All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1368863 (stock #224)
This is a finely hand carved, 19th Century Kurokaki Wood Netsuke depicting Tenaga "Long Arms" being carried on the back of Ashinaga "Long Legs"...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1459955 (stock #2022-1021)
Wooden netsuke representing a frog whose eyes are inlaid with horn. It is lying on a water lily folded on itself.

The frog (kaeru) is associated with luck and wealth. Kaeru means both "frog" and "coming home" in Japanese. This extension of meaning is due to the ability of the frog to return each year to the pond of its birth...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1285156 (stock #38)
Exceptional 19th century Japanese Tobacco Box (Tabako-Bon) in rectangular form made with wood and brass (burner inserts), and completed in black and gold lacquer. It is decorated with undulating leave vines and flowers. It has rounded square wooden Karakusa charcoal burners with brass inserts (with remaining tobacco ashes) that are also elegantly decorated with gold vines and flowers. A rectangular wooden handle is attached to the middle of the box...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1447669 (stock ##0121)
Lacquerer board. Early Meiji period. Coats of lacquer, wears and splashes due to a long time use. Inscription on the reverse. 40 x 28 x 4,5 cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #94936
This is an old Japanese towel rack, sometimes called a children’s kimono stand. The metal work is in traditional style and the mounts have been used on many different kinds of lacquer pieces throughout the Edo period. The chrysanthemum mons (family crests) on each end of the mount, were used by the Emperor, royal princes and others outside the Imperial family, in a variety of forms. Although the 16 petal mon was designated for use by the Imperial family, others were entitled to use it...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1299980 (stock #ZJ202)
This open hanging letter box is covered with beautifully detailed scenes painted in shades of gold on black lacquer. Late 1800's ...small chip at edge of scallop top right side ( last pic)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1413515 (stock #J558)
Sake (or water) container made of hyotan painted with kakishibu (persimmon juice) many times. It has hand-bladed silk cord for decoration and carrying. In excellent condition except for a bit of wear in the tassels. Late 19th to early 20th century. L:44cm Diameter:8cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1303176
Antique Japanese jingasa, a special protective hat worn by samurai. It is covered in a special lacquer called "tatake nuri" and is decorated with a star shaped like blades, and delicate carvings around the finial. The underside is lacquered in red with old cloth and string. Edo period (1615-1868) Size: 2.75" height, 16.5" diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1229996
Distressed Japanese Iki mask with crystal eyes. Gofun finish over dry lacquer composition. Details including veins, wrinkles and furrows. The surface is in a distressed state with significant losses and some 'alligatored' texture possibly from exposure to elements. Would make a worthy conservation project for someone with the patience to recoat and touch up losses (the missing left ear being most challenging.) Length, about 9 1/4 inches (23.49 cm)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #867864
Antique Japanese box with large lid, lacquered red and black with shell inlay, black lacquer mon of pine tree and writing in black, heavy iron hardware, has holes for tying top to bottom for travel. The inscription on both sides state the name of the confectioner. Trans.: Confectioners Matsuzaka Asano Rokkado. Late Edo Period- Meiji Period (late 19th century). Size: 17" high x 16" wide x 13 1/2" deep.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1474911 (stock #0584)

Up for sale is this magnificent and high class set of a tea pot and a tea container made of wood and covered in lacquer with elaborate maki-e, applied with gold designs. Both pieces of art have perfectly fitting maki-e wooden stands...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1219927 (stock #0056)

This is a CHOSHI of Japanese lacquer ware. CHOSHI is a kettle for the sake which was made about 170 years ago in the late Edo period.

This is an old original item of master craftmanship. It is never imitation. It is lacquered on wood and never plastic etc. Used was only real Japanese lacquer. This incredible lacquer work is called MAKI-E.

MAKI-E is made carefully, applying very long days and months...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1447903
Antique Japanese fubako, box for holding letters. Made of lacquered wood with a design of young pine and blossoming plum branches. Both box and lid are decorated in maki-e gold and silver lacquer over a delicate nashiji on a black lacquer ground. The interior has clouds of dense gold nashiji and two mon on the underside of the lid.

Age: Edo Period (18th/19th century)

Dimensions: 10 1/4" long x 3 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1389005
Japanese antique Shibayama inlaid horn vase, decorated with lotuses in a pond with flying cranes and song birds in shell inlay and gold maki-e lacquer. Inscribed with three characters and mounted on a wooden stand decorated w maki-e lacquer and carved design of scrolling vines.

Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 8 5/8" high
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1442814 (stock #2019-712)
Fan-shaped kobako, decorated with clouds and wisterias in gold lacquer and kirigane on a silver background. The sides are decorated with a checked pattern in gold lacquer. The background and the inside are in nashi-ji lacquer.

Kobako (“little boxes”) are often adorned with harmonious decors and sceneries inspired by Japanese fauna and flora...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #488943 (stock #tiger673)
8tiger
Sold
Lac Burgaute with Gold Snuff Bottle, Meiji Period (1868-1912)

The snuff bottle is 3 inches (7.5 cm) tall, and 2 inches (5 cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks.


Our Guarantee: We stand behind all of the items that we sell. That is to say, if you purchase an item from us and are unhappy with it for any reason, return it for a 100% refund of the amount you originally paid...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1459996 (stock #2021-1009)

Lacquer kobako box with two compartments in the shape of a fan. Decorated with pine trees near a stream on all sides in takamaki-e, hiramaki-e techniques with a nashi-ji background. On the upper side, a couple of cranes are looking for food on the ground, while three baby cranes are waiting in the nest located in the pine tree. Interior in nashi-ji lacquer.

Japan - Edo period (1603-1868)

Height: 1.8 in...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1246599
Beautiful Japanese antique lacquer suzuribako (calligraphy box for writing), decorated with gold maki-e lacquer scene of pine tree saplings and roses growing near a stream, the shore is made of up of a dense gold nishiji and some leaves and petals of the rose are inlaid with mother of pearl, the interior of the box is entirely covered in a dense gold nishiji with flowers on the inside of the lid, the box has two small interior trays and it's original ink stone and copper gourd-shaped water d...