Two Compatible Japanese Lacquered Calligraphy Stands

A antique Japanese scholar’s object made out of a solid burl wood trunk section having an added bottom with beautiful surface texture and dark Honey mottled patina. Originally designed to hold smoking implements of traditional ‘Tabako bon’ set: hi’ire – container for lit charcoal and haifuki – tall container or a piece of bamboo for used tobacco ash. Could be also used for calligraphy brush pots...

A superb group of five well crafted and finished Pine dishes with hand illustrated images of Pine, Bamboo, Chrysanthemum, Plum and Iris done in black ink with various Japanese script (possibly poems) and red ink chop marks. The wood graining is subtle and well chosen and the art work is traditional and reminiscent of antique Japanese scrolls...

A finely constructed classic Asian console table with peg construction and handsome graining with a particularly brilliant polished lacquer finish. A fine long table with banded top ...

A extraordinary and meticulously fashioned Japanese display cabinet. The style on the cusp of Art Nouveau/ Arts and Crafts with curvilinear rosewood supports at the top tiers. The supports with chased foliate decorated copper bands. The tiers with elaborate beautiful mixed woods in pieced inlays with a variety of geometric motifs and stars, along with herringbone inlaid edges on the front. Carved and shaped openwork back and side bands for the tiers. The middle with two open sections and one short drawer over a shaped inlaid frieze and shaped and flat shelves...

This is a very elegant and simplistic Japanese lacquered calligraphy box that dates to the mid-20th century. The minimal refined designed box includes the brush and other required wr...

These charming bronze shells were cast in Japan in the 19th century. They lived for many years in the collection of the Paris artist Pierre Le-Tan. One of...

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 deep lipped lid with slightly rounded corners, a conforming lower box that is almost entirely covered by the lid which has two bronze medallion rings with tasseled...

A rare Japanese lacquered wood fubako decorated in Kodaiji maki-e style circa early 17th century the beginning of the Edo period, possibly early toward the end of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The rectangular, long and slim box features a deep lipped lid with slightly rounded corners, a conforming lower box with two bronze medallion rings with tasseled...