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Place of Origin: Asian
Rajasthani Decorative Brass Lidded Betel Caddy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted decorative round brass Indian lidded betel box with latch and a top handle.
Delicately and intricately hand-chased with geometric designs.
Used as a tea caddy with tea bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Agra Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Handcrafted Tinned Copper Metal Betel or Spices Caddy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful handcrafted tinned copper decorative octagonal betel box with lid and brass latch.
The metal is delicately and intricately hand-hammered and repousse with floral and geometric designs.
This Vintage brass box...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Old Portable Chest in Wood and Iron Frames Resting on Four Feet
Located in Sofia, BG
Rare Indian coffee made of hand carved wood with metal frame. The door opens from the top and reveals the interior. Beautiful piece that could be used as a letter box or as a small jewellery cabinet...
Category
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Wooden Small Rectangular Chest with Hand Painted Exotic Birds
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century small rectangular hinged chest with metal latch and two side ring handles, hand painted featuring two exotic birds (depicted on the top and front), pine, berries,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Burmese Cinnabar Red Lacquer Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the early 20th-century, this small woven box is a timeless example of Burmese lacquerware. Made of woven bamboo strips, the box is coated in a putty-like substance known as ...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Red Enamel box
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a rare enamel red box signed s. Inaba Kyoto . The picture on top is of three birds flying
Enamel is all intact and in great condition
Beautiful box to add to any collection!
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Octagonal Malachite Box with Removable Lid Storage 420
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A simple, yet elegant Octagon box hand crafted of Malachte. The box has a removable lid and is as functional as it is decorative
A complement on a night stand, in a grouping of oth...
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Maitland Smith Vintage Tessellated Stone Travertine Boxes 1970s Set of Two
By Maitland Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Tessellated round shape decorative lidded marble boxes by Maitland Smith Set of Two.
Dimensions: Shorter: 4" diameter x 6" height
Longer: 5" diameter x 7.75" height.
Maitland Smith 1970s tessellated travertine table...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Travertine, Marble, Brass
19th Century Chinese Silverwire Wooden Box Mother of Pearl Design
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese silverwire wooden box with mother of pearl design from the Qing Dynasty. Beautiful intricate floral designs all-over.
Category
19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Lacquered Incense Box Kobako in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique lacquered small box that was likely used to contain incense powder (it is called Kobako in Japanese), circa early to mid-19th century of the Edo...
Category
19th Century Edo Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
1950s Anglo Indian Style Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950's Anglo Indian, Indo Persian style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Large vintage intricate inlaid middle Eastern Persian style box with floral and geometric Islamic Mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Late Qing Dynasty Wedding Box with Carved Handle, Animals and Foliage Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty period wedding box from the early 20th century, this piece exudes charm with its traditional design and intricate carvings. The box features an appealing hexagona...
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Black, Grey Striped Bone Keepsake Box
Located in New York, NY
Hand made, large scale document/keepsake box clad in hand dyed black, grey bone tiles in a striped pattern. Hand polished, some with hand etching detail.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
$695 / item
Japanese Enameled Silver Chrysanthemum Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely silver box exemplifies Japanese refinement in all crafts. The petite bonbonnière is formed of high quality silver with a rectangular cartouche form and a removable lid. T...
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Japanese Silver Fan-Form Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely silver box exemplifies Japanese refinement in all crafts. Precious in the hand, the petite bonbonnière is formed of high quality silver in the shape of a paper folding fa...
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Two Korean Antique Dowery Boxes in Brown Rattan and Red Papier-Mâché
Located in New York, NY
Two attractive 19th century Korean dowery boxes in brown rattan and red hand-painted papier-mâché, the one slightly larger in delicately interwoven brown ...
Category
19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rattan
Chinese Finely Woven Lacquered Trunk, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely woven circa 1800 trunk is a work of art in itself and was possibly used to store prized painted scrolls. A skilled artisan painstakingly wove thin-as-hair reeds to cover ...
Category
Early 19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm, Lacquer, Reed
Kiyomi Iwata Silver fungus Box
By Iwata Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Kiyomi Iwata is a Japanese-American Textile Artist known for her Sculptural use of materials
examples of her work can be found in a number of Museums including the Smithsonian.
Category
1990s Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk
1890s Chinese Export Silver Locking Box
By Heng Li
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver box with lock; an addition to our oriental silver collection.
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) locking box has a rectangular form.
The surface of this antique box with lock is embellished with a chased decorated matte texture with a variety of embossed and chased decorated stemmed floral and foliate designs to the sides, including cherry blossom and iris arrangements.
The upper surface of the cover is ornamented with an embossed and chased decorated scene depicting a grassy terrain surrounding a tree with fan shaped leaves by the side of a winding stream, with a traditional Chinese crane...
Category
1890s Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Large Anglo Indian Elephant Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Folky silvered metal elephant handcrafted with a charming whimsical
form hammered and etched designs that unexpectedly opens as a trinket
box.
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Renoir Designs Marble Soapstone Bamboo Hollywood Regency Box Keepsake Trinket
By Maitland Smith, Renoir Designs
Located in Miami, FL
Renoir Designs handcrafted Marble, Soapstone, Bamboo over Wood decorative Box, Keepsake or Trinket Hollywood Regency Period made in the Philippines.
Interior is lined with black velv...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Soapstone
Antique Huanghuali Document Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Huanghuali document box with original brass mounts.
Features a rectangular lid with ornate cut-out brass corners, brass bound down a...
Category
17th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine
Located in Bradenton, FL
Antique Japanese Lacquer And Giltwood Zushi Shrine, or traveling altar, with hand-carved wooden standing Japanese figure. Intricately bronzed...
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Chinese Turquoise Cloisonne Trinket Box, Republic Period, c 1920, China
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Chinese turquoise cloisonne trinket box with images of the Hundred Antiques, Republic Period, circa 1920, China.
The rectangular box de...
Category
1920s Qing Vintage Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Sterling Hammered Etrog Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Etrog is the yellow citron or Citrus medica used by Jewish people during the week-long holiday of Sukkot, as one of the four species. Together with a lulav, hadass and aravah, the etrog is to be taken in each hand. To protect the etrog during the holiday, it is traditionally wrapped in silky flax fibers and stored in a special box, often made from silver. This sterling silver etrog box...
Category
1970s Vintage Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of 3 Antique Korean Papier Mâché Sewing Boxes
Located in Winnetka, IL
A set of 3 antique Korean paper mache sewing boxes from the Choson period.
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Kifu Paris Zebra Box with Brass, Shagreen, & Shell Inlay
By Kifu Augousti
Located in Toronto, ON
A gorgeous Kifu Paris decorative box in creme shagreen over a rich walnut base, blending both modern elegance and timeless craftsmanship. The lid of the box is adorned with an exquis...
Category
2010s Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Asian Lidded Boxes
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Two Asian lidded boxes crafted with bone and black lacquer, engraved with floral and geometric designs, and a painted symbolic center medallion. Priced individually.
From left to...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
$2,000 / item
Vintage Tissue Box in Exotic Indian Rosewood with Brass Inlays
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite vintage tissue box made of solid sheesham wood with exotic brass inlays. handcrafted by Indian artisans, the box has a stylized hand carve...
Category
1980s Anglo-Indian Vintage Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Desk Companion Tray
Located in Dallas, TX
Another stunning 19th century Anglo-Ceylonese piece.
Made circa 1880 in Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) of Coromandel wood and specimen woods.
This is a simply gorgeous and quality item!! Tray made of various compartments with various high quality specimen wood lids, all edged and banded in chevrons of bone, silver or pewter and ebony.
The tray itself is made of expensive coromandel wood. There are two open sections on either side of the tray which have bone and hand-painted lac ends. The main tray sits onto a base made of coromandel wood with green baize lining.
This tray could have a number of practical uses, for keeping stationary, watches, jewelry, or thinking outside of the box, holding you remote controls and candy!!
We have a matching box also in our Inventory and for auction.
ANGLO-INDIAN AND CEYLONESE BOXES: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
Anglo-indian Boxes normally consist of 3 main types:-
(1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th Centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Wood
Vintage Chinese Box, China, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Chinese box in wood and Mother-of-Pearl, China mid-20th century.
Measures: 5x12x8 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Portable Sagejubako Theme of Three Winter Friends
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sagejubako is a portable lunch or picnic set that became popular in the early Edo period when an additional meal was added between breakfast and dinner. It normally consists of a han...
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Lacquered Box Decorated with Birds and Foliage, Signed, Late 19th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Japanese lacquered box decorated with birds and foliage
signed
Lacquered inside and outside
Late 19th Century
Without key
Some scratches and losses
Ideal for storing jewelry.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
20th Century Russian 14-Karat Gold and Enamel Pill Box, Moscow, circa 1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century Imperial Russian 14-karat solid gold & hand painted enamel pill box, the lid hand painted depicting two sisters picking roses in the garden, within a carto...
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Vintage Korean Lacquer Box with Inner Tray and MOP inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely vintage Korean lacquer box in bright red and decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays circa 1970-80s. The square form box features an auspicio...
Category
Late 20th Century Arts and Crafts Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Antique Handmade Wood Money Box with Hardware from 19th Century, China
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique handmade Chinese money box with metal hardware from the 19th century. This rectangular box is made of two-tone wood. The front displays a ...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Provincial Chinese Wooden Box with Bone Chopstick Handles
Located in Chicago, IL
A narrow wooden box with a sliding lid and a pair of carved bone chopstick handles with contrasting dark inlay at the ends. The bone handles were likely originally affixed to chopsti...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Bone
1930s Wooden Box with Iron Corners
Located in Marbella, ES
1930s wooden box with iron corners.
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Decorative Box in Green Mosaic Penshell with Brass Star Accent by Maitland Smith
By Maitland Smith
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Decorative box all handcrafted in exotic materials featuring lacquered and hand dyed pen-shell over a wood frame. The box features mosaic shell inlays in beautiful hues of turquoise,...
Category
2010s Organic Modern Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Indonesian Madura Gilt Treasure Chest with Hand-Carved Details, 20th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
This 20th century treasure chest with hand-carved details comes from Madura Island, Indonesia. This chest is made of a rectangular wood box mounted on a carved base featuring gilt fo...
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Indochinese Box in Wood and Mother of Pearl circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice wooden and mother-of-pearl box from the 1900s. The mother-of-pearl inlays form plant motifs (flowers and foliage), incised to give volume to the different parts. It closes with ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th c. Decorative Anglo-Indian Overlay Footed Box with Engraved Bone
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Nice and unusual Jewelry decorative box with filigree bone overlaid decoration.
Large Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved bone de...
Category
Late 19th Century Anglo Raj Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Green Gilded Porcelain Vase by Contemporary Master Artist
Located in Takarazuka, JP
Exquisite contemporary Japanese decorative porcelain vase, an exclusive signature masterpiece in blue and red by highly acclaimed master porcelain artist of the Imari-Arita region of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Penshell and Horn box style of Karl Springer
By Karl Springer
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A beautifully proportioned arched-top box, expertly crafted and clad in tessellated penshell and horn inlay, arranged in a pattern that evokes the warm, organic elegance of tortoises...
Category
1980s Hollywood Regency Vintage Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Shell
Mughal Indian Polished Brass Pierced Incense Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful hand-crafted polished brass footed box with with lid, latch and handle intricately hand-hammered with geometric designs and pierced with holes.
Vintage pierced decorative Mughal Indian style brass box from India...
Category
Mid-20th Century Agra Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1950s Tibetan Hand-Carved Metal Box with a Costumbrist Scene
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Tibetan hand-carved metal box with a Costumbrist scene.
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Small Antique Meiji Period Japanese Wisteria Satsuma Matchbox Holder Yasuda
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Fabulous and small japanese earthenware Satsuma Matchbox holder of great shape and scene.
The idea is to put the matchbox in it and then inside bit pushes open the matchbox and you ...
Category
19th Century Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$558 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Ebony and Coconut Tea Caddies
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique Anglo Indian pair of tea caddies with silvered metal tops having elephant handles over coconut bowls above carved ebony elephants with bone tusk...
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Coconut
$11,900 / set
Faux Bamboo Woven Rattan Box
Located in Miami, FL
Faux bamboo and woven palm box from the 1970s.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rustic Antique Wooden Cash Box with Removable Top, Studs and Chain
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese wooden cash box from the early 20th century, with chain and partially removable top. Charming our eyes with its rustic presence and nicely weathered appearance, th...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Export Silver Box by Wang Hing
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver dragon box; an addition to our collection of boxes and cases
This fine antique C...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Betel Nut Box from Java with Polychromed Finish, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Betel Nut is consumed on a daily basis in a large portion of the Indonesian Archipelago. In Java, betel nut was offered as a sign of respect and hospitality when people would visit o...
Category
Early 20th Century Tribal Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Three Annamese Small Lidded Boxes with flower design, 15th century, Le Dynasty
Located in seoul, KR
These are three small lidded boxes from the Vietnamese period, specifically from the 15th century during the Le Dynasty. Each box features intricate floral designs in blue on a white...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Hand Painted Rajasthani Lacquer Decorative Box
By Mamluke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand painted Rajasthani lacquer box in rectangular shape with lid decorated with floral designs.
Great decorative box.
Size is 9" x 5.5" x 2" height.
Overall good condition.
Great Is...
Category
20th Century Moorish Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar & Enamelled Box with Imperial Dragon Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Two Famille Rose Cosmetic Boxes, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
Located in seoul, KR
Circular form with flattened doomed covers, the covers with a medallion of flower with full bloom, the bowls with two round borders.
Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng Period
P...
Category
17th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
$968 Sale Price / set
35% Off
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Brass Fish Box with Etched Decoration
Located in Middleburg, VA
A beautifully evocative early 19th-century Anglo-Indian brass box, crafted in India around 1820 for the English export market. Formed in the shape of ...
Category
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Metal
Chinese Wicker Capybara Animal
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Chinese wicker capybara box from the Shanghai collection with carved wood highlights and removable lid.
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wicker
Persimmon Box in Cream Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persimmon box
Black lacquer
Hand repousse
Copper base
Limited Edition
Lacquer is a laborious and time-consuming process. After it is tapped from the
trees, lacquer needs to b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Vintage Boho Tessellated Stone and Reed Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Elevate your décor with this vintage Boho tessellated stone and reed box. Handcrafted with a mosaic of natural stone and woven reed, it exudes organic elegance and earthy texture. Pe...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
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