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Style: Showa
Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and elegant Korean black lacquer and abalone mother of pearl inlay "longevity" box, circa 1930s, Korea. The box, most likely used to sto...
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1930s Korean Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Abalone

Vintage Japanese Lacquer Duck Box by Zohiko, Showa Era, Mid 20th Century, Japan
By Zōhiko Studio
Located in Austin, TX
A finely decorated vintage Japanese box for precious incense, kogo, in the shape of a male mandarin duck, oshidori, by Zohiko, Showa Era, 1960's, or earlier. The lovely and whimsic...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Black Lacquer Box with Silver Birds by Hiroshi Mimura (1921–1975), Japan, Showa
Located in Fukuoka, JP
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...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Silver Leaf

Japanese Showa Period Red & Black Lacquered Obon Ozen Tray Serving Tables Bowls
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of 5 Japanese mid century modern ozen tray tables. Features black and red lacquer with gold insignia along the front. Includes matching bowls and dishes, (2 large bowls, 3 smal...
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Mid-20th Century Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Pair Japanese Lacquer Habachi
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a beautiful example of the perfection of Japanese Minimalism design that dates to the Showa or possibly Taisho era. The simplicity of the circular form and minimal decoration...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Copper

Pair Japanese Lacquer Habachi
Pair Japanese Lacquer Habachi
$1,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Japanese Antique Lacquer Natsume (box for matcha powder) Automne Flowers 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a box for the matcha powder using while tea ceremony in Japan. It is called 'Natsume'. It is made with wood. The design is some automne flowers and it is all hand painted. Th...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Antique Lacquer Natsume (box for matcha powder) Red Boat 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a box for the matcha powder using while tea ceremony in Japan. It is called 'Natsume'. It is made with wood. The design is a boat and it is hand painted. The material is with...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Antique Lacquer Natsume (box for matcha powder) Plum 'UME' 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a box for the matcha powder using while tea ceremony in Japan. It is called 'Natsume'. It is made with wood. The design is plums (Japanese apricot 'UME') and it is hand paint...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Large Lacquer Worker Bowl Kanshitsu
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A Beautiful Kanshitsu Bachi Lacquer Mixing Bowl. This beautiful Kanshitsu Bachi lacquer mixing bowl is a stunning example of Japanese craftsmanship. It is dated to the Showa period,...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Tray with Intricate Designs
Located in Hudson, NY
This lacquer tray uses several lacquer techniques including multi-color painting of flowers, ito-me (thread pattern) and shell inlay. The artist was Shimano Sanshu (1877 - 1965). He ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Beautiful Kanshitsu Bachi Lacquered Worker Bowl – Showa Period (20th Century) wi
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This unique Kanshitsu Bachi bowl is a remarkable piece of Japanese lacquer artistry from the Showa period (20th century). Traditionally, lacquer craftsmen applied excess lacquer from...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Kogo or inecens box in the form of a realistic eggplant
Located in PARIS, FR
Small lacquered wooden box in the shape of an eggplant. Top of the fruit near the leaves painted with silver pigments. Interior painted with gold pigments, signature in the center pa...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Silver

20th Century Kanshitsu Oke Lacquerware Bowl
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Welcome to our antique lacquerware collection. We are excited to present this stunning Kanshitsu Oke mixing bowl, which dates back to the Showa period of the 20th century. Kanshitsu ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Showa Period Dry Lacquer Sculpture of a Duck
Located in Hudson, NY
Showa Period (1926 - 1989) sculpture of a duck resting with its head tucked into its wings. Dry lacquer, or kanshitsu, is a process of layering and manipulating lacquer soaked cloth ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Showa Period Lacquer “Flower Basket”
Located in Hudson, NY
The artist calls this vessel a flower basket in the calligraphy on the box. Showa period (1926-1989) black lacquer container in square form with notched c...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

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Important Japanese Lacquer Presentation Box Gifted by Japanese President to RAF
Located in Newark, England
PRESENTED BY THE 21ST PRESIDENT OF JAPAN From our Japanese collection, we are absolutely delighted to bring to market this Important Japanese Lacquer Presentation Box. The Presentat...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Hokai Box, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of a traditional Japanese Hokai shell storage box for the Kai-awase game. This box is well-detailed in chased brass appliques and makie. The box is in overall ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Lacquer

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Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Hokai Box, 19th Century
Japanese Lacquer Hokai Box, 19th Century
$1,175 Sale Price
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H 16 in Dm 15 in
Japanese Lacquered Wood Box 19th Century Asian Antiques 中国古董
Located in London, GB
Antique Japanese lacquered wood Box Beautiful and elegant lacquered wood box and gold gilt, decorated with a crane with floral motives and Japanese script Measures: Height 6 inches 1...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Stacking Box, Jubako, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and impressive Japanese gold maki-e decorated black lacquer five-tier jubako with presentation tray, two lids, and the original tomobako storage box, Meiji period, late 19th c...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Fine Miniature Japanese Kodansu with Lacquer Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Japanese miniature kodansu constructed from Kaki wood (Persimmon) circa 19th century, late Meiji period. With its expressive exotic wood grains and exposed tenon construction,...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Fine Miniature Japanese Kodansu with Lacquer Inlays
Fine Miniature Japanese Kodansu with Lacquer Inlays
$4,500
H 3.25 in W 3.125 in D 4.75 in
Antique Japanese Red Black Lacquer Bamboo Food Carrier or Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique japanese red and black lacquered Bamboo Food Carrier or Box, front side can be open Dimensions: Height 18'' x width 15.5" x depth 11". ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Bamboo

Kashmir Black Lacquer & Hand Painted Papier Mâché Box, India, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage South Asian / Kashmir hand painted papier mâché box with removeable lid - featuring a profuse floral pattern over the top and sides set against a black lacquer background - h...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Showa Lacquer

Materials

Composition

Large Japanese Red & Black Lacquer Wooden Bowl, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A Japanese red & black lacquer wooden bowl from the early 20th century. It is carved from a block of what is likely to be fruit wood. The bowl has aged beautifully over the years wit...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Fruitwood, Lacquer

A large square tray made of Japanese antique lacquer / Late Edo period/19th
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
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...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Stack Box Jubako
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique jubako (stack boxes) with five tiers in an elongated octagon shape circa 19th century (end of Edo or beginning of Meiji period). jubako was traditionally used to store and...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Stack Box Jubako
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Stack Box Jubako
$6,000
H 11 in W 7 in D 5.8 in
Japanese Lacquer Box with Mandarin Ducks
Located in Greenwich, CT
Japanese lacquer box with mandarin ducks motif on cover. One lacquer tray and one small lacquer plank inside the box.
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood

Japanese Lacquer Box with Mandarin Ducks
Japanese Lacquer Box with Mandarin Ducks
$1,600
H 9.5 in W 7.8 in D 1.6 in
Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Meiji-period lacquer tray represents the mastery of Japanese craftsmen in the art of lacquer work. Precious materials are precisely inlaid in the lacquer base, creating a highly...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Showa Lacquer

Materials

Gold

Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
$19,800
H 4.25 in W 29.75 in D 21.13 in
Previously Available Items
Beautiful Kanshitsu Bachi Lacquered Worker Bowl – Showa Period (20th Century)
Located in Fukuoka, JP
This unique Kanshitsu Bachi bowl is a remarkable piece of Japanese lacquer artistry from the Showa period (20th century). Traditionally, lacquer craftsmen applied excess lacquer from...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Natsume Tea Container Canister Makie (Gold Lacquer) with Original Box
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Natsume makie caddy container with chrysanthemum and paulownia motif. PreWar early Showa (1900 - 1939). Made from laquered wood with gold accents. Complete with original carrying sac...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Antique Lacquer Natsume (box for matcha powder) Mt.Fuji and Fans 1980s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a box for the matcha powder using while tea ceremony in Japan. It is called 'Natsume'. It is made with wood. The design is a mount Fuji and fans and it is hand painted. The m...
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1980s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy, Natsume, Feather Design, Showa Era, c 1960's, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and refined Japanese lacquer tea caddy, natsume, with a design of feathers, Showa Period, mid 20th century, Japan. The natsume i...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Softwood, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy, Natsume, Cart Wheels, Showa Era, 1960's, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A refined Japanese lacquer tea caddy, natsume, with a maki-e design of soaking cart wheels, Showa Era, circa 1960's, Japan. The elegant nat...
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1960s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Softwood, Lacquer

Old Japanese black lacquer and gold plate / abstract painting-like / decorative
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have received a very mysterious item. This is called a "shikita" in Japanese, and is a board on which you can place vases and other items for decoration. The material is thought ...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Carved Red Lacquer Box on Stand, Showa Era, mid 20th century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A nice and highly decorative Japanese carved red lacquer covered box on stand, Showa Era, circa 1930's, Japan. The rectangular box is heavily carved all around and covered in a vibr...
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1930s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

Softwood, Lacquer

Old boards used by Japanese lacquerware craftsmen/1920-1950/Wall hanging board
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is a workbench used by lacquerware craftsmen from the end of the Taisho period to the Showa period (1920-1950). When applying lacquer to wooden vessels, they applied the lacquer...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Work board used by a lacquer craftsman/20th century/Like an abstract painting
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
We have a unique Japanese aesthetic sense. And only we can introduce unique items through our purchasing channels in Japan and the experience we have gained so far, in such a way tha...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Scatota di Lacca Giapponese
Located in Brescia, IT
Japanese document box,in black Rinpa-style lacquer, decorated with gold leaf bamboo. Rare and distinctive carved lid as possible to see from photographs. Giappone, periodo Showa.
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Scatota di Lacca Giapponese
Scatota di Lacca Giapponese
H 5.32 in W 10.83 in D 8.47 in
Japanese Old Lacquer Work Board 1950s-1970s / Abstract Painting Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
This is an old lacquered large work board made in Japan. It is an item from the mid-Showa period. (1950s-1970s). It has been used for a long time as a work board for applying lacque...
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1950s Japanese Vintage Showa Lacquer

Materials

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 craftsmans...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Showa lacquer for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Showa lacquer for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage lacquer created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, wall decorations and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with lacquer, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Showa lacquer made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and Japan pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for lacquer differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $7,500 while the average work can sell for $1,500.

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