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Material: Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Export Black Lacquer & Mother Of Pearl Sewing Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning 19th-century Chinese Export sewing box showcases exceptional craftsmanship and intricate decorative artistry. The rectangular box features a black lacquered surface ado...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Red Lacquered 4-Fold Screen with Carved Floral Frame
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese style (19th/20th century ) red and gold lacquered 4 fold screen featuring a carved floral frame and a Chinoiserie design.
Antique Condition prior repairs
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of Chinese Iron Bound Courtyard Doors, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive set of doors dates to the turn of the century and originated as the outermost entrance gate to a traditional courtyard home in northern China. Crafted of locust wood and hand-worked iron, the rustic doors have developed a fantastic texture from years of use. The original layer of dark brown lacquer has eroded with an inimitable crackle, revealing the beautiful wood grain underneath.
The door fronts are reinforced with studded iron bands and decorative iron plates in the shape of clouds or ruyi. The doors are fitted with a simple iron latch and four round door pulls...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Chinese Cabinet, 18th Century
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful 18th century panel door cabinet, three carved drawers with nail head studs, across the top, Shanxi China, circa 1790. Having a 200 year old beautiful patina that is outs...
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1750s Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Walnut, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing dynasty. Colored black and gold all-over beautifully with intricate designs.
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Early 19th Century Chinese Hardwood, Lacquer and Jade Six-Panel Screen
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine mid-Qing Dynasty Chinese hardwood and lacquer six-panel screen, Jailing Period, circa 1800.
The hardwood frame inset with black lacquer panels. One side features an over...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Coral, Jade
Japanese Asian Wood Shi Shi Shishi Mai Lion Dance Gashira Noh Mask Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, beautifully crafted Japanese festival Shishi Lion Dance (Shishi Mai) mask (Gashira).
The shishi mask represents a mythical lion that prote...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Pair of Chinese Yoke Back Official's Hat Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic pair of Chinese yoke back official's hat chairs featuring a Shuangxi emblem on the backsplat. These carved chairs have a lacquer finish with...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
$1,800 / set
19th Century Lacquer Cabinet, Circa 1850
Located in Richmond, London
A striking black lacquer table or jewellery cabinet, exquisitely decorated with Oriental figures and pagodas throughout. Mid-19th century. A highly desirable and sought after model.
...
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19th Century Asian Chinoiserie Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
A superb Japanese export lacquer writing box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Kyoto, circa 1680
The writing box has bevelled edges and a kabusebuta (overhanging lid), and is completely covered in black lacquer in maki-e and decorated in gold, silver and red h...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Horse Riding
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Chinese export eight-panel coromandel screen featuring a country landscape with men on horseback. The panels have a faded lacquer patina in a rich oxblood or cordovan tone...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Red Lacquer Low Kang Table
Located in Doylestown, PA
Antique Chinese red lacquer low Kang table, c. 1910's.
The Kang table has a rich history as it was used in everyday life for dining, having tea, playing games and meditation. The ta...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Large Japanese 6-panel byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) with chrysanthemum garden
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A very colourful and captivating large six-panel byôbu (folding screen) with a refined continuous painting of a luscious flower garden filled with many different types of chrysanthemums (kiku), next to a winding river.
This multi-coloured painting is set on a shiny gold-leaf background, and the chrysanthemum flowers are painted by using shell paste (gofun) in low relief.
Several clutches with a great variety of chrysanthemum flowers are in full bloom and they each show their unique form and colour. Varying from white, red, yellow and pink. The flowers bloom all around and on different kinds of bamboo fences and trellises.
In Japan chrysanthemums are believed to represent happiness, love, longevity and joy.
The panels are surrounded by two silk borders, a thin black one, and a wide brown one. The screen is protected by a black and red negoro’nuri...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
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 with images of folding fans, ogi, Edo Period, earl...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Coral
Tall, Japanese lacquer byôbu 屏風 (folding screen) by Mitsuo Takana 高名光夫 (1956)
By Mitsuo Takana
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Refined, tall two-panel byôbu (folding screen) completely adorned with ‘Wajima Ryûsaku’ lacquer by the Nitten award winning artist Mitsuo Takana (1956).
Featuring five refined images inspired by woodblock prints from the famous series ‘Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi’ (The fifty-three stations of the Tokaido road), like the 1st station Nihonbashi, the 10th station Hakone, and the 21st station Okabe.
The design is executed in hiramaki-e (low-relief lacquer design) in shades of gold, silver, heightened by some multi-coloured details. Set on a shiny black lacquer substrate.
Signed in red lacquer in the lower right corner.
Including original signed & sealed wooden tomobako (storage box). The front with an inscription about the contents as described above. The inside:
‘Friend of the Nitten Exhibition Takana Mitsuo’ - Seal: ‘Hikari’.
‘Lacquer artist Wajima Ryûsaku’ - Seal: ‘Ryûsaku’.
Mitsuo Takana was born 1956 in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture. He won several awards during exhibitions like: Ishikawa Contemporary Art Exhibition, Japan Artisans' Association Exhibition and the well-known Nitten Exhibition.
Dimensions:
Height 57.48 in/146 cm, Total width 66.92 in/170 cm (2 x 33.46 in/85 cm), Depth 1.10 in/2.8 cm.
Weight 56.21 lb/25.5 kg.
Wajima lacquerware...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Vintage Red Lacquered Lotus Pedestal
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage lacquered red-orange pedestal with graphic painted lotus flowers and leaves.
Category
Mid-20th Century Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Paint
Antique Chinese Marriage Cabinet
Located in London, GB
An exquisite, richly adorned Chinese cabinet, traditionally given as part of a bride’s dowry. Featuring a deep burgundy lacquer finish, symbolising good fortune and happiness, it is ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinoiserie Chinese Black Lacquered Hand Painted Four Panel Asian Screen Divider
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning, expandable Chinese four panel screen/room divider with hand painted landscape scenery on black lacquered wood. A monochromatic floral and bird motif is softly painted on t...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Japanese Wood Gilt Lacquer Buddha Buddhist Temple Traveling Zushi Shrine Altar
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese Buddhist portable traveling zushi shrine altar with Amida Buddha (Amitabha) concealed inside the folded wood doors.
This work dat...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Lacquered Maki-E Natsume in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered tea caddy (known as Natsume) with fine Maki-e decoration circa 18-19th century Edo to Meiji period. The large-sized nat...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Lacquered Korean Low Coffee Table with Elaborate Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean black lacquered wood low table with elaborate inlay works circa late Joseon dynasty (late 19th century to turn of 20th century). The low table, supported by slightly curved ...
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Antique Cinnabar Lacquer Round Box with Eight Hermit Design, Qing Period
Located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo
This extraordinary Chinese cinnabar lacquer round box is very detailed in amazing quality.
A technique of engraving pattern on thick layer of red...
Category
18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful screen with a figural, hand painted, scene in shades of blue, green, purple and brown and red. With antique lacquer fan box...
Category
1850s Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinoiserie Style Black Lacquered Jewlery Chest or Cabinet
Located in Plainview, NY
A Chinoiserie lacquered jewelry chest in striking black. The chest features two doors adorned with graceful women figures facing aha other. Upon opening these doors, a treasure trove...
Category
Early 20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Soapstone
Japanese Lacquer Incense Box, Kogo, Momoyama or Edo Period, 16th/17th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A wonderful Japanese lacquer incense box, kogo, with a design of plovers in flight, late Momoyama or early Edo Period, circa 1600, Japan.
The small box, called a kogo, was used to s...
Category
Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold, Pewter
Antique 19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Sewing Table
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century Chinese lacquer sewing table with hand painted scenes and beautiful legs. Unique Gilt export black lacquer all-over t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
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 features a lavish flower arrangement in a bamboo basket (ikebana). The detailed craftmanship was a true pleasure to behold. Mostly Takamaki-e (high relief) were used to texturize the delicate petals of the chrysanthemums, on which different shades of gold were used to create contrast. Raden (mother of pearl) shells were also used to highlight some leaves, rendering the piece an interesting balance of color and material. The interior was completed in a mottled gold finish. It was signed Shigehide on the bottom with a Kao. There is a small carved rabbit ojime bead...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Ando Company, Fine Cloisonne Vase with Roses, Signed, Japan, 20th Century
By Ando Jubei
Located in Chatham, ON
ANDO CLOISONNÉ COMPANY - Extraordinary cloisonné vase with roses and transparent green enamel over raised bamboo decoration - green enamel to the interi...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
18th C. Korean Hardwood Chest on Stand
Located in Dallas, TX
Korean hardwood chest on stand
18th Century
A rectangular top projecting over four short frieze drawers and three panels of mounted floating panel doors within concave mounted border...
Category
18th Century Korean Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
$13,020 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Box from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lacquer presentation box with mother-of-pearl inlays from Japanese Ryukyu Islands circa 17-18th century. The lidded box in rectangular form with rounded corner is a classic example...
Category
18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Japanese Bronze Sculpture of Two Birds on Leaf Base – Showa Period. Signed
Located in Fukuoka, JP
A serene and elegant Japanese bronze sculpture depicting a pair of birds resting on a large, naturalistically rendered leaf. Likely crafted during the Showa period, this piece showca...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Chinese Smith Armorial Games Box and Counters
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and rare antique Chinese armorial games box of rectangular form with over 110 matching armorial mother of pearl gaming counters. The black lacquer box is finely decorated with a central Chinese landscape scene, the centre with an armorial for Smith impaling Abbot. The box opens to reveal five lidded boxes each with similar decoration to that on the box outer and each with a central armorial crest. The box also contains 12 gaming trays, four of which are decorated with the same armorial as is the addition of the Pope Joan...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Pair of Large Antique Japanese Hokai Lacquer Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Japanese lacquered lidded Hokai boxes with chased brass hardware and original ropes. Hokai boxes are traditionally used in Japan as the containers ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Suit of Red Lacquer Japanese Fighting Armor of the Late Edo Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
Suit of red lacquer Japanese fighting armour of the late Edo period, (1716-1868). Desirable coral red lacquer is original and unrestored.
Composed of a helmet, (Kabuto) breast plate (Do) and shoulder, arm protection (chainmail). Displayed with a later recreation expressive face plate of modern manufacture (nose, mustache). Also displayed with (photos 3 & 4) a period red lacquer partial face plate (Hambo) with replacement throat guards. All of the assembled parts are of same age, quality and color.
Old silk and linen sleeve and helmet linings decayed or shredding.
The Meiji period wood...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Black Lacquered Carved Box Village Life
Located in Somis, CA
This captivating early 20th-century lacquerware box transports you to a serene Chinese farming village. The fully carved lid unfolds a scene of daily life: two men, one seated on a ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Kork, Wood, Lacquer
$95 Sale Price
38% Off
Late 19th/ early 20th Century Large Red Lacquer Offering Bowl, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Red Offering Bowl
Burma
Late 19th/early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer
D: 31 in x H: 7.5 in :: 78.7 cm x 19 cm
Traditionally used to bring offerings to an altar, and to present ...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Japanese Gilt Seated Kannon Figure, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricately carved and finished with gilt black lacquer, this seated figure depicts the bodhisattva Guanyin, known in Japanese Buddhism as Kannon. Described as the "Buddha of Infinite Compassion," Kannon is the embodiment of mercy and makes himself available to all who call upon him with all their mind.
Kannon is depicted here seated in diamond position upon a double lotus plinth, set above a stepped base. He is dressed in gracefully draped robes and wears a tall crown bearing a minuscule figure of Amida, the Buddha of Infinite Light. He has a serene expression of calm and holds his right hand in the abhaya mudra, a gesture of comfort, blessing, and protection. Backed by a magnificent leaf-form nimbus, this Kannon figure...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese Meiji Dressing Stand with Mirror Black Lacquer
By Vintage Japanese Monochrome
Located in Valladolid, ES
Elegant and beautiful Dressing Table or it could be suitable for a jewellery box , Meiji Period ( 1868 - 1912 ).
Executed with black lacquer, holding a bronze hand mirror ( ekagami)
Configured with five smooth-running drawers of different Size. Two are equipped with slender "hirute"-shaped bail handles and three with decorative pull-rings.
The front-and backside featuring oval grips for easy transport.
Surmounted by a mirror frame in a shape reminiscent of a Shintô shrine torii-gate-
a twin-posted framework with a triangular crossbar flared in upswept Chinese-style gable ( Karahafu) endings.
Resting of the frame is the Japanese traditional handheld mirror with auspicious embossed design of wisteria ( fuji) and lovely patina.
Inscription on the right.
Considering its age the set is in a very good condition with some traces of usage and wear conform age.
Dimensions:
Dressing stand...
Category
1880s Dutch Meiji Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$1,667 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Antique Thai Buddhist Manuscript Storage Cabinet.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Antique Thai Buddhist Manuscript Storage Cabinet. A tapering upright cabinet made of teak with black lacquered exterior and red interior. The decoration of gold on a black ground on three sides is created by the Lai Rot Nam...
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19th Century Thai Other Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
18th Century Gilt Black Chinese Larquer Cabinet Desk
Located in Brea, CA
18th century gilt black lacquer Chinese cabinet desk, the rectangular-section body decorated with panels of landscapes, the superstructure of two panelled doors, enclosing an array o...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Painted Wooden Tibetan Bowl
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful late 19th century paint bowl with a lid that was once used for storing the famous Tibetan barley flour (Tsampa). These bowls were used by the Buddhist mountain people of ...
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Late 19th Century Tibetan Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Zō-onna Noh Theatre Mask
Located in London, GB
Zō-onna Noh Theatre Mask, Meiji Period Noh Mask, Japanese Noh Mask, Antique Japanese Mask, Antique Noh Mask, Noh Theatre Mask, Samurai, Japanese Antique.
Beautifully carved and hand...
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1880s Japanese Meiji Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cypress, Lacquer, Paint
Faux Bamboo Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Tray Table
Located in Norwood, NJ
Red lacquer and gilt decoration with florals, birds and butterflies. Faux bamboo legs and cross stretcher. Removable tray top with felt interior. This tastefully designed tray table ...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Beautiful Japanese Lacquered Tray Raden Abalone Shell Decoration
Located in Fukuoka, JP
Beautiful Japanese Lacquered Tray with Raden Abalone Shell Decoration
This beautiful Japanese lacquered tray is a stunning example of Japanese craftsmanship. It is made of high-quality wood and is decorated with abalone shell inlay, a technique known as raden. Raden is a centuries-old Japanese art form that involves inlaying mother-of-pearl, abalone shell, or other materials into a lacquer surface. The technique originated in China and was introduced to Japan in the Nara period...
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20th Century Japanese Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Burmese Betel Box “Kun-It”
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Vintage Burmese Betel Box “Kun-It”, a cylindrical woven container with a deep lid and shallow interior tray, all covered in layers of red black and...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Folk Art Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Large Red Lacquer Drum
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large red lacquer drum with some painted green Asian characters on the body surface. One of character is " Village " The dimension is 20" diameter on the top...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
$2,600
Late 19th Century Lacquer and Bamboo Betel Box, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Betel Box, Kun It
Burma
Late 19th/early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer
H: 7.5 in x D: 8.5 in :: 19 cm x 21.5 cm
Intricately painted motifs (including chili seed pattern, Nga Y...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Tribal Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Chinese Cloud Pattern Long Bench, Qing Dynasty
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Chinese cloud pattern long Bench from the Qing Dynasty features wonderfully carved cloud spandrels, straight legs with double stretchers and a solid top. It features a more than...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Large Chinese Lacquer Wedding or Travel Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century large Chinese lacquer wedding or travel box from the Qing dynasty. Beautiful intricate designs all-over with images of ancient Chi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Large six-panelled Chinese hardstone and lacquered folding screen
Located in London, GB
Large six-panelled Chinese hardstone and lacquered folding screen
Chinese, Early 20th Century
Closed: height 183cm, width 40.5cm, depth 18cm
Opened: height 183cm, width 243cm, depth ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Precious Stone, Lacquer
A Chinese mid 18th century Laquered Coromandel screen
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A monumentally scaled and most important Chinese mid 18th century Laquered Coromandel screen. This finely detailed ten panel screen, with its original tempera paint, showcases a collection of continuous scenes depicting a landscape with pagodas, pavilions, a court of noblemen, women, and musicians. Each panel displays tones of rose, green, cafe brown, and gold on a dark rose ground within a border of wandering mischievous dragons and Greek key designs. The rear is tastefully decorated in the center with Chinese calligraphy relating to the story of the front with a border of flowers in vases, animals, and various figures.
This wonderful screen was formerly in the Collections of Viscount Furness and Lady Musker, as well as being sold by Mallet Antiques...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Chinoiserie Black Lacquer Trays
Located in Richmond, London
A very decorative set of six small, early 19th century, black lacquer and gilt-decorated gaming trays. Circa 1830.
Why we like them
Exquisite gilt decoration, wonderfully well-pres...
Category
Early 19th Century Asian Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Rinpa Style Lacquer Ink Stone Box Suzuribako
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese writing box with ink stone (known as Suzuribako) with exquisite maki-e decoration circa late Meiji to early Taisho period (1890s-1930s)...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japan 1810 Kajikawa Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese Inro from the Edo period (1615-1868) created by Kajikawa.
Beautiful Inro, created in Japan by one of the Kajikawa family during the Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1810. Has been carefully crafted in carved precious wood with applications of gilding maki-e and decorated with Japonism patterns. All dan trays are attached together with a himo cord. The detailed craftsmanship was a true pleasure to behold.
Period: Edo period (1615-1868). Shogunate.
Approximate Date: 1790-1810
Motif: A family of birds consisting of a cockerel, the hen and three chicks.
Drawers: Five.
Shape: Rectangular navette.
Technique: Carved wood, lacquer and decorated in iroe-hiramaki-e on a gold ground.
Ojime: 15mm 20mm, oval carved from natural translucent agate.
Netsuke: None
Weight: 47.70 Grams.
Measurements: Inro is 78 mm by 55 mm by 18 mm (3.07 x 2.17 x 0.71 Inches).
Signatures: Kajikawa Saku, in the underside with the signature KAJIKAWA. By a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa 梶川 Japan, late 18th century to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868).
The Kajikawa family
Kajikawa family, flourished in the 19th century, they was Japanese lacquerware artists whose school in Edo (now Tokyo) flourished for more than 200 years. This family is perhaps the most famous of all the dynasties of Japanese lacquer artists, and certainly the name most often found on inro. The family is said to have been founded by Hikobei at Edo in the early 17th century, although some claim that the family’s great reputation really stemmed from his son and pupil Kyujiro. In any event, Hikobei worked for the shogunate, as did his successors until well into the 19th century. Kijirō excelled in designing particularly delicate lacquer inrō, portable medicine cases...
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1810s Japanese Edo Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Agate, Gold
$3,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese inro box in black and gold lacquer with a decor of snowy landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
Inrō with four boxes in black and gold lacquer, representing a person in a pavilion in a snowy landscape with mountain on the background. Realised in maki-e on black lacquer with sma...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold
Japanese Antique Lacquer Hair Comb with Flowers in Gold Maki-e
Located in New York, NY
Stunning antique Japanese lacquer hair comb with a geometric petal-like background of stylized chrysanthemums and flowers done in gold and red maki-e. Possibly Edo or Meiji time peri...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Japanese Two Panel Screen: Rimpa Flowers
Located in Hudson, NY
with gold flake design. Mineral pigments on mulberry paper, with silk brocade border, and red negoro style lacquer trim.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold
Antique Southeast Asian Burmese Jeweled Carved Qilin Foo Lion Figure Statue Pair
Located in Forney, TX
A near pair of antique Southeast Asian Burmese jeweled parcel gilt wooden temple guardian figure carvings. circa 1900
Hand carved in Burma (present day Myanmar) in the late 19th / early 20th century, most likely the Mandalay region, each richly detailed and gilded, adorned with inset green colored mirrored cut glass mosaic inlays, depicting mythical qilin / stylized lion temple guardian, rising on integral red lacquered platform base,
Dimensions: (approx)
Each: 7" Tall, 2.5" Wide, 4" Deep;
A charming pair of small highly decorative table sculptures / shelf statues...
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Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cut Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Lacquer
Chinese Lacquer Double Sided Qing Dynasty Drum with Wooden Stand and Drum Sticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful piece! two sided with leather hand painted snare on two sides trimmed in nail heads. The collapsable wooden stand, while making the piece complete, can be put aside and t...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Lacquer Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
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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.
In L.A., Gallerist JF Chen Has Long Championed Eclectic Blue-Chip Design
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.
12 Calming Spaces Inspired by Japanese Design
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.
Rodrigo Rivero Lake’s Mexico City Showroom Is a Museum-Worthy Trove of Spanish Colonial and Asian Antiques
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.
16 Refined Asian-Inspired Interiors
These spaces exemplify how Eastern elements elevate a home's decor.