194 results for "maki-e lacquer"

“Flower and Flower” by Kobayashi Miyako is a radiant lacquer serving dish shaped like a blossoming flower. The vivid red palette and lively form immediately convey energy and joy. In...

A Japanese four-case inro with a stringed carved wood netsuke circa 19th century. The inro has a near square form with rounded corners, The surface is decorated with gold hiramaki-e ...

A black lacquer tebako (hand box) with maki-e decoration and silver trim, circa late 19th century, Meiji period. The surface of the lid features a Rinpa style maki-e paint depicting ...

A lovely Japanese lacquer decorated tray with images of hemp leaves, maple leaves, and cherry blossoms by Zohiko, Meiji or Taisho Period, early 20th century, Japan. The graceful tra...

Kobako in nashiji lacquer of square shape with a hira maki-e décor of a blossoming cherry tree. Both of the four sides are adorned with golden lacquer cherry flowers, represented i...

A rare Japanese Namban (or Nanban) Lacquer domed coffer circa 1570-1610s of Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo period. These types of lacquer ware were made for export to European Market a...

A Japanese lacquered Sake Drinking set circa late 19th century (end of Meiji period), The assemble consists of a red lacquer stand open frame support and a lid that encloses a storage space with black lacquered interior. The lid features a and a cup holder in the center and four heart shape cutouts on the corners. There are three maki-e decorated sake cups with gradual sizes. The cups showcase on the red background elaborate gold hiramaki-e paintings...

A Japanese Lacquer writing box Suzuribako Meiji Period (1868-1912), likely circa late 19th century. This suzuribako is one of the most unusual boxe...

A Japanese writing box with ink stone (known as Suzuribako) with exquisite maki-e decoration circa late Meiji to early Taisho period (1890s-1930s)...

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...

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 th...

A Japanese lacquer water ewer without handle (known as hazo in Japanese) that was used to carry water, traditionally together with a large basin (known as tsunodarai) for domestic us...

An old suzuribako, or writing box, in black lacquer with a faceted lid and featuring, as its sole decoration in the lower left section, a moonlight scene emerging from tall grasses. ...

A rare Japanese Koto made from carved Paulownia wood and lavishly decorated with lacquer Maki-e circa late 19th century of Meiji Period (1868-1912). The ...

Extremely Rare Tokugawa Clan Kimono Hanger with Makie Lacquer and Gilded Fittings Edo Period, 18th–19th Century Dimensions: H 166 cm × L 187 cm × W 41.5 cm Materials: Wood, Lacquer...

Impressive suzuribako writing box decorated in gold and tin maki-e lacquer on a nashiji ground. The lid is adorned with a composition depicting a pine and a plum tree whose trunks in...

A rare pair of Japanese hibachi (charcoal braziers) dating to the Edo period (17th century). The bodies are crafted from paulownia wood (kiri) and richly decorated with maki-e lacque...

An antique Japanese Kodansu with two compartments and multiple drawers with red lacquer finish and gold Maki-e and wonderful Raden shell inlays decoration. This rather unusual piece ...

The Design & Impact: This elegant document box (bunko or ryoshibako) presents a dignified and highly stable form, serving as a magnificent canvas for traditional Japanese lacquer...

The Design & Impact: This exquisite antique writing box (suzuribako) beautifully showcases the luxurious decorative traditions of Japanese lacquer art. The cover features an eleg...

The Design & Impact: This museum quality, tiered writing box (kasane suzuribako) represents a breathtaking convergence of traditional calligraphy (shodo) and the highly formalize...

The Design & Impact: This elegant antique writing box (suzuribako) represents the perfect harmony of traditional Japanese high lacquer art and classical scholar culture. Against ...

The Design & Impact: This remarkable antique writing box (suzuribako) perfectly embodies the refined, spiritual elegance of the traditional Japanese scholar's study. The interior...

The Design & Impact: This extraordinary antique lacquer tray presents the ultimate expression of Edo period aristocratic prestige. The surface is densely adorned with lush bloomi...

A large and remarkable Japanese lacquer and marquetry decorated table or hanging cabinet, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The cabinet of square form surmounted by an arched top with upturned scroll ends. Eight drawers of various shapes and sizes adorn the exterior of the cabinet. Doors on either side open to reveal interiors fitted with cubby holes over a single drawer. The front of the cabinet is decorated with scattered geometric marquetry patterns of various design utilizing contrasting woods, including hardwood and burl, all in the yosegi zaiku technique. The sides and top of the cabinet of black lacquer with maki-e lacquer painted designs of flowers and grasses. The back of plain black lacquer with two hoops for hanging. The interior of the cabinet doors and the interior drawers decorated in the wakasa lacquer technique, with gold rhomboid accents against a polished black lacquer ground. Overall a striking accent piece and nice example of Japanese yosegi...

The Design & Impact: This exquisite Edo period incense tray (kobon) perfectly balances practical utility with the spectacular decorative beauty of traditional Japanese lacquer ar...

The Design & Impact: This highly elegant antique writing box (suzuribako) beautifully illustrates the classic Japanese "Nami-chidori" (wave and plover) motif. The dynamic composi...

The Design & Impact: This exquisite antique writing box (suzuribako) exudes the dignified and highly formalized elegance of the Japanese aristocracy. The cover features a brillia...

The Design & Impact: This exquisite writing box (suzuribako) perfectly captures the refined literati aesthetic of the late Edo period. The cover features a charming, highly seaso...

The Design & Impact: This magnificent antique writing box (suzuribako) pays a breathtaking homage to the iconic Rinpa school aesthetics pioneered by the great Edo period master, ...

The Design & Impact: This exceptionally beautiful and complete antique document box (bunko) and writing box (suzuribako) set perfectly capture...

The Design & Impact: This exceptional square tray (shiho-bon) presents a masterful dialogue between raw natural history and refined human craftsmanship. The center features a del...

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A Japanese Wakasa lacquer folder to carry poems and paintings. It has a silver raised Togidashi maki-e design of cherry blossom, created by lay...

Japanese Inro from the Edo Period (1603-1867). Beautiful Inro, created in Japan during the Edo period (Shogunate), circa 1800. It was carefully crafted in carved precious wood with ...

Namban chest with a semi-cylindrical lid made of black lacquered wood (urushi) with gold lacquer (maki-e) and inlaid with mother-of-pearl (raden). Decorated with three main bands o...

A fine Japanese Meiji-period lacquer sake set, dating to the early 20th century, comprising a traditional kagetsudai sake table and an impressive oversized sakazuki sake cup. The sq...

The Design & Impact: This mid Edo period writing box (suzuribako) is an absolute masterpiece of daimyo (feudal lord) aesthetics, renowned for its dramatic dual nature. The exteri...

A fine Japanese miniature kodansu constructed from Kaki wood (Persimmon) circa 19th century, late Meiji period. With its expressive exotic wood grains and exposed tenon construction,...

A set of three nesting Japanese boxes in black lacquer, each with its own lid. The lids are adorned with delicate mountain landscapes, depicting trees, mountains and small dwellings...

What can we say about this bowl? Perhaps we can start by describing the unique Japanese aesthetic concept of "Wabi-Sabi". In contrast to the western concept of beauty that is centere...

A Japanese Edo-Meiji period Palanquin chair for the childrens festival. The form with sliding and hinged doors, decorated in gold hiramaki-e with peonies ...

A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other. The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons. The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood. The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...

An exceptional and wood statue of Buddhism Guardian Seitaka Doji from Japan circa Edo period (1603-1868), likely the earlier part of 17th century. One of two chief attendants of Fudou Myouou (the other being Kongara Doji), the name of Seitaka Doji is a transliteration of Sanskrit "Cetaka", meaning servant, slave, and he is said to personify expedient action. He is most commonly found on the right side of Fudou, together with Kongara Doji on the left, forming the Immovable triad, Fudou Sanzon, the terror of evil doers. Seitaka largely adheres to the iconography of a wrathful youth with fleshy body and face, skin in the color of a red lotus, has his hair tied in five knots, and holds a vajra in his left hand and a vajra-club in his right hand, but the actual artistic representations of him in Japan do...

Elegant gold-lacquered wooden comb and hairpin decorated in maki-e with landscapes and animals. The comb is decorated on one side with pavilions in a landscape and on the other side ...

This Japanese suzuribako (ink box) of late Meiji Period (circa end of 19th century) is uncommon with its surface covered with woven basketry in che...

Japan, Edo to Meiji period, a long rectangular document box with hinged cover, decorated with a bird and a floral basket, The locker is not functioning.

Large Japanese Maki-E Lacquer Box With Creepy Woodsorrel Mon or Kamon. Circa 1920s, black exterior ground various mixed color mon of the Tokugawa Shogunate, silvered metal rim on the...

A superb Japanese wooden hibachi crafted from kiri wood (paulownia), distinguished by its elegant proportions and unique maki-e lacquer decoration. The surface is beautifully adorne...

An exceptional and truly singular Japanese hibachi of the finest quality — a piece that transcends its function as a wooden brazier to stand as a remarkable work of decorative art, d...

A pair of Meiji period, late 19th Century Lacquerware (漆器, shikki) miniature cabinets on stands. The decorative panels are of very fine quality. The cabinets are a 'true pair' that i...

Beautiful vintage Japanese Shōwa lacquered & gold Suzuribako calligraphy chest. Circa early-mid 20th century. The chest with four drawers having a gold maki‑e cloud and landscape sc...

An exquisite circa 1840 Japanese export tilt-top table or stand of Nagasaki manufacture having allover abalone inlay in black lacquer, the top with with male and female 'Japanese gre...

Antique Japanese Meiji Period Lacquer Gold Maki-e Wood Letter Opener Japan Wood, lacquer, paint c. 1900 Dimensions: Length 28cm Dating to the Meiji period, this superb letter...

A large Japanese black lacquer and maki-e lacquer decorated footed pedestal bowl and cover featuring the Fujiwara mon, Meiji Period, circa 1900, J...

An Extremely Fine and Very Important 17th Century Japanese Lacquer Cabinet on French Giltwood Stand of Regence Period circa 1680-1690 Provenance Likely acquired by Herman Willem ...

A Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Black and Gilt Japanese Lacquer Mounted Mahogany and Bois Satiné Bonheur du Jour, By Henry Dasson. The upper structure faced with three lacqu...

A Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Lacquer Mounted Mahogany Cabinet by Paul Sormani. Signed to the lockplate ‘P. SORMANI’, 10 rue Charlot à Paris’. The recta...

this large ribbed and cylindrical Japanese shell-game box with domed lid decorated overall with Maki-e (gold lacquered) foliate wreaths and stylized flower heads and incised brass mounts; raised on four splayed supports. Hokai boxes...

Japan, Edo to Meiji period, decorated with morning glory and a bird in hiramaki-e.