Kobako in the form of a Seashell in gold and wajima lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Wajima-lacquer kobako in grey lacquer, decorated with gold-lacquer stripes forming a bivalve shell motif.
Gold
Contemporary Japanese Wajima Lacquer Weeping Willow Natsume by Akira Kakigi
Located in Nottingham, GB
A refined contemporary Japanese lacquer tea caddy (natsume) by Wajima lacquer master Akira Kakigi, exquisitely decorated with a weeping willow motif.
Lacquer
Japanese Wajima Lacquer Incense Tray with Moonlit Boat Scene, Late 20th Century
Located in Nottingham, GB
A refined Japanese Wajima lacquer incense tray, dating to the late 20th or early 21st century, beautifully decorated with an atmospheric riverside scene.
Lacquer
Japanese Wajima Lacquer Fumibako Letter Box with Camellia Decoration
Located in Fukuoka, JP
An elegant Japanese Wajima lacquer fumibako, or traditional letter box, decorated with flowering camellia branches on a glossy black lacquer ground.
Wood, Lacquer
Kikuji Nakao Wajima Lacquer Vessel with Dragonflies, Maki-e and Raden
Located in Taichung, TW
The Design & Impact: This refined Wajima lacquer vessel by Kikuji Nakao combines a bold, contemporary composition with the elegance of traditional Japanese lacquer decoration.
Wood, Lacquer, Urushi lacquer
Japanese Wajima Lacquer Chōshi with Crashing Waves and Rocks in Gold Maki-e
Located in Taichung, TW
The Design & Impact: This elegant Wajima lacquer chōshi features a dramatic composition of crashing waves striking against rocky forms, rendered in raised maki-e.
Lacquer, Urushi lacquer
Pair of Japanese Wajima Lacquer Jubako with Chinkin Chrysanthemum Design, circa
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A finely crafted pair of Japanese Wajima lacquer jubako, decorated with an intricate chrysanthemum design executed in chinkin, the traditional technique of incising fine lines into a...
Gold
Japanese Wajima Lacquer Four-Tier Jubako with Autumn Grasses in Maki-e and Raden
Located in Taichung, TW
The Design & Impact: This elegant Wajima lacquer four-tier jubako is covered in a richly layered composition of autumn grasses and seasonal flowers.
Wood, Lacquer, Urushi lacquer
Showa Period Wajima Lacquer Vase with Gold and Silver Maki-e by Inami Tadashi
Located in Taichung, TW
Inami also played a significant role in the advancement of Wajima lacquer through his long service as director of the Wajima Lacquerware Research Institute.
Wood, Lacquer
U4 Japanese Antiques Wajima Lacquer craftsman's workstand, Abstract Painting
Located in Niiza, JP
Material: plywood, lacquer size:L46×W91×H1.5(Board thickness)cm 5kg Estimate packing: Weight 11kg L52cm W98cm H8cm A workstand used by lacquer craftsman.
Plywood, Urushi lacquer
U2 Japanese Antiques Wajima Lacquer craftsman's workstand, Abstract Painting
Located in Niiza, JP
It takes a lot of time and effort to create layers of lacquer Due to the Wajima earthquake, old workbenches have become increasingly difficult to come by.
Cedar, Lacquer
F8 Old Japanese Art Tea ceremony utensils Furosaki folding screen Wajima lacquer
Located in Niiza, JP
It is mainly painted with black lacquer, but the front is decorated with a gorgeous red lacquer pattern.
Wood, Lacquer
Showa Period Wajimaya Zenni Gold Maki-e Flower Boat Suzuribako
Located in Taichung, TW
The Material: Crafted by the prestigious Wajimaya Zenni workshop, this piece is built upon a sturdy natural wood core coated in a deeply lustrous black lacquer ground. Wajima lacque...
Wood, Lacquer
$416Sale Price|20% Off
Japanese Lacquer Vase with Botanical Motif, Wajima School
Located in Fukuoka, JP
An elegant Japanese lacquer vase adorned with a refined hand-painted botanical motif, executed in the traditional techniques of Wajima lacquerware.
Wood, Lacquer
Wajima Jindai Sugi Maki-e Square Tray by Wakashima Takao
Located in Taichung, TW
Bounded by this ancient wood, the center panel is decorated with fine gold and silver maki-e powder, executed with the uncompromising precision characteristic of premium Wajima lacqu...
Wood, Urushi lacquer
Showa Period Lacquer “Flower Basket”
Located in Hudson, NY
Signature on the bottom reads: Hiroi from Wajima. Wajima is a famous lacquer making city on the Sea of Japan.
Lacquer
A lacquer and aluminium panel depicting an abstract seascape by Banura Shōgo
Located in Brussels, BE
A lacquer and aluminium panel depicting an abstract seascape by Banura Shōgo (1901-1982) Signed: Ban Title: Sōzō (Double image) Japan, 20th century Panel: H. 60.5cm x W. 84.5cm...
Aluminum
$167Sale Price / item|20% Off
Japanese Wooden Soup-Bowl with Wajima-Nuri Japanese Lacquerware 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This soup-bowl is made with wajima-nuri, a Japanese lacquerware from Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture in Japan.
Wood
Antique Japanese Wooden Soup-Bowl with Wajima-Nuri, Japanese Lacquerware 1930s
Located in Paris, FR
This soup-bowl is made with wajima-nuri, a Japanese lacquerware from Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture in Japan.
Wood
Antique Japanese Lunch Boxes with Family Crest and Lacquer Ware
Located in Paris, FR
This is made of paulownia woods and painted with lacquer-Wajima.
Wood, Lacquer
$261Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Japanese Box 'Red and Black' with Family Crest and Lacquer Ware
Located in Paris, FR
This is made of paulownia woods and painted with lacquer-Wajima. It can be used as decoration. Family crest: This family crest which is printed on the top of boxes is called 'Ken-ka...
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Wajima-Nuri Red Lacquered Wooden Lunch Box, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful red lacquered wooden box. Inside covered with black lacquer including a removable partition.
Wood, Lacquer
Unavailable
H 14.57 in W 8.27 in D 8.86 in
Japanese Brack Lacquered Wooden Wajima Jubako Lunchbox, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
Wajima lunch box with family cresta coat of arms of Kishida, from the region of Nagoya.
Wood
Unavailable
H 3.55 in W 4.53 in D 4.53 in
Japanese Black Lacquer with Gold Flower Motif on Wajima-Nuri Soup Tureens, 1930s
Located in Paris, FR
Beautiful lacquer to Wajima and delicate flower drawing are characteristic.
Wood
Sold
H 8.08 in W 18.9 in D 29.53 in
Exceptional 19th Century Wajima Lacquer Low Table with Gold Makie Decoration
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Wajima-nuri is celebrated for its durability, rich texture, and the extensive layering technique using kijiro (raw lacquer) and jinoko (powdered diatomaceous earth), making this piec...
Wood, Lacquer
Contemporary Lacquer Vase by Wajima
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Beautiful Contemporary Wajima Lacquer Vase for Any Space This beautiful contemporary Wajima lacquer vase is a stunning example of Japanese craftsmanship.
Lacquer
Sold
W 1.88 in L 1.88 in
Van Cleef & Arpels/Junichi Hakos Estate Diamond Enamel and Gold Butterfly Brooch
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in New York, NY
Although Master Hakose is a maki-e (picture drawing technique with sprinkles of gold) artist, he has practiced all the process of Wajima lacquer coatings from the base coating, the m...
Diamond, 18k Gold
Sold
H 7.09 in W 14.97 in D 3.15 in
Wajima Lacquer Box with Kōrin-style Makie Design by Enoki Kei (b. 1949)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This exceptional covered box is a refined example of Wajima-nuri lacquerware, created by Japanese lacquer artist Enoki Kei (榎木啓, b. 1949).
Wood, Lacquer
Sold
H 2.84 in W 19.93 in D 7.49 in
Japanese Wajima lacquer 輪島塗り vessel for ikebana flower arrangements
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An antique Wajima lacquer vessel for ikebana flower arrangements, elegantly shaped like a boat.
Gold Leaf
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...
Wood, Lacquer
$1,960
H 0.87 in W 6.86 in D 6.3 in
Edo Period Japanese Kaga Lacquer Tray with Autumn Grasses in Gold Maki-e
Located in Taichung, TW
The Design & Impact: This refined Edo period Kaga lacquer tray presents a richly detailed scene of autumn grasses and seasonal flowers. Though modest in scale, the composition feels...
Wood, Lacquer, Urushi lacquer
$750
H 0.25 in W 2.5 in D 2.25 in
Japanese Meiji Period Miniature Gold Maki-e Lacquer Presentation Tray
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Japanese Meiji Period Miniature Gold Maki-e Lacquer Presentation Tray This is a miniature Japanese lacquer serving or presentation tray, known as a bon (盆), dating to the Meiji peri...
Lacquer
$780
H 1.19 in W 1.46 in D 4.1 in
Japanese Black Lacquer Fubako Document Box with Gold Makie, late 19th Century
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A refined Japanese lacquer fumibako (document box), dating to the Meiji–Taisho period, late 19th to early 20th century. The elongated box is finished in lustrous black lacquer and d...
Gold
$1,200
H 1.75 in W 10 in D 9.25 in
Japanese Lacquer Tray by Zohiko, Meiji/Taisho Period, Early 20th Century, Japan
By Zōhiko Studio
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Japanese lacquer decorated tray with images of hemp leaves, maple leaves, and cherry blossoms by Zohiko, Meiji or Taisho Period, early 20th century, Japan. The graceful tra...
Lacquer, Wood, Urushi lacquer
Antique Lacquered Calling Card Case With Floral Motifs 1800's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
ANTIQUE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID CARD CASE WITH SILVER PLAQUE A finely decorated antique card case of rectangular form, richly ornamented to both the front and back with finely cut mo...
Sterling Silver
Japanese Lacquer Smoking Box, Tabako Bon, Edo Period, 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine Japanese maki-e lacquer decorated tabako bon, or smoking box, late Edo Period, mid-19th century, Japan. The elegant smoking box of black lacquer decorated with a wonde...
Lacquer
Red Japanese Lacquered Box Meiji Decorative Box, circa 1880
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Nice Japanese glove box in red and black lacquered wood dating from the end of the 19th century. It is decorated with delicate gold, black and white flowers and foliage on all its vi...
Lacquer, Wood
Antique Togidashi Maki-e Chrysanthemum Document Box
Located in Taichung, TW
The Design & Impact: This elegant document box (bunko or ryoshibako) presents a dignified and highly stable form, serving as a magnificent canvas for traditional Japanese lacquer...
Wood, Urushi lacquer
$1,200
H 22.63 in W 29.88 in D 1.25 in
19th Century English Japanned Lacquer Tray, Hand-Painted Chinoiserie
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A stunning papier mache tray from England, 19th century, with “Japanned” black lacquer and parcel gilt illustrations covering the surface. The tray is glowing from the intricate depi...
Lacquer, Paint, Paper
Antique Chinese Lacquer Tray With Dragons
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Chinese Lacquer Tray With Dragons. Our stunning Chinese lacquer tray is rectangular with two handles and hand decorated with gold and red dragons. Great decorative tray for a...
Lacquer
19th Century Chinoserie Tray
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
Large serving tray in metal. Golden hand-painted chinoserie details on black colored metal. Backside black colored. Painted with flowers, birds all around and a chinese family in th...
Metal
$1,250
H 2.88 in Dm 2.44 in
Japanese Lacquer Incense Burner, Koro, Edo period, mid 19th century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and refined Japanese lacquer koro, incense burner, in the form of a chaire, tea caddy, Edo Perio, mid 19th century, Japan. The barrel shaped koro formed as a traditional ...
Copper
$850
H 2.96 in Dm 2.37 in
An O-natsume lacquered in the nashiji style with bamboo leaves and vine tendrils
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant O-natsume (tea caddy) decorated with nashiji lacquer and gold maki-e, featuring bamboo leaves and graceful vine tendrils. The decoration extends seamlessly across the ent...
Lacquer
Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Fubako Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered wood fubako (a box used to store document or small scroll painting), circa second half of 19th century late Edo period. The rectangular box features an unusually...
Wood, Lacquer
Fine Japanese Hibachi Lacquer with Inlays Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Japanese wood Hibachi with copper insert circa 1900-30s end of Meiji to Taisho Period. It can be used as a unique planter or to showcase an ikebana design. Hibachi means "fir...
Copper
From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.
Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.
With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.
For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.
“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.
In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.
Decorated with white cranes and the sought-after thousand-butterflies motif, the Meiji-period vessel offers both a celebration of traditional aesthetics and a clear reflection of the era’s appetite for exquisite export pieces.
For 25 years, gallerist Betsy Nathan has leveraged her keen eye and key connections to bring a unique selection of rare finds to the market.
Now working alongside his daughter Bianca, dealer Joel Chen has presented a most covetable array of antiques, art and contemporary creations for more than 40 years.
From cherry-blossom-adorned walls paired with glamorous lighting to wood-paneled ceilings above checkerboard-patterned chairs, these 12 spaces seamlessly blend Eastern and Western aesthetics.
The dealer and curator has spent the past 50 years amassing a collection of exceptional art, furniture and architectural elements that trace the cultural influence of the Spanish empire from Europe to the Americas and beyond.
These spaces exemplify how Eastern elements elevate a home's decor.