Design of leafy maple branches in gold and green lacquer on black. Inside black lacquer. The inside of the lid painted in gold lacquer with three fishes ascending water and a rock. Height 2 ¾” (7 cm), diameter 2 7/8” (7,2 cm). Purchased in Japan around 1980. Perfect condition.
In fitted wooden box (tomobako) 4 ¼ x 3 ½ x 3 ½ inches (10,5 x 9 x 9 cm), inscribed at the front ‘Ao-momiji’ (Green maple leaves), large size tea caddy...

A striking kanshitsu (dry lacquer) mizusashi entirely covered in Ginpun silver powder, extremely elegant, enclosed in the original signed double-wooden box by Maehata Gaho. The box is titled Gin Tamenuri, Tanpyo mizusashi (Silver Tame-nuri inverted Gourd shaped Mizusashi). It is 26 cm (16-1/2 inches) diameter, 12 cm (4-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Maehata Gaho (b. 1936) is a traditional lacquer artist renowned for Exceptional Tea Ceremony utensils...

From our Southeast Asia Collection, a modern lacquerware masterpiece from the famed U Aung Myint workshop in Myinkaba Village, Pagan Burma (Myanmar), from which the British Museum has commissioned pieces for display in London. See Isaacs and Burton, Visions from the Golden Land, Burma and the Art of Lacquer page 222-223...

Tea caddy of low, wide shape (hira natsume). The wooden base covered with semi-transparent dark brown lacquer. Decorated in red lacquer with stylized chrysanthemums and grasses with inlaid silver metal dewdrops. The bottom in black lacquer. Black lacquer interiors. Height 2” (5.2 cm), diameter 3 1/8” (8 cm). Purchased in Japan around 1980. Perfect condition...

Black lacquer ground, with gold metal mounting. Decorated in gold, red and green hiramakie lacquer with peonies growing from rocks. Signed KOKKÔSAI. Brought out by Pilot. Length 5 ¼ inches (13.3 cm). Purchased in Japan around 1995. Pristine condition.
In fitted wooden box (tomobako), 7 1/8” (L) x 1 5/8” (H) x 2 ½” (W) (18 x 4 x 6.3 cm), placed inside white cardboard box. All leaflets, instructions, etc., and 10 ink cartridges, included.

This piece is located in Europe (EC).

Very fine Japanese "Go" board and a "Go" bowl and Go pieces set.
Artist name "Somata Shinzan"(1932~).
A famous Wajima lacquer artist with many domestic award histories.

Go bowls are decorated in beautiful rise makie on the roiro(shiny deep black)lacquer ground with tiger and dragon design.
Go board is based on real Japanese nutmeg tree,Hon-Kaya.
A grain of wood is very beautiful.

There are two kind of Go piece.
A white is based on real Japanese common crient clam...

Japanese Wajima-nuri lacquer fine artist's work.
Artist name is Yauchi Naoto.

Showa 34 (1959) Ishikawa prefecture birth.
It sends to a Japanese new technical exhibition, an Ishikawa prefecture contemporary art exhibition, a traditional-handicrafts Wajima-nuri exhibition, etc., and repeats an award.
A private exhibition and a group exhibition are also held...

From our Southeast Asia Collection, a modern inscribed lacquerware covered vessel from the famed U Aung Myint workshop in Myinkaba Village, Pagan Burma (Myanmar), from which the British Museum has commissioned pieces for display in London. See Isaacs and Burton, Visions from the Golden Land, Burma and the Art of Lacquer page 222-223...

Very fine Japanese "Go" board and a "Go" bowl and Go pieces set.
Artist name "Somata Shinzan"(1932~)...

Deep red-brown lacquer ground decorated in black lacquer with an all-over design of scattered cherry petals. Black lacquer interiors. Inside the lid decorated with the outline of the Yoshino hills in sprinkled gold powders and applied with scattered tiny gold metal cherry petals. Height 2 7/8” (7.3 cm), diameter 2 5/8” (6.7 cm). Purchased in Japan around 1980. Very slight rubbing, otherwise perfect condition...

Elegant, functional paper knife, reminiscent of Art Nouveau Style. Smoothly carved wood base, covered with Japanese black and red lacquer (urushi), and applied with cracked eggshell. Reminiscent of Art Nouveau Style.
Length 8 15/16 in. (23 cm), width 5/16 in. (0.8 cm), in gray felt sheath...

Tea caddy of flat or low shape (hira natsume). Deep brown lacquer ground. Decorated in shades of gold, silver, black and dark brown at one side with reeds growing at a rocky shore, the reverse side with decaying post in waves. The bottom of black lacquer. Black lacquer interiors. Height 2 3/8” (6.2 cm), diameter 3 3/8” (8.5 cm). Purchased in Japan around 1980. Perfect condition.
In fitted wooden box (tomobako) 3 ½ x 4 x 4 inches (9 x 10 x 10 cm), inscribed at one side yoshibe makie (...

This very attractive natsume (tea caddy) was made by a master craftsman named Nakamura Muneyoshi. It is made of lacquered wood as it is traditionally the case for thin tea containers. The look and texture of the smooth wood create a very warm and soothing tea utensil.

Nakamura Muneyoshi was born in 1932 in the Ishikawa prefecture, home of many great potters and artisans of tea ceremony wares for more than three hundred years, as the Maeda feudal lords were tea practitioners and patronize...

Set of five circular red dishes, decorated in black lacquer with the flowers of the seasons. The base of thin but strong cypress wood, the wood-grain visible through of top-layer of red lacquer over a base-coat of black lacquer. Each dish decorated with a black lacquer line- drawing of one of the five seasonal plants (Plum, orchids, pine, bamboo, chrysanthemum.) Each dish signed at the underside with a gold lacquer seal ZÔHIKO. Japan, approx. 1985.
Diameter 4 ¼ in. (11 cm).
Perfect c...

A living national treasure Nakano Koichi(1947~)work.

He goes into the way of Japanese lacquer art at the age of 22.
Many prizes in Japan are won.
Living national treasure authorization of him was carried out in Heisei 22.
Technique of raised gold lacquer work (Taka-makie)is his strong point.

This box is decorated in gold raised makie and mother-of-pearl inlay work with wheat and beetle design.
The husks of the quail egg and a turban shell are used for mothe...