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Japanese landscape pine kobako box Edo period 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Rectangular black and gold lacquer kobako box decorated with pine trees in a mountain landscape in takamaki-e, kirigane and hiramaki-e lacquer. Background in nashi-ji lacquer. Surmou...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Gold

Japanese golden kobako flowers Edo period 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Quadrangular kobako box decorated with flowers in gold and blue lacquer with aogai inlay. Lid and sides in fundame lacquer, underside and interio...
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18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Gold

Japanese suzuribako lacquered box peony river
Located in PARIS, FR
Suzuribako box (empty) in black lacquer. Gold maki-e decoration of a river bordered by peonies, one with red highlights. The edges of the lid are in gold lacquer. Nashi-ji interior.
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Gold

Japanese peony basket lacquered box Edo
Located in PARIS, FR
Eight-sided, flared shaped lacquer kobako box, following the decoration on the lid depicting a basket of flowers, composed of peonies and chrysanthemums in gold takamaki-e and hirama...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Gold

Japanese Lacquered Natsume 'Tea Box'
Located in PARIS, FR
Natsume in dark red lacquer, decorated with autumn leaves and cherry blossoms in hiramaki-e and nashiji. Interior in black lacquer. Maple leaves (Momiji) are celebrated in literatur...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japanese Lacquered Tebako 'Box'
Located in PARIS, FR
Tebako box with three compartments in golden and nashi-ji lacquer, decorated with golden, red, and kirigane lacquer, golden persimmon tree leaves, among rocks. The compartments are of increasing size from the top. The decoration is in continuity. Persimmon has been cultivated in southern China for more than 2500 years and is believed to have been introduced to Japan in the 8th century. The veneer is a tree with very hard wood, similar to ebony. According to a legend, one specimen survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, close to the epicenter. It is therefore in Japan a symbol of strength and longevity. It is also the national fruit of the country. It is eaten as a traditional dish during New Year's Day celebrations. Tebako literally means "portable box...
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1860s Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Kushibako
Located in PARIS, FR
Kushibako (comb box) in black lacquer with gold lacquer decoration of arrows and my in the shape of three assembled commas " mitsudomoe " (Okabe; Itakura; Kuki; Hijikata; Arima famil...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japanese black and gold foliage kobako
Located in PARIS, FR
Kobako box decorated with stylized foliage in black and gold hiramaki-e lacquer. The motif is karakusa, a growing plant extending in all directions. It symbols prosperity and longevi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Pewter, Gold

Fine Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Sageju-Bako - Picnic Box
Located in PARIS, FR
Black and gold lacquer sageju-bako (picnic box) decorated with floral motifs in hiramaki-e. It includes a sake bottle, a four-compartment box with nashi-ji lacquer inside, a simple tray and a hollow tray. At the top, there is a bronze handle for transport. The sageju-bako is divided into four superimposed boxes for food on the left; a simple tray, a sake bottle and a hollow tray on the right. They are in the shape of a plum blossom. On the top, on both sides a phoenix. The phoenix (hôo) has an imperial and solar symbolism. This auspicious bird also embodies virtues taken from the teachings of Confucius (such as goodness, righteousness and wisdom). The left boxes are patterned with turtles, plum tree, bamboo, cherry blossoms, water plantains near rivers. The two trays on the right have a shell and seaweed pattern. The sake bottle is decorated with a plum tree and bamboo. On the sides, calabash decoration. Borders in saya (or sayagata) pattern, composed of Chinese swastikas...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japanese Lacquered Furoshiki Kobako 'Box'
Located in PARIS, FR
Rectangular and flat lacquer Kobako (small box) representing a furoshiki knot seen from above. Fundame background, furoshiki in takamaki-e with floral pattern, inside the folds of the fabric with black and gold sayagata pattern with togidashi maki-e technique. The saya (or sayagata) pattern is composed of Chinese swastikas...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Fine Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako 'Inkstone Box'
Located in PARIS, FR
Black and gold maki-e and hirame-ji lacquer box representing a branch of plum tree in bloom which is entangled in a low wall, highlighted by mother-of-pearl inlay (raden). Inner cover made of nashi-ji lacquer with mizuhiki threads and folds. These are elements, made of silk and washi paper, supposed to bring luck and happiness, intended to seal envelopes on the specifics events (gift, new year, birth, marriage, death, etc.). Shape and color of the threads vary according to the occasion celebrated and the desired meaning. Interior in nashi-ji lacquer, with water cup...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japan, Late 18th Century Gold Lacquer Inro by Kajikawa, Edo Period
Located in PARIS, FR
Late 18th century Inro by Kajikawa. Edo period Beautiful inro in gold lacquer representing a continuous landscape on both sides. The interior in Nashiji lacquer. Some small traces...
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18th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Wakasa-Nuri Lacquer Bundai, Ryoshobako, Fubako Set
Located in PARIS, FR
Set of bundai, ryoshibako and fudebako in wakasa lacquer with an old rose background and black traditional Japanese patterns. The saya pattern (or sayagata) is composed by Chinese s...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japanese Tiny Suzuribako 'Writing Set'
Located in PARIS, FR
Tiny suzuribako (writing set) in black and gold hiramaki-e lacquer with water plantain (Alisma plantago-acquatica) decoration. Interior in nashi-ji lacquer, with a rectangular water cup...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Gold Lacquer Inro Decorated with a Lake Landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
Inro with four gold lacquer boxes, decorated with a lake landscape. Accompanied by a bronze ryusa manju. Small boxes formed of compartments that fit one on top of the other, inro (? ?) are traditional Japanese clothing...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Kaioke Boxes 'Hokaibako'
Located in PARIS, FR
Two big eight-sided kaioke boxes in black lacquer, decorated with mon and maple leaves in golden lacquer. These are usually octagonal boxes containing the painted shells used in ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

Black and Gold Lacquer Suzuribako 'Writing Set'
Located in PARIS, FR
Black and gold lacquer suzuribako (writing set) in takamaki-e on a nashi-ji background representing two tigers near rocks, bamboos and plum blossoms in a night landscape. Inside of the lid with a lake landscape. The interior of the suzuribako is composed with an inkstone, topped by a copper water bucket in the shape of a chrysanthemum on the left side, with a brush and a small knife. It includes in the right part a storage compartment. Inscription under the inkstone "Inkstone made by Nakamura Chobe". Although the tiger is not native to Japan, it has a high symbolic. The figure of courage was introduced by Buddhism from China. According to the Chinese tradition, the tiger is from one of the stars of the Great...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Paris - Lacquer

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Lacquer

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