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Japanese Gilt Lacquer Document Box with a Calligraphy Document
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese gilt lacquer document box with a calligraphy Document, painted and gilt in flowers, a
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

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
Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Superb Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Gold Maki e Design, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
An antique black lacquer document box with an exquisitely detailed, finely wrought design from The
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Antique Lacquer Document Box with Elaborate Hawk and Faux Oak Grain
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese antique lacquer document box with elaborate hawk and faux oak grain, Late Meiji (1868
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Large Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Edo/Meiji period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large and magnificently decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, signed Umeboshi
Category

Antique 1860s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Softwood, Lacquer

Late Qing Dynasty Red Lacquer Document Box with Gilt Floral Scrolling Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
This antique Chinese red lacquer document box, dating to the late Qing dynasty (19th to early 20th
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Softwood

Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Document Box, Edo Period, early 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A spectacular Japanese maki-e lacquer lidded box, possibly a writing box, suzuribako, decorated
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer

Materials

Coral

19th Century Indonesian Red and Black Lacquered Document Box with Brass Handles
Located in Middleburg, VA
This 19th century red and black lacquered Indonesian document box is a beautiful way to keep your
Category

Antique 19th Century Indonesian Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Teak

Japanese Lacquer Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exquisite Meiji-period lacquer document box known as a ryoshibako showcases the meticulous
Category

Antique 19th Century Asian Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Gold

Japanese Lacquer Box
Japanese Lacquer Box
H 7.25 in W 17.75 in D 13.75 in
Japanese Lacquer Ryoshibako Document Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese lacquer box with elaborate Maki-e design from Meiji period, (mid-late 19th century
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Vintage Japanese Black, Gold and Red Lacquer Document Fubako Box
Located in Sheridan, CO
Black, Gold and Red Lacquer Japanese Document Fubako Box, Meiji period, late 19th C/Early 20th C. A
Category

Vintage 1920s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Early 20th Century Document Box with Scalloped Décor and Removable Panel
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese document box from the early 20th century with dark red distressed lacquer and
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Late Qing Dynasty Document Box with Brass Lock and Carrying Handles
Located in Yonkers, NY
. With its reddish brown lacquer and elegant lines, this Chinese Late Qing Dynasty document box from the
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Unique Black Document Box with Bull Design by Arijian
Located in Namyangju-si, KR
This artwork uses mother of pearl to re-interpret 'A Bull,' which is an iconic work by one of the most celebrated South Korean artists in modern and contemporary painting, Lee Jung-s...
Category

2010s South Korean Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Camphor Wood Lacquered Chinese Scholar Cabinet / Document Box, 'Qing Dynasty'
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A 19th century camphor wood lacquered Chinese scholar cabinet from the Qing Dynasty. It features
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Cabinets

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

South East Asian Document/Storage Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
South East Asian document/storage box, Thailand or Burma, circa 1940s, decorated with figures and
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Early 20th Century Thai Tribal Scholar's Objects

Materials

Wood

South East Asian Document/Storage Box
South East Asian Document/Storage Box
H 10.5 in W 18 in D 12.25 in
20th Century Kinjoo Ikokusai Carved Lacquer Document Box
Located in TORINO, IT
20th century carved lacquer document box Kinjoo Ikokusai was born in Hiroshima in 1906 and died in
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Large Japanese Lacquer Document Box
Located in New york, NY
19th century Japanese lacquer document box with metal trim and gold accents.
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and...

Materials

Metal

Chinese Export Lacquer Document Box
Located in Hudson, NY
Late 18th-early 19th century Chinese export lacquer box. Made for European markets. Gold
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Export Lacquer Document Box
Chinese Export Lacquer Document Box
H 4.25 in W 16.5 in D 10.5 in
AN EDO MEIJI PERIOD LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX . JAPAN, CIRCA 1880
Located in New York, NY
RECTANGULAR, THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DECORATED WITH MOTHER OF PEARL, GILT AND SILVER LACQUER
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

AN EDO MEIJI PERIOD LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX. JAPAN, CIRCA 1890
Located in New York, NY
RECTANGULAR, THE COVER DECORATED WITH A GILT LACQUER DESIGN OF TURTLES IN A POND ON A BLACK LACQUER
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese document box
Located in Fresno, CA
Late Meiji period bunko-bako or document box. The exterior elaborately decorated in makie, or gold
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Japanese document box
Japanese document box
H 6.2 in W 16.25 in D 12.75 in
Meiji period document box of large size
Located in Fresno, CA
Late Meiji period bunko-bako or document box, with the sides and panels decorated with landscape
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Meiji period document box of large size
Meiji period document box of large size
H 6.12 in W 16.25 in D 12.75 in
Late 19th Century Thai Lacquered Footed Document Box
Located in East Hampton, NY
Late 19th century lacquered and decorated footed document box.
Category

Antique 1890s Thai Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Chinese Brass and Lacquered Wood Document Box
Located in New York, NY
Chinese brass and lacquered wood document box, simple rectangular wood box with brass hardware
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese Ming Dynasty Scholar's Red Lacquer Leather Document Box
Located in Seeshaupt, DE
***SUMMER SALE*** This Ming dynasty scholar’s document box was skillfully crafted from wood
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Brass

19th Century, Edo Period Japan, Suzuribako and Bunko Document Box
Located in London, GB
Fine Bunko (document box) and Suzuribako (writing box), style of Ogawa Haritsu, seal mark of KAN
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Other Antiquities

Materials

Copper, Silver

Japanese Black lacquer document box
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Black lacquer document box, with peony design.
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Black lacquer document box
Japanese Black lacquer document box
H 5.5 in W 16 in D 12.5 in
Large Vintage Japanese Lacquer Document Box, Ryoshibako, Showa Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A large and boldly decorated Japanese lacquer document box, ryoshibako, Showa Period, circa 1960
Category

Vintage 1960s Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Document Box and Cover
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental Japanese lacquer-ware document box is a work of extraordinary artistry. Displaying
Category

Antique 19th Century Asian Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Document Box and Cover
Japanese Lacquer Document Box and Cover
H 17.13 in W 12.88 in D 6.38 in
Floral Design Wooden Lacquer Document Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay by Arijian
Located in Namyangju-si, KR
lacquer underdrawing. The mother of pearl resting on the black surface radiates its magnificent glow
Category

2010s South Korean Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Black Lacquer Scroll Box with Gold Maki-e Lacquer Design
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Antique Japanese black lacquer document box with maki-e decoration of vine leaves in gold and a red
Category

Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Gold

Japanese Black Lacquer Large Document Box with Gold Maki-E Design, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
This Japanese black lacquer document box, known as a ryoshi- bako in Japanese is in fantastic
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Ryoshibako Document Box of Black Lacquer with Gold Chrysanthemum Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Ryoshibako ( document ) box of black lacquer with overall scattered gold chrysanthemum and
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Oxblood Red Document Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century document box once sat amidst the erudite treasures of a Qing-dynasty scholars
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hide, Wood

Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A Japanese black lacquer document box decorated with a motif of five flying cranes over a landscape
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Gold

Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box
Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box
H 6.3 in W 12.6 in D 16.15 in
Japanese Gold and Black Lacquer Service Tray and Lacquer Document Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Japanese gold and black lacquer service tray and lacquer document box, Both first half of the
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Vintage Red Lacquered Document Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Chinese red lacquered document box from the mid 20th century, with brass hardware
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese Vintage Red Lacquer Document Box with Cutout Brass Details
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage red lacquer document box from the mid 20th century, with brass accents. Created
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Contemporary Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Engraved Floral Design
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Contemporary Japanese black lacquer document box with an unusual and exquisitely engraved chinkin
Category

Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Fine Black Lacquer Document Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century document box likely once sat on the writing desk of a Qing-dynasty scholar
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Fine Black Lacquer Document Box
Chinese Fine Black Lacquer Document Box
H 6.75 in W 19.25 in D 14.5 in
19th Century Chinese Red Lacquer Document Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Beautifully proportioned and vibrantly colored, this early 20th-century document box likely once
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese Antique Red Lacquered Document Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese red lacquered box from the early 20th century, with brass hardware and removable
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Large Japanese Black Lacquer Ryoshibako 'Document' Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A large early 20th century Japanese Ryoshibako (document) box of black lacquer with rounded corners
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Pair of Black Lacquered Chinese Document Boxes
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of black lacquered Chinese document boxes lined in original paper with Chinese writing and
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Lacquer

Pair of Black Lacquered Chinese Document Boxes
Pair of Black Lacquered Chinese Document Boxes
H 17.5 in W 17.75 in D 17.75 in
Japanese Lacquer Letter Box, Korin Style Subject
Located in Hudson, NY
in original storage box, (calligraphy on box reads Korin's bridge painting, lacquer honorable hand
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Black Lacquer Box with Gold and Silver Maki-E Floral Design, circa 1870
Located in Prahran, Victoria
This exquisite antique lacquered fubako (document box) has a deep overlapping lid, maki-e
Category

Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Chinese Box Document Box
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Chinese Document Box. Elm wood in Black lacquer with bronze hardware having a pine
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Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Elm, Pine

19th Century Chinese Box Document Box
19th Century Chinese Box Document Box
H 8.5 in W 16.5 in D 8.75 in
19th Century Red and Black Lacquered Indonesian Document Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
century red and black lacquered Indonesian document box has dove tailed construction retaining the
Category

Antique 19th Century Indonesian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Teak

Lacquered Document Box
Located in East Hampton, NY
19thC. Lacquered Document Box in Original Condition
Category

Antique 19th Century Tableware

Lacquered Document Box
Lacquered Document Box
H 7 in W 24.5 in D 14.5 in
A Large Japanese Gold Lacquer Document Box
Located in New York, NY
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 ...
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Gyokuho, A Large Japanese Black and Gilt Lacquer Document Box (Bunko)
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional box of the highest quality lacquer and of a striking modern design. The rectangular
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Vintage Document Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage 1920s lacquer document box handpainted with quince flowers.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Boxes

Materials

Pine

Vintage Document Box
Vintage Document Box
H 6.88 in W 12.5 in D 7.63 in
Lacquered Box
Located in East Hampton, NY
Contemporary Lacquered Document Box
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21st Century and Contemporary Burmese Tableware

Lacquered Box
Lacquered Box
H 10.5 in W 24 in D 9 in
Chinese Document Boxes
Located in Washington, DC
Two Red Lacquer Chinese Document Boxes.
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes

Chinese Document Boxes
Chinese Document Boxes
H 10.5 in W 18.5 in D 12 in
Group of Chinese Document Boxes
Located in Washington, DC
Group of decorative document boxes from 19th century China. Bottom box is elmwood, the middle is
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Boxes

Materials

Elm, Leather, Lacquer

Group of Chinese Document Boxes
Group of Chinese Document Boxes
H 18 in W 16 in D 9 in
Chinese Lacquer over Leather Document Box, c. 1860
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chinese Lacquer over Leather Document Box, c. 1860. The box features a landscape scene with
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Decorative Objects

A Chinese Lacquer-Over-Leather Document Box on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 19th Century Chinese Lacquer-Over-Leather Document Box, c. 1860 on New Bronze-Finish Stand
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese End Tables

Pair of Rare Chinese Chests on Stand, circa 1870
Located in Washington, DC
Extraordinary pair of three-tiered document boxes, lacquered elmwood with subtle traces of original
Category

Antique 1860s Chinese Furniture

Small Japanese Lacquer Document Box
Located in New York, NY
A signed antique Japanese document box in black lacquer, with raised gold and red floral design.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Small Japanese Lacquer Document Box
Small Japanese Lacquer Document Box
H 3.5 in W 3.75 in D 13 in
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Lacquer Document Box For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic lacquer document box available at 1stDibs. Each lacquer document box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, lacquer and metal. If you’re shopping for a lacquer document box, we have 13 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect lacquer document box — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A lacquer document box, designed in the folk art or modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Lacquer Document Box?

Prices for a lacquer document box start at $395 and top out at $12,500 with the average selling for $3,033.
Questions About Lacquer Document Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Lacquer boxes are 20th century Russian boxes. The boxes feature miniature paintings and are not made out of wood as appears, but are crafted from papier-mâché instead. Shop a collection of lacquer boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Russian lacquer boxes are also called Palekh boxes after the village where the craft was first recorded in the 1920s. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of vintage and contemporary Russian lacquer boxes from some of the world’s top sellers.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Most Russian lacquer boxes are made in the villages of Fedoskino, Kholui, Mstera and Palekh, Russia. In 1705, the guild for manufacturing lacquer boxes opened in Fedoskino. Many boxes feature natural forms inspired by the landscapes surrounding the village. On 1stDibs, find a range of wrought iron furniture.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To clean a Japanese lacquer box, start by moistening a soft lint-free cloth with warm water. Ring it out and then gently rub every surface. Do not use soap as it may damage the lacquer. Dry the box promptly with a second soft, dry lint-free cloth. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Japanese lacquer boxes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To clean Russian lacquer boxes, moisten a soft cleaning cloth with warm water and mild dish soap. Gently wipe down every surface of the box and then repeat the process with a cloth dampened only with water. For the final step, dry with a soft towel. Find a variety of Russian lacquer boxes on 1stDibs.