

Antique Japanese black lacquer document box with maki-e decoration of vine leaves in gold and a red silk cord tie, early Meiji period, circa 1870.

Contemporary Japanese black lacquer document box with an unusual and exquisitely engraved chinkin-bori floral design and colorful maki-e, circa 1960.

A Japanese black lacquer document box decorated with a motif of five flying cranes over a landscape with conifers, grasses and a rushing brook, all exquisitely rendered in gold, silv...

Mid-century document box from Japan. Beautiful butterfly joinery.

Japanese military Campaign traveling document box with fitted compartmentalized interior drawers, original wrought iron mounts, side handles, and decorative Japanese writing, Late 18...

A large early 20th century Japanese Ryoshibako (document) box of black lacquer with rounded corners beautifully decorated with gold butterflies.

Bronze precious documents box mint, signed, and boxed With original artist designer documents and signed collector hinoki wood storage box, tomobako.

A Japanese gold and black lacquer service tray and lacquer document box, Both first half of the 20th century, The tray is of rectangular form with round corners, the interior is dec...

Taisho period (c1920s) Japanese document box. Solid sugi (cedar) wood with original hardware.

Of rectangular form with rounded edges, the exterior adorned with the imperial kamon and the togukawa mon amidst scrolling vines on a brown and gold maki-e background, the underside ...

An exceptional box of the highest quality lacquer and of a striking modern design. The rectangular top with rounded corners depicting flowering and fruiting double gourd vines in hir...

Japanese document box lacquered in the deepest espresso brown or black color.

A signed antique Japanese document box in black lacquer, with raised gold and red floral design.

Antique Japanese lacquer tiered box comprised of two stacked trays and a cover, the whole supported on four squat cabriole legs. The top and sides have a black rectangular panel set ...

The rectangular lacquer box has rounded edges. The exterior depicts scrolling vines interspersed with the imperial kamon and the togukawa mon on a brown and gold maki-e background. O...

Japanese antique lacquer document box. Meiji period.

A beautiful and very detailed large Japanese suzuribako or document box, dating to the late 19th century.

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 corner...

A finely crafted Japanese tabletop cabinet from the early 20th century, this compact storage piece is richly detailed with traditional decorative techniques and export-era flourishes...

This unusual table-top 'Psyche' table mirror dates from the 18th century, its wooden frame beautifully crafted from yellow-lacquered wood and decorated with hand-painted chinoiserie ...

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...

Chinese for the English market, 19th century. A fine quality antique Chinese export tea caddy decorated with beautiful gilding surfaces, a hinged lid which opens to reveal a tooled ...

This beautiful piece of functional art is a gorgeous reflection of the Art Nouveau era from which it came. Used primarily as a perfume bottle, this stunning work of art was created b...

Exquisite Émile Gallé “Clematis” Table Lamp, ca. 1900 An extraordinary example of French Art Nouveau glass artistry, this Clematis table lamp by Émile Gallé (1846–1904) features a r...

Large-scale 19th century English display cabinet executed in the Chinoiserie tradition. Constructed in carved mahogany and conceived as a tripartite architectural façade, each glazed...

This antique decorative box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese Export style. The box is composed of ...

A masterful copy by an unknown artist, after the portrait of "Beatrice d'Este" by Leonardo Da Vinci also known as ‘Portrait of a Lady’ or ‘La Dama con la reticella di perle (The Lady...

Finest quality French 19th century bronze doré box. Beautiful scenes of cherubs at play on all sides. Boucher scenes. Lined with a beautiful silk original key.

An encounter with Massier’s luster-glazed ceramics is an embarkation on an acid-colored trip, the sort of exploration which inspires deep reflection and requires transparency. Clemen...