Small lacquered wooden box in the shape of an eggplant. Top of the fruit near the leaves painted with silver pigments. Interior painted with gold pigments, signature in the center partly erased: ka?e (か?エ). Transport box included. A kôgô is an incense box used in Japan during the tea ceremony. Made of glazed clay, lacquered wood or white porcelain, it often represents animals, plants of human figures...

Brush box (fudebako) made of wood and lacquer. On the lid, lacquer decoration representing sagittarius, a flower inlaid with ceramic and a leaf inlaid with mother-of- pearl (raden). Interior and base of the box in nashi-ji lacquer. Japan - Taisho Era (1912-1926) Height: 1.4 in / 3.5 cm - width: 2.8 in / 7.2 cm - depth: 9.4 in / 23.9 cm

Gold lacquer kogo incense box in the shape of a mandarin duck. Its feathers are delicately rendered in takamaki-e on the back and hiramaki-e on the belly. Gold, silver and copper nashi-ji lacquer interior. Inlaid horn eyes. Japan – Edo period (1603-1868) Height: 3.5 in / 9.5 cm – width: 2.7 in / 7 cm – depth: 4.7 in / 12 cm

A stunning small lacquered box decorated with the golden leaves of Rohdea Japonica bearing pearl white fruit enclosed in the original wooden box. Solid silver lines the edges, and the entire glistens with powdered gold. It is 13 x 10 x 5.5 cm (5-1/4 x 4 x 2 inches) and is in excellent condition, with minor wear to the bottom typical of age and use.

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 in both profile and seen from above. The inside is made of hirame lacquer, and the outline is circled with shibuchi. Japan – Ere Edo (1603-1868) – XIX ème siècle Hauteur : 5.5 cm – Longueur : 7.7 cm – Largeur : 7.7 cm

Round tebako cosmetic box decorated with flowers in gold maki-e lacquer on a black background. Among the flowers are Japanese irisies, peonies and bamboo. Only the top compartment opens, the middle one being dummy. The box have three levels with a red lacquer interior.

1930's Japanese Wood Makie Lacquer Shibayama Mother of Pearl Inlay Box with Phoenix

It is 2.2 inches (5.7 cm) tall by 4.7 inches (12 cm) long and 6.2 inches (15.85 cm) wide. It is 0.4lb.

It has peeling lacquers, small chips, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos)..

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A spectacular example of Japanese maki-e lacquer technique of a box in the shape of a ship loaded with rice bales and treasures, sails filled with wind moving quickly over the waves. It is 15.5 x 9.5 x 4.3 (6 x 4 x 2-3/4 inches) and is in excellent condition, enclosed in a period red-lacquered wooden box with minor wear on the bottom typical o9f age and use.

An antique pair of Japanese ceremonial boxes made of wood and decorated in natural Urushi lacquer and mother of pearl (Raden). All original hand forged iron fittings. Calligraphy writing reads "Kameyama, Kawara Town, Sweets Shop, Made by Hataya Yasushige." Family crest is shown on opposing sides of the boxes.

Age: Edo Era (1850-1868)

Dimensions: 16 1/4" Wide by 23"High by 13 5/8" Deep

Mother of pearl inlay forms a continental scene of sages wandering among pavilions before steep mountains on this writing box by Tei-shitsu Gigei-in (Imperial Artist) Suwa Sozan I complete with artist made celadon ink grinding stone, water dropper, brushes and a paper knife enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Inside the lid mandarin ducks swap glances under a blossoming plum tree, while cranes soar among clouds below. It is signed in red lacquer beneath...

Antique Japanese natsume tea caddy in gold maki-e lacquer. The design is of fans, each with a different picture ranging from pine trees and huts to birds and a wheeled carriage. Various gold and polychrome lacquer techniques used. The inside glitters with a fine, dense nashiji.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 3 1/8" high x 3" wide

Japanese antique small lacquer box. The outside is divided into the form of two rectangles, one all gold with a scene of a vase and flowers, the other in carved red lacquer with a cloud motif. The interior is black lacquer with small nashiji circles.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 1 7/8" high x 3 3/4" long x 3" wide

1930's Japanese Namiki Kokkokai Pilot Makie Lacquer Box with Birds Signed

It is 1.5 inches (3.81 cm) tall by 6 inches (15.24 cm) in length by 4 inches (10.16 cm) wide

It has chips, cracks, rubbing of gold, wears at the velvet lining, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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On a ro-iro (black) lacquer base, the decoration represents a silver moon partly hidden by a hira maki-e cartridge and two other vertical cartridges against a background of autumn plants on the banks of a river course water. The inside of the lid shows a pair of mandarin ducks swimming near a prunus tree. Inkstone and silver mizu-ire. Origin: Japan. Period: late Meiji (1868-1912). Dimensions: H4.5 x 27.5 x 22 cm.

19th Century Japanese or Chinese Makie Maki-e Wood Carved Lacquer Stack Box

It is 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) tall by 5.8 inches (14.7 cm) long and wide. It is 1.3 lb.

It has small chips, stains, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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The size of Makie Kobako: 3 3/4" Long x 3" Wide x 3" High. This is Amazingly Fine Japanese 19 th Century Japanese Antiques Makie Kobako(small box). The Kobako has Roiro(black) background Makie with Hira Makie gold design of Japanese trees as well as Japanese Kamon(family crest). One tree looks like Magnolia tree with flowers. It is finely done. The Kobako came with inside tray as well. The side of Kobako with Red Makie finish over cloth texture finish as photo showing...

Biwa-shaped kobako box in gold and silver hira maki-e lacquer.

In the center of the biwa, a bachimen (pick-guard) decorated with a temple in a pine landscape and fake resonance holes in the shape of crescent moons (hangetsu). Back and interior in nashi-ji lacquer.

The biwa is a three-stringed lute used to accompany storytelling...

Oblong brown lacquer kobako box imitating a cherry branch. The lid is decorated with cherry blossoms in gold takamaki-e lacquer. The inside is in brown lacquer.

Japan – Meiji era (1868-1912)
Length: 8.3 in / 21 cm – Width: 2.5 in / 6.5 cm