This is a charming little Japanese pillbox in a paper slipcover that is covered in a woven silk design. The pillbox is covered all over with inlaid mother of pearl aogi that gives it an iridescent glow. The interior of the tiny box is covered throughout with the fine tiny gold particles known as Nashiji (pear skin). On the top of the box there is a design in raised gold makie lacquer of a branch of plum blossoms.
This is a fine late early Meiji lacquered box in an oval shape. The kogo has a design of floral scrolls with vines, fully opened flowers and buds. There are three mons (Japanese crests) - one on the top and two on the sides. The design is done in makie gold lacquer with a ground of nashiji(pear skin) lacquer. The interior is a soft reddish orange lacquer and has a gold makie design of water plants on a winding stream.
A early Japanese wooden candle-holder with red and black lacquer coating. The undercoat is a black lacquer over which a shiny dark red lacquer layer was added. The candle-holder is in a tripod form and has a short metal pricket in the top to anchor the candle. It is clearly hand turned and carved by some folk carver in the country.
A handsome set of seven Japanese red and black mokuzuke - the tops done in shiny black roiro and the bottoms done in red lacquer. On the bottom of four of the bowls there is a design in makie gold of a bamboo shoot. The seven dishes measure 4 1/2" diameter and are 1" high. The dark black would have been a lovely contrast to the raw fish normally used in the mokuzuke serving. We date these to the mid Taisho to early Showa period, circa 1925-1950s. They are in excellent condition. ...click for details
This is a three-tiered Japanese rectangular box that has been covered in several coats of red and black lacquer. The design has then been scratched through the surface to the underlying color it is a fanciful design of stylized flowers and leaves. The insides of all three sections of the box are executed in gold nashiji (pear skin) lacquer.
A very fine early 20th century wooden inro complete with netsuke and ojime. This is a lovely three case wooden inro - the wood appears to be highly polished rosewood. It is decorated in a gold makie relief design of a goose flying over lake grasses on one side - just the grasses on the reverse.
This lovely Japanese lacquer tray is covered all over two thirds of the top with multiple flowers and leaves in gold makie lacquer on a nashiji (pear skin) ground. The bottom of the tray is a beautiful red-orange lacquer. It measures 14 diameter and the tray is 1 deep with the tripod legs it is 4 high. There is, however, a problem. At some time, two of the legs of the tripod were broken off in parts. Only one of the three legs is still intact. We have all the parts that were broken off ke ...click for details
This piece could either be a plaque for mounting on a wall or a lid to a long lost box. Either way, it is a fascinating example of Japanese lacquer. The back of the piece is solid wood. On the front there is first a rim done in gold makie lacquer - a bit rubbed in some spots. A thinner piece of wood is then attached and it is this second layer that carries the design. The design is of two scholars talking under a tree the leaves look like maple leaves to me. The ground is nashiji pear ski ...click for details
This is a very fine Japanese red Kamakura-bori square covered box with rounded edges that sits on a square tray of the same lacquerware. Each piece has a design of multiple flower blossoms and their accompanying leaves and foliage. The design entirely covers the top of each piece and is executed in fine detail.
This is a fine little three piece Japanese inro with a base lacquer color of orange/red. Over that red base, there is a relief design of a sliver and black carp leaping out of the water it has two tiny pieces of gold makie on its right fin. The other sides has a design that appears to be the tail of a carp diving into the waves notice the silver scales on the lower section where the fish enters the waves. The inro measures 2 Ό long by 2 3/8 wide by 5/8 thick at its thickest. It is in reas ...click for details
This is a cute and heavy wooden carving (okimono) of the Hear No Evil monkey. The piece has apparently had a lead weight inserted through a hole in the base, as the wood itself could not be as heavy as the piece is probably for use as a paperweight. The wood was then lacquered in gold and copper colors with a nice design painted in gold on the back of the monkeys robe. The piece measures 2 ½ high by 2 wide by 2 3/8 deep. It is in fine condition some rubbing to the lacquer e ...click for details
This is a truly fabulous Japanese lacquer kogo (covered box) with a wonderful design of six of the creatures so beloved in Japanese art the Dragon, the Shi Shi, the Kylin, the Tiger, the Elephant and the Baku. The different creatures are executed in makie - raised relief gold lacquer on a ground of shiny dark black lacquer called roiro. Most of the creatures have a tiny bit of red lacquer at the mouth some have sprinkle or small designs of silver on the body all have exquisite detail. ...click for details
This is a handsome Japanese rimmed lacquer plate executed in Negoro lacquer. There are eight short lines radiating from the outer rim to the inner edge of the rim. The rim is scalloped into these eight segments. The inner bottom of the dish is all Negoro black lacquer with a red lacquer top coating. Then parts of the red have worn away or been deliberately rubbed away to create the Negoro effect. The back of the plate is done in solid black roiro lacquer. The plate measures 10 ½ diameter ...click for details
This is a truly gorgeous Kamakura-Bori round lacquer box with a deeply carved design of flowering lotus and leaves on the top and all sides. The box measures 8 ½ diameter and is 3 Ύ high. It is one of the most deeply carved examples of Kamakura-Bori lacquer we have ever seen or owned. We date it to the late Edo to early Meiji period, circa 1850-1880s. It is in excellent condition a couple of tiny rubs to the base rim. ...click for details
A handsome Japanese lacquer box with a main body of red Negoro lacquer and inset on the top of black roiro lacquer. The box measures 5 3/4" long by 4" wide by 2 1/2" deep. It is in excellent condition. We date it to the late Meiji period circa 1885-1905.
Negoro lacquerwares were produced at the Negoro-ji temple complex in Iz ...click for details
