Meiji Pure Gold Maki-e Suzuribako, Wild Cherry Blossoms
Located in Taichung, TW
Inside, the box is complete with a custom silver water dropper shaped like a cherry blossom, adding to its substantial weight of nearly one kilogram.
Lacquer
Edo Period Gold Nashiji Maki-e Suzuribako, Hen & Chicks
Located in Taichung, TW
Opening the box reveals a beautifully unified interior, adorned with matching nashiji chrysanthemum patterns and a dedicated space for the inkstone and water dropper. The Era & ...
Lacquer
Antique Japanese Ink Stone Maki-e Lacquer Box Suzuribako Edo Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
The box features a rectangular form with edges of beveled straight lines, rounded, three inner trays, two for holding brush pens and tools, and the center one for holding the ink sto...
Wood, Lacquer
Meiji Gold Maki-e Pine & Crane Document Writing Box Set
Located in Taichung, TW
This interior perfectly frames the complete, remarkably preserved suite of scholar's tools, including a silver water dropper, an ink stick holder, an awl, calligraphy brushes, and a ...
Wood, Urushi lacquer
Japanese lacquer suzuribako 硯箱 (writing box) by Ogimura Sakitoshi 荻村幸稔 (1943)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The interior is lacquered in a warm brown tone to simulate iron rust and is fitted with two baseboards supporting a hefty rectangular inkstone (suzuri) and a ceramic water dropper (s...
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
$1,787Sale Price|35% Off
Changsha Ewer, Tang Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
To make sense of this variability, objects are typically classified into functional categories such as bowls, pots, ewers (or jugs), plates, boxes, lamps, pillows, candlesticks, cens...
Pottery
$1,625Sale Price|35% Off
Changsha Ewer, Tang Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
To make sense of this variability, objects are typically classified into functional categories such as bowls, pots, ewers (or jugs), plates, boxes, lamps, pillows, candlesticks, cens...
Pottery, Stoneware
$2,268Sale Price|35% Off
Changsha ewer, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
To make sense of this variability, objects are typically classified into functional categories such as bowls, pots, ewers (or jugs), plates, boxes, lamps, pillows, candlesticks, cens...
Stoneware
$1,943Sale Price|35% Off
Changsha ewer, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
To make sense of this variability, objects are typically classified into functional categories such as bowls, pots, ewers (or jugs), plates, boxes, lamps, pillows, candlesticks, cens...
Stoneware
Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
The Suzuribako contains a suzuri (ink-stone) with fundame trim and a round cloisonne suiteki (water dropper) with wave design. While the exterior of the box is largely glossy black, ...
Stone, Metal
Exquisite Japanese Lacquer Maki-e Suzuribako by Koma Kyūhaku Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
The base of the interior features a raised platform and a frame containing a suzuri (ink stone) with gold fundame rims and a silver suiteki (water dropper) of in the complementary fo...
Stone, Metal
$10,335Sale Price|35% Off
Rare Lion Figurine Pillow, Tang Dynasty(618-907)
Located in seoul, KR
To make sense of this variability, objects are typically classified into functional categories such as bowls, pots, ewers (or jugs), plates, boxes, lamps, pillows, candlesticks, cens...
Stoneware
Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako with Fighting Cocks, Edo Period, 17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
One tray holds the suzri (inkstone), which has some loss on the back, and the suiteki (water dropper), which unfortunately is missing. The other tray would have held other willing im...
Gold, Silver, Pewter, Gold Leaf
Suzuribako or writting set box in hira maki-e lacquer of unusual circulare shape
Located in PARIS, FR
The writing box contains its inkstone and its suiteki (water dropper), rectangular in form and crafted from silver sheet.
Gold Leaf
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.