Lacquer

Showa Period (1926 - 1989) sculpture of a duck resting with its head tucked into its wings. Dry lacquer, or kanshitsu, is a process of layering and manipulating lacquer soaked cloth ...

A charming pair of Chinese lacquer cinnabar style elephant motif garden seats. Intricately hand carved and beautifully detail floral design. Sturdy and stable.

Black and gold lacquer suzuribako (writing set) in takamaki-e on a nashi-ji background representing two tigers near rocks, bamboos and plum blossoms in a night landscape. Inside of the lid with a lake landscape. The interior of the suzuribako is composed with an inkstone, topped by a copper water bucket in the shape of a chrysanthemum on the left side, with a brush and a small knife. It includes in the right part a storage compartment. Inscription under the inkstone "Inkstone made by Nakamura Chobe". Although the tiger is not native to Japan, it has a high symbolic. The figure of courage was introduced by Buddhism from China. According to the Chinese tradition, the tiger is from one of the stars of the Great...

19th century Japanese black and gold lacquer Suzuribako box with firefly and plum blossom design.

gold decorated Buddha head; overall with stand: 36in(H) x 20in(L) x 11.5in(D); Buddha head only: 33in(H) x 17in(L) x 11in(D)

Pair of intricately hand-painted, lacquered, parcel-gilt, occasional boxes.

Chinese, 18th century red lacquer table with shell inlay dragon design.

Inro with four gold lacquer boxes, decorated with a lake landscape. Accompanied by a bronze ryusa manju. Small boxes formed of compartments that fit one on top of the other, inro (? ?) are traditional Japanese clothing...

Japanese antique lacquer document box with elaborate hawk and faux oak grain, Late Meiji (1868 - 1912) / Early Taisho (1912 - 1926) period lac...

each decorated with a landscape motif and an inscription; wooden stands shown in pictures are not included with these dishes

The daimyo were the ruling class of land owners, subordinate to shogun, who formed around the 10th century and fell out of power in the 19th century. Daimyo families tended to be wealthy and could commission artwork or decorative pieces. This pair of 17th century hibachi are black and gold lacquer with designs of Uji Bridge...

19th century Japanese red lacquer tray with rabbit running over waves under full moon. Mingei style painting, the imagery of this tray is bas...

The All Aid Wellness Cabinet from SoShiro’s Ainu collection, a collaboration between award-winning artist Toru Kaizawa and Shiro Muchiri, was initially imagined as a large-scale medi...

Early 17th century Negoro lacquer footed bowl, Edo period (1603-1868) round bowl with tripod cabriole style legs. Negoro lacquer (monk's lacquer in red ...

Chinese Lacquered book reading or book stool early 19th century. Beautiful golden lacquerd nature design book standing or book reading stool. Measures ...

Exceptional entrance planter with its bevelled glass all lacquered gilded in Venetian rockery style very close to the Louis XV style of the 19th century. This planter is perforated o...

Pair large antique 19th century Chinese Lacquer and carved wood figures.

Elegant folding screen painted in black Coromandel lacquer. It consists of four panels, the front of which depicts a scene from imperial life. We are in the playground of a school wh...

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...