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Old Chinese Jewelry Box Jewelry Box Jade Rosewood Brass
Located in Poperinge, BE
Old Chinese rosewood wooden jewelry box, jewelry box with brass fittings and a jade plaque in the center of the lid, inside a red lining with golden floral decoration, second half of...
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1960s Chinoiserie Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Chinese Jewelry Box Jewelry Box Jade Rosewood Brass
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large Vintage rosewood wooden jewelry box, jewelry storage box with 5 drawers and 2 doors, decorated with jade and brass fittings, circa mid 20th century, marked Shanghai made in Chi...
Category
1960s Chinoiserie Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Brown Lacquered Dressing Case Jewelry Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
This antique Chinese dressing case features a warm brown lacquer finish over softwood, with a rich grain pattern and a compact, rectangular form. Likely from the early 20th century, ...
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Early 20th Century Qing Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Persian Khatam Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box circa 1940s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Persian Khatam Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box with Miniature Polo Scene, circa 1940s
This exquisite Persian Khatam Kari trinket box is a rare example of masterful micro mosaic marquetry, handcrafted in the 1940s using the ancient Persian art of inlay.
Featuring an intricately detailed geometric design and a miniature hand-painted equestrian scene on the lid, this museum-quality piece is a stunning representation of Indo-Persian and Moorish craftsmanship.
Khatam Kari, or Persian marquetry, is a centuries-old decorative art that flourished during the Safavid dynasty. It involves the meticulous inlay of thousands of tiny pieces of wood and bone into intricate, repeating geometric patterns—each symbolic of harmony and cosmic order. The top of this box is adorned with a finely rendered painting of royal figures on horseback, possibly princes engaged in a ceremonial game of polo, echoing the refined court culture of the 19th-century Persian and Mughal aristocracy.
The box’s micro mosaic surface is covered in richly detailed star and polygon motifs typical of Khatam and Sadeli mosaic traditions.
These patterns require precise mathematical planning and exceptional artisanal skill, resulting in a surface that is as intellectually complex as it is visually stunning.
Details:
* Origin: Asia Indo-Persian
* Date: Circa 1940s
* Materials: Inlaid woods, camel bone, hand-painted miniature
* Style: Islamic Art, Moorish, Anglo-Indian, Micro Mosaic
* Dimensions: Height 1.5 in. x Width 6.5 in. x Depth 4.25 in.
* Condition: antique condition with minor wear consistent with age
These boxes were traditionally used to store writing instruments or jewelry, and today they serve as timeless collectors' pieces, suitable for display or thoughtful gifting.
Comparable examples can be found in major Islamic art collections, including the Doris Duke Museum of Islamic Art.
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Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bone, Fruitwood
Antique Imperial Russian Lukutin Racing Winter Troika Lacquer Jewelry Casket Box
Located in New York, NY
Fine antique Imperial Russian lacquer Racing Winter Troika jewelry casket by the Lukutin Workshops
19th Century
In exceptionally fine condition with original key
The Russian lacquerw...
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19th Century Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Trinket Box Inlaid Camel Bone Purple Velvet Jewelry 15cm
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage trinket, trinket box made of inlaid camel bone, purple velvet inside, with a brass clasp, India, 70s.
Beautiful and qualitatively made with brass inlaid details, the object ...
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1970s Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chinese Jewelry Box Lacquered Wood Mother of Pearl Brass
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage Chinese jewelry box, jewelry box with drawers and doors, black lacquered wood inlaid with mother of pearl and finished with brass...
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Bones Box with Brass Decoratifs Elements, India XX Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a vintage Indian camel bone jewelry box.
Rectangular shape with hand hammered brass details. Cover has pierced leaf pattern details and bra...
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1980s Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
$333 Sale Price
20% Off
Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn and Stone Trinket Box For Jewelry and Treasures
By Maitland Smith
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern architectural tessellated box by Maitland Smith. Both form and function best describe this piece. We see this decorative box holding favorite trinkets as well as s...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble, Brass
Japanese Stacking Kokeshi Doll Bento Trinket Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Japanese Lacquerware Storage Box
7 diameter 6 h total 3 lower box
Stacking Kokeshi Doll Bento Box
Stamped Japan
Original vintage condition
Refer to images
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Middle Eastern Moorish Jewelry Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
exquisite middle Eastern Moorish Syrian inlay jewelry box. This box is intricately inlaid with Moorish motif designs which have been uniquely inlaid with bone, mother of pearl and f...
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20th Century Islamic Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Sandalwood
Chinese Jewelry Box Jewelry Box Jade Rosewood Brass Vintage
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage wooden jewelry box, jewelry storage box with 5 drawers and 2 doors, decorated with jade and brass fittings, China, approximately mid-20t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
$347 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Canton Carved Wooden Jewelry Box, 19th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An antique Chinese Canton Qing wooden jewelry box carved in high relief with figural panels and dating from the 19th century. This stunning box of rectangular casket shape stands on a pedestal shaped base with a carved edge and has relief carved figural panels...
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19th Century Qing Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Jewelry Box in Shagreen with Mother of Pearl and Brass Details by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This jewelry box by R&Y Augousti is a luxurious fusion of artistry and craftsmanship, wrapped in sophisticated shagreen. The meticulously handcrafted Cosmos pattern blends mother-of-...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Tibetan Bronze Filigree and Agate Jewelry Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Tibetan bronze filigree and inlaid agate dresser box, jewelry box, or decorative box
China, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.25"W x 3.5"D x 2.25"H.
Good original ...
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Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Chinese Jewelry Box with Drawers Jewelry Box Jade Rosewood Brass
Located in Poperinge, BE
Old Chinese rosewood jewelry box with 2 doors and 3 drawers, jewelry box with brass fittings and a jade plaque in the center of the doors and sides, inside a red lining with silver-c...
Category
1960s Chinoiserie Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rajasthani Indian Hand Painted Wood Jewelry Dowry Box
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Rajasthani Indian vaulted dowry jewelry box, hand painted with Indian lovers enjoying each other, while beautiful court musicians accompany them ...
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20th Century Agra Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Engraved Chinese Brass Box with Carved Nephrite White Jade Lid
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Antique carved nephrite white jade from a ruyi, mounted to the hinged lid of a conforming brass box. The inside of the lid and outer surfaces are engraved with propitious symbols.
C...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
$1,960 Sale Price
30% Off
Black Lacquered Chinese Jewelry Box Soapstone Brass Chinoiserie
Located in Poperinge, BE
Vintage Chinese jewelry box, chinoiserie jewelry box, made of black lacquered wood, brass details and soapstone image in relief of flower...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Soapstone, Brass
20th century French Art Deco Mahogany Jewelry Boxe, 1930s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Stunning Chinese mahogany jewelry box, perfect for storing your jewelry, small treasures, or simply as a decorative piece. It brings a unique charm to any room.
Material: Mahogany, a...
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1930s Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Moorish Sajai Box Inlaid with Agate Stones
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moorish Mughal Raj jewelry box inlaid with semi-precious agate stones and covered with silvered metal filigree.
Moorish Middle East jewelry...
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Mid-20th Century Moorish Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Metal
Antique Japanese Silver Jewelry or Keepsake Box
Located in Miami, FL
A stunning antique Japanese silver jewelry or keepsake box intricately designed and handcrafted, circa 1900s.
Double skinned body, sides and lid are embossed in high-relief with wa...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate
Maitland-Smith Tessellated Pink/Coral Stone Petite Jewelry Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Maitland-Smith tessellated stone in pink/coral color, jewelry box with a solid wood interior. With brass decorative inlaid top.
Category
20th Century Hollywood Regency Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Cast Stone, Brass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Small Silk Wallet Nishijin Saganishiki 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a wallet/ coin case which was made in Japan around 1990s.
It is made with silk and this wallet will come with a plastic case.
The material is silk and metal. The technique wh...
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1990s Showa Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Japanese Inlaid Marquetry Kodansu/Jewelry Chest with Tambour Doors
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine, vintage Japanese Inlaid Marquetry Kodansu, Jewelry/miniature Chest with Tambour Doors in the Art Deco style, circa 1930.
This exquisite, handcrafted jewelry chest has intrica...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
Japanese Marquetry and Lacquer Jewelry Chest, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn Lunde (1927 - 2017).
The chest is crafted in the form of a Chinese seal...
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Early 1900s Meiji Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood, Softwood, Lacquer
Vintage Jewellery Box, Oriental, Dressing Table Keepsake Case, Circa 1970
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage jewellery box. An Oriental, mahogany and brass keepsake case, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1970. A finely presented sto...
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1970s Chinese Export Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
1930's Chinese Solid Brass Dragon Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful 1930's solid brass Chinese jewelry box with dragon inlay motif and wood interior, in vintage condition with some wear to the good and patina to the brass, lightly hand poli...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese antique Wooden cat jewelry box or object holder, 1920s
Located in MIlano, IT
Chinese antique Wooden cat jewelry box or object holder, 1920s
Jewelry box with retractable compartment in the shape of a lying cat, entirely made o...
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1920s Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Cash Box with Ornate Brass Accents from Kerala
Located in Yonkers, NY
A South Indian 19th century cash box from Kerala with ornate brass hardware and weathered appearance. Step into the rich history and intricate artistry of South India with this 19th-...
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19th Century Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
17th c. Dutch Colonial Macassar Ebony Document Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Rare late 17th century Dutch colonial, probably Sri Lankan, Macassar ebony document box having deeply molded raised panel lid, original ri...
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17th Century Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Macassar
Large Jewelry or Decorative Box Brown Red colors Color Japan 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Jewelry or Decorative Box Brown Red colors Color Japan 19th
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
$333 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 1890s Burmese Silver Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Burmese silver box; an addition to our diverse Asian silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Bu...
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1890s Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large Bronze and Green Glass Box, Russian, circa 1825
Located in New York, NY
Large bronze and green glass box, Russian, circa 1825.
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1820s Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Glass
Antique Chinese Lacquered Flip-Up Travel Shaving Jewellery Box Vanity Mirror
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique Chinese Lacquered Flip-Up Travel Shaving Jewelry Box Vanity Mirror
Vintage Wooden Jewellery Box & Mirror Decorative Box & Lid Hand P...
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1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
$319 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Japanese Marquetry Cabinet Yosegi Zaiku 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very beautiful Japanese jewelry cabinet in Yosegi-zaiku marquetry composed of six drawers. The whole is inlaid with geometrically shaped pieces of wood and decorated with motifs resembling kamon...
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19th Century Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Champlevé Enamel Scarab Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Finely detailed champlevé scarab shape box with gilt wash interior. Traces of antique mirror on inner top. Rich colors of blue, turquoise purple finely enameled all around box.
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinoiserie Jewelry Box, Wood with Jade Inlay and Brass Decor
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage Chinese jewelry box features solid wood body with finger joint corners, carved inlay on the lid, and brass applique decor on the corners and around the inlay. The box is equi...
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Stone, Jade, Brass
Pietra Dura white marble box with flower stone inlay : Malachite, Lapis Lazuli
Located in BELFORT, FR
Beautiful white marble jewelry box with floral inlay, made with different semi preciouses stones such as Malachite, Lapis Lazuli and Carnelian. It was made in India in the 1960's.
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1960s Anglo Raj Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
Hollywood Regency Patinated Brass and Copper Jewelry Box Made in Hong Kong
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple and elegant patinated brass and copper box, circa 1970s Perfect for jewelry, trinkets or playing cards. Stamped at the bottom Made in Hong ...
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20th Century Hollywood Regency Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
$260 Sale Price
20% Off
Traveling Jewelry Case in Shagreen Brass w/Leather Handles by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines.
As an ode to vintage steamer trunks...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Indian Mughal Floral Design Hand Carved Solid Teak Wood Box
Located in New York, NY
Indian intricately hand carved Mughal floral design solid teak wood jewelry box with hinged top, c. 1960's. Ornate carving on top and all four sides around.
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Late 20th Century Agra Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Teak
Collection of 19th Century Kashmiri Papier Mache Boxes
Located in London, GB
Collection of 19th century Kashmiri items
A highly decorative collection of 19th Century hand crafted Kashmiri objects including 6 different shaped boxes, a working lamp and urn....
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19th Century Victorian Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Paper
Vintage Decorative Jewellery Case, Japanese, Lacquer, Box, Art Deco, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an vintage decorative jewellery case. A Japanese, lacquer and Mother of Pearl lidded box in Art Deco taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Appealing example o...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Rhomboid Jewelry Chest in Cream Shagreen by R&Y Augousti
By R & Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines.
The Rhomboid jewelry chest in cream shagreen by R&Y Augousti is a stunning geometric piece to store your personal items. This piece has 3 drawer compartments and a flap top opening that have black velvet...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Shagreen Stingray
Colorful Semi Precious Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful colorful decorative box with a lid created from Carrara marble and inlaid with a variety of semi-precious stones. The sides are inlaid with a variety of stones in abstrac...
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20th Century Bauhaus Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Stone
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Box in Lacquered Wood, Vietnam 20th Century, Black and Orange -Red Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Beautiful Lacquered Wooden Box, Vietnam, 20th Century
This exquisite lacquered wooden box from Vietnam, crafted in the 20th century, is a stunning example of traditional Vietnames...
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20th Century Chinese Export Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
$237 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Brass Mounted "Marriage" Dowry Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Exquisite Indian craftsmanship made of teak with decorative brass on a patinated surface. The brass fittings are hand-beaten, showcasing the exceptional skill of the artisans who cre...
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18th Century Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid 20th Century Anglo Indian Carved Wood Jewelry Box Kashmir India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage hand carved wood jewelry trinket storage box with brass inlaid.
Hand-carved large wooden Anglo-Raj jewelry box. Found in Kashmir, India.
Mi...
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Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chinese Hand Carved Meal Delivery and Lunch Box
Located in Pomona, CA
This Antique lacquered lunch box from Shan Xi, China has over 140 years history and still maintained very good condition. There are some traditional carving works on the two sides handle and shows the traditional style of Northern China's cultural. This antique lunch box...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
$288 Sale Price
25% Off
Japanese laquered Papier Mâché Circular Cups Hand-Painted, circa 1910 Set of 3
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a beautiful papier mâché, circular lacquered St of Cups, which we attribute to being made in Japan during the early 20th century, circa 1910.
This is a very decorativeset ...
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1910s Chinoiserie Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Paper
$237 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85.
Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns.
The box case, is made of sandalwood but completely covered in MOP, bone, faux ivory, ebony and mosaic inlay.
Edged with faux ivory and banded with a different pattern of sadeli mosaic.
Some minor damage to the top (repair is obvious in pics) and ivorine replacements to some edging, but it still a BEAUTIFUL BOX and of real QUALITY!
The mosaic work is FABULOUS!
Box opens to reveal its original blue velvet lining.
It sits on 4 (recently added) silvered button feet.
SADELI MOSAIC: “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.
The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials.
Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color.
The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched.
The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design.
On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent.
The earliest Sadeli boxes...
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Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large Chinese Rosewood Jewelry Box with Ornate Solid Brass Fittings
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Here is nice large Chinese rosewood jewelry box with ornate solid brass fitting with a round longevity symbol carved in the middle and light peach felt lining inside. Comes with lock...
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
$544 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Vintage Silk Covered Jewlery /Music Box 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1574 Vintage Japanese Fabric covered wood jewlery /music box
Make Made in Japan
Music mechanism in working condition
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1950s Vintage Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Textile, Boxwood
Anglo-Indian Inlaid Bone Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Inlaid Bone Jewelry or Trinket Box. Box features hand-cut bone tiles arranged in a paneled pattern, giving the piece a subtle textural appeal and natura...
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Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Wooden Jewelry Box, Cosmetic Box
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful antique Jewelry box was made from solid wood with original mirror and antique hardware on it. The top of the jewelry box c...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
$738 Sale Price
25% Off
16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts
India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon
Measures: H. 16 x W. 24.6 x D. 16.1 cm
An exceptional Gujarati casket with a rectangular box and truncated pyramidal lid (with slopes on each side and a flat top) made from exotic wood, probably teak (Tectona grandis), covered with a mother-of-pearl mosaic. The tesserae, cut from the shell of the green turban sea snail (Turbo marmoratus, a marine gastropod) in the shape of fish scales, are pinned to the wooden structure with silver ball-headed nails. The casket is set on bracket feet on the corners. The masterfully engraved decoration of the silver mounts follows the most refined and erudite Mannerist repertoire of rinceaux and ferroneries dating from the mid-16th century. The high quality and refinement of the silver mounts and, likewise, the silver nails that replaced the original brass pins used to hold the mother-of-pearl tesserae in place indicate the work of a silversmith probably working in Lisbon in the second half of the 16th century.
The Indian origin of this production, namely from Cambay (Khambhat) and Surat in the present state of Gujarat in north India, is, as for the last three decades, consensual and fully demonstrated, not only by documentary and literary evidence - such as descriptions, travelogues and contemporary archival documentation - but also by the survival in situ of 16th-century wooden structures covered in mother-of-pearl tesserae. A fine example is a canopy decorating the tomb (dargah) of the Sufi saint, Sheik Salim Chisti (1478-1572) in Fatehpur Sikri in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, north India. This is an artistic production, geometric in character and Islamic in nature, where usually the mother-of-pearl tesserae form complex designs of fish scales or, similar to the dishes also made using the same technique, with the thin brass sheets and pins, stylized lotus flowers. The truncated pyramidal shape corresponds, like their contemporary tortoiseshell counterparts also made in Gujarat, to a piece of furniture used in the Indian subcontinent within the Islamic world prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese. This shape, in fact, is very old and peculiar to East-Asian caskets, chests or boxes used to contain and protect Buddhist texts, the sutras.
A similar chest is the famous and large reliquary chest from Lisbon cathedral that once contained the relics of the city's patron saint, Saint Vincent. Both match in shape, having the same kind of socle or pedestal and bracket feet, and in their engraved silver mountings, featuring the same type of refined, erudite decoration. Their differences lie in the silver borders that frame the entire length of the edges of the chest (both the box and the lid), pinned with silver nails, and on the lock plate, shaped like a coat of arms in the Lisbon example. Given the exceptional dimensions of the reliquary casket...
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16th Century Antique Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Shagreen Box with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by Kifu, Paris
By Kifu Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines.
The Dandy Box is a chic accent piece for your home. The piece is lined with a removable velvet tray...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Antique South Asian Colonial Carved Camphor Wood Table Box Jewelry Casket
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique circa 1900 South Asian hand carved wooden decorative table box / jewel casket.
Hand-crafted in the early 20th century, likely British Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka)...
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Early 20th Century Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Porcelain Box with Chintz Design
Located in New York, NY
A white porcelain 'violin' box with blue and green floral 'Chintz' design, circa mid-20th century, 1960s. This violin shaped box, outlined in gold, has a blue flower and green leaf c...
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Mid-20th Century Asian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$243 Sale Price
25% Off
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Sorrento Music Box
Stash Jewelry Box
Asprey Button
Jewelry Box Zebra Wood
Pink Casket Box
Santner Dean
Antique Ivory Trinket Boxes
Medieval Bronze Jewelry Caskets
Rhodonite Box
Schlevogt Hoffmann
Vintage Sorrento Jewelry
Antique Kerala Jewellery