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Japanese Square Burl Hibachi, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
corners of the box are trimmed with kurogaki, or black persimmon, a valued wood in Japanese carpentry
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Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Burl

Signed Antique Japanese Lacquerware with Rooster
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An unusually large Japanese gilded lacquerware two tier lidded box with detailed rooster relief and
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Japanese Laquered Papier Mâché Circular Lidded Box Hand Painted, circa 1910
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
in Japan during the early 20th century, circa 1910. This is a very decorative box with a
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1910s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Wood

Lacquer Box with Circles and Drawers
Located in San Marino, CA
A late 19th Century lacquer box with three drawers of gradually larger size from top to bottom
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer

Meiji Period Shibayama and Gold Lacquer Box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A good quality Meiji period shibayama and gold lacquer box of quadric-lobed form the lid decorated
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1890s Japanese Antique Japanese Box

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Gold

Japanese Merchant s Chest (Zenibako) With a Secret Compartment
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Japanese merchant's chest (Zenibako) with a secret compartment and removable lid.
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

19th Century English Dressing Box with Black Lacquer
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorative 19th century English dressing box with black lacquer and japanned designs. Make a lovely
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19th Century English Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Wood

Japanese Gilt and Lacquered Karabitsu (Trunk) with Lotus Leaf Mon
Located in Stamford, CT
A Japanese Karabitsu on four embellished legs with etched gilt bronze fittings. Case decorated
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1860s Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Pine

Ryoshibako Document Box of Black Lacquer with Gold Chrysanthemum Decoration
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Ryoshibako ( document ) box of black lacquer with overall scattered gold chrysanthemum and
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer

Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Workbox Jewelry Collector s Cabinet
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Workbox Jewelry Collector's Cabinet Regency Japanned workbox cabinet
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19th Century English Regency Antique Japanese Box

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Beech

An Unusual Decorative Late 19th century painted wooden box.
Located in Bellport, NY
A decorative and interesting wooden/metal trim painted box. The paint is original to the piece with
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Wood

Edo Period Zitan Wood Suzuribako Writing Box with Bamboo Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Edo Period Zitan Wood Suzuribako (Writing Box) with bamboo design, Zitan wood (as stated on storage
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold Leaf

A very fine Meiji period cloisonné box and cover, by Hayashi Tanigoro
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A very fine Meiji period cloisonné box and cover with brocade designs, by Hayashi Tanigoro, worked
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Ceramic

Scarlet Japanned Traveling Desk on Stand
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very pretty Chinese export scarlet lacquer traveling desk circa 1860, decorated overall with figures and structures in an elaborate landscape setting, the interior with compartment...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

English Regency-Era Penwork Box
Located in Austin, TX
decoration applied to japanned (lacquered) furniture and boxes in the late 18th and early 19th century
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19th Century English Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Paper, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Cloisonne Box W Flowers By Ando Jubei
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese vintage trinket or jewelry box by Ando in the original box. The round box is decorated
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19th Century Japanese Showa Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Regency-Era Penwork Box from England
Located in Austin, TX
defines penwork as a kind of decoration applied to japanned (lacquered) furniture and boxes in the late
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19th Century English Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Paper, Wood, Lacquer

19th Century Regency Japanned Jewelry Chest of Salesman Chest
Located in Manhasset, NY
19th century Regency Japanned Jewelry chest of Salesman chest having an all-over gilt and lacquered
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Early 1900s Regency Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Wood

Rare 18th Century French Lacquered Wig Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Rare 18th century French lacquered wig box, c. 1760, japanned red lacquer and gilt wood box with
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18th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer

Group of Five Life Size Carved and Painted Japanese Kabuki Theatre Masks
Located in Dallas, TX
unit in a shadow box manner with linen backing. Kabuki (???) is a classical Japanese dance-drama
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Paint, Wood

Set of 8 Antique 19th Century Japanese Hand Painted Fans
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a beautiful collection of antique fans mounted in fan-shaped frames. Each fan is lovely in its own right. The colors and images on the fans are bright and clear.  
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Wood, Paper

Set of 4 Antique 19th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Fans in Shadowboxes.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 4 antique 19th century Japanese hand-painted fans in shadowboxes.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

18th Century 18-Karat Gold-Mounted Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box
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Late 18th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1770
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, oval
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18th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

Antique French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1810
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-19th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box
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Early 19th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold, Enamel

French 18 Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18 karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round
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Late 18th Century European Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1840
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century French exquisite 18 karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, oval
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1770
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round
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Late 18th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round
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1780s French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

Antique French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1770
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18 karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, oval
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18th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

18th Century 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box
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Late 18th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

Pair of Japanese Oriental Painted Tea Bins. Circa 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Japanese paneled pine and painted Oriental tea bins with parrots , fish, and floral motif
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Antique French 18 Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18 karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round
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Late 18th Century European Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

Antique French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1840
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th century French exquisite 18 karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, oval
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

Antique French 18 Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round
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1780s French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

Antique French 18-Karat Gold-Mounted and Japanese Lacquer Snuff Box, circa 1770
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round
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Late 18th Century French Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Gold

17th Century Museum Grade William and Mary Olive Oyster Marquetry Lace Box
By Thomas Pistor
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
appears to be the original red japanned wash. Literature: The box relates to a marquetry table housed
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Late 17th Century English William and Mary Antique Japanese Box

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Bone, Boxwood, Ebony, Olive, Holly

Japanese Firefighter Shashiko Jacket, Showa Period 1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Early 20th century heavy fabric Japanese firefighter shashiko jacket with gold metal buttons
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Early 20th Century Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Metal

Meiji Beautiful Kobako Box with Somada Style Lacquer
Located in London, GB
incense boxes or kobako of rectangular form within an outer box decorated with a pictoral scene in Somado
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Late 19th Century Japanese Victorian Antique Japanese Box

Late 19th Century Bartlett Son Japanned Green Tole Tea Canister
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A well executed and large scale English antique Bartlett & Son Japanned tole tea canister oval
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Late 19th Century English Antique Japanese Box

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Metal

Japanese Sterling and mixed metals three sectional cigarette case
Located in Toronto, ON
Japanese Sterling and mixed metals unusual three sectional cigarette case, C. 1920. Opens from the
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

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Sterling Silver, Mixed Metal

20th century oriental silver plate bamboo decorated tobacco box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
20th century oriental silver plate bamboo decorated tobacco box circa 1925. Fine quality chinese
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Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Silver Plate

High Quality Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Kogo Meiji
Located in Long Island City, NY
A high quality Japanese goldstone ground and cloisonne enamel trinket or jewelry box, Meiji Period
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Enamel

English Japanned Black Lacquered and Gilt Tea Caddy with Chased Bins, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Japanned black lacquered tea caddy with gilt figural landscape scenes, removable interior
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1810s English George III Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Brass, Pewter

1920s Fine Japanese 950 Silver Case
Located in Toronto, ON
Fine Japanese 950 Silver Case, C.1920. Slightly concave, engraved with scenes of Mount Fuji and
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Early 20th Century Antique Japanese Box

Set of Eight Kitchen Canisters
Located in Pasadena, CA
1920s set of eight kitchen canisters of faces from Japan. Small: 4" H x 2.75" W x 2.5" D. Medium
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1920s Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Japanese Stacking Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four decorative Japanese wood boxes. Made in Japan, circa 19th century. Each item has
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Cedar

Japanese Lacquered Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Edo period box with very finely rendered scene. 18th Century.
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Fabric Storage Box
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese fabric storage box, second half of the 19th century, pine, plum and bamboo design, (three
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

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Lacquer, Wood

Japanese Ceramic Butterfly Box
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th century Japanese ceramic butterfly box. This rare piece has been made in the shape of a
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Japanese Lacquer Box
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique lacquer box exquisitely decorated with gilt relief work, gold dust, and silver leaf set
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Silver

Japanese Lacquer Kimono Box
Located in Hudson, NY
With gold makie design and mons (family crests, possibly Tokugawa), with gilt bronze hardware.
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Antique Japanese Storage Box
Located in Somis, CA
A 19th-century Japanese solid wood storage box in excellent condition, exemplifying fine
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Wood

Japanese Black lacquer document box
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese Black lacquer document box, with peony design.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Meiji Period Lacquer Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very pretty Japanese gold lacquer box of shaped form, the exterior depicting a tree on a river
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Coral

Japanese Black Lacquer Jewelry Box
Located in Torino, IT
Two drawers jewelry box beautifully decorated on a black ground with overall gold flowering. Meiji
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Japanese Box

Japanese black lacquer bunko box
Located in Hudson, NY
Japanese black lacquer bunko box, Rimpa (korin-style) lacquer with pewter and m.o.p inlay, c.1900
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Japanese Box

Materials

Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl

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Antique Japanese Box For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic antique Japanese box available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, lacquer and metal, every antique Japanese box was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without an antique Japanese box — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique Japanese box made by Art Deco designers — as well as those associated with Regency — is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made antique Japanese box over the years, but those crafted by George Ashdown Audsley, Satsuma and Shoji Hamada are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Antique Japanese Box?

Prices for an antique Japanese box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $45 and can go as high as $62,529, while the average can fetch as much as $1,800.
Questions About Antique Japanese Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    A Japanese puzzle box, called himitsu-bako, are wooden boxes which keep items safe from theft through an intricate mechanical pattern. These boxes require specific steps moving the mechanism to release the obscured lid, opening to reveal the cavity within.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To clean a Japanese lacquer box, start by moistening a soft lint-free cloth with warm water. Ring it out and then gently rub every surface. Do not use soap as it may damage the lacquer. Dry the box promptly with a second soft, dry lint-free cloth. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Japanese lacquer boxes.
  • 1stDibs ExpertAugust 8, 2024
    To tell if your Japanese pottery is antique, look for markings, which usually appear on the bottoms of pieces. If you see the word "Nippon," your piece was likely produced between 1891 and 1921, making it an antique. Pieces marked with the words "made in occupied Japan" originated between 1945 and 1952 and are vintage, based on their age. A "made in Japan" marking may indicate a vintage or contemporary piece. If you don't see any of these markings, consult trusted online resources to get a rough idea of when your pottery was produced. Any piece that dates back 100 years or more is antique. Should you encounter difficulty with the dating process, a certified appraiser or knowledgeable antique dealer can assist you. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Japanese pottery.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The inkstone was the most precious and permanent object in a Japanese writing set. It is a mortar used for mixing dry ink with water for the purposes of writing. You'll find a selection of Japanese writing boxes on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021
    Antique ice boxes can be worth up to $2,000 - $3,000. Depending on its condition, an antique ice box can be a highly coveted item.