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Japanese Lacquered Maki-e Poem Box Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elongated rectangular lacquer box with fine Maki-e decoration dated to late Meiji period circa
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Jewelry Box Rinpa School Meiji Period
By Ogata Korin
Located in Atlanta, GA
door and three inner drawers. The lacquered box was lavishly decorated on surface in the Rinpa School
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Pewter, Gold Leaf

Japanese Lacquer Clam Shaped Incense Box, Kogo, by Zohiko, Meiji Period, Japan
By Zōhiko Studio
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine Japanese lacquer kogo, box for incense, in the shape of two clams, by Zohiko, Meiji
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

JAPAN 1900 Meiji Fubako Box In Hiramaki-e Lacquered Black Wood With Gilding
Located in Miami, FL
Fubako letters-box from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912). Beautiful decorative Fubako letters
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Gold

Fine Japanese Set of Lacquer Maki-E Box and Tray Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
The set consists of a hand box (tebako) with silver metal trim and a matching under tray in black
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Antique 19th Century Javanese Japonisme Lacquer

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Silver

Japanese Lacquer Incense Kogo Box with Fine Maki-e Design Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small circular lacquer box designed to as a container to store incense (known as a kogo in
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Antique 1890s Japanese Japonisme Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Laquered Box with Hinged Lid, 19th Century Early Meiji Period
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good papier mâché, oval shaped black lacquered lidded box, hand enameled and gilded, made
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Paper

Japanese Laquered Box with Hinged Lid Hand Painted, 19th Century Meiji Period
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good papier mâché, rectangular shaped black lacquered box with a hinged lid, hand
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Paper

Japanese Lacquer Letter Box, Korin Style Subject
Located in Hudson, NY
in original storage box, (calligraphy on box reads Korin's bridge painting, lacquer honorable hand
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Tea Box Chabako with Flower Design
Located in Hudson, NY
Meiji period lacquer box with nashiji ground interior with tray that has an opening for the tea
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Rare Korean Lacquer Box, circa 19th Century
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare Korean lacquer box with dragon and phoenix motif inlaid with mother-of-pearl (the pearl of
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Antique 19th Century Korean Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Dramatically Carved and Lacquered Stack Box on Stand
Located in Hudson, NY
Antique Japanese dramatically carved and lacquered stack box on stand. Meiji period (1868 - 1912
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Japanese Black Lacquer Obento Box with Gold Maki-e Decoration
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Antique Japanese five-tiered black lacquer 'obento' box for food with a gold 'maki-e' design of
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

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Gold

Japanese Lacquer Incense Box, Kogo, Taisho Period, Early 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
small box decorated with a gold lacquer ground, and featuring several overlapping mon with various tomoe
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Black Lacquer Box with Gold and Silver Maki-E Floral Design, circa 1870
Located in Prahran, Victoria
This exquisite antique lacquered fubako (document box) has a deep overlapping lid, maki-e
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Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Black and Gold Lacquered Meiji bird Box, decorative old box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Late 19th century black lacquer box with gold and red relief decoration of birds near a tree. The
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

19th Century Japanese Plum Lacquer and Gilt Box with Etched Copper Mounts
Located in Stamford, CT
Lovely dome top Japanese plum lacquer box with beautiful cherry blossom, bamboo and mimosa
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Copper

Japan Meiji Period 1890 Fubako Box Letters Lacquered Polychromate Wood Polychrom
Located in Miami, FL
A letter Fubako box from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912). Beautiful and very decorative
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Japanese Small Black Lacquered Box Hand Enamelled and Gilded, Meiji Period
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful papier mâché, circular black lacquered lidded box, hand enamelled and gilded
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Fine Japanese Meiji Period Nahiji Lacquered Dresser Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A finely decorated Japanese nashiji lacquered box. With both gold and silver decoration on the
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Early 20th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Meiji Period Box of Woven Cane, Lacquer, Silver Copper
Located in Stamford, CT
Japanese Meiji Period box of woven cane, lacquer, silver & copper depicting an egret on a branch
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Copper

Japanese Meiji Period Carved and Gilt Lacquer Writing Box or Lap Desk
Located in Milford, NH
An excellent quality Japanese Meiji period carved wooden writing box or lap desk with
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silk, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Meiji Period Suziribako Stacking Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A late 19th century black and gold lacquer writing box. The three trays that fit stacked with lid
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Antique Early 1900s Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Meiji Period Ivory and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid lacquer box, Japan 19th Century
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Japanese Meiji period ivory and mother-of-pearl inlaid black lacquered wood box, circa 1870-1880
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Ivory, Wood

Japanese Lacquer Stacking Box
Located in San Marino, CA
From the Meiji period (1868-1912), this is a Japanese black and gold lacquer stacking box, in a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Student Pencil Box Japanese Lacquer Ware Writing Meiji Period Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century Of rectangular shape, overall painted in gold with a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Meiji Lacquered Jewelry Chest with Carnelian Handle
Located in Astoria, NY
Japanese painted and lacquered wood jewelry cabinet form box, with brass mounted doors opening to
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Carnelian

Black Lacquer Rounded Rectangular Fubako and Cover with a Crane, Meiji Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A black lacquer rounded rectangular fubako and cover with a crane. Meiji Period, decorated in gold
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Laquered Box and Lid Hand Painted Scene, Meiji Period, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful papier mâché, circular lacquered lidded box, which we attribute to being made
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

JAPANESE 1900 Meiji Period Rare Namiki Desk Rectangular Box In Gilt Metal Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Namiki & Maki-e desk-box from the Japanese Meiji period. This is a beautiful decorative
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Silver

Red-and-Black Lacquer Chinese Travel Tea Box, c. 1940
Located in Chicago, IL
Known as a kaku-hibachi, this container was the center of social life in a Meiji era home. Used to
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Papier Mâché Lacquered Box Hand-Painted with 3-Section Tray, circa 1905
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful papier mâché, lacquered box, which we attribute to being made in Japan during
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

19th Century Papier Mâché, Lidded Box, Hand-Painted and Lacquered, Japanese
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful papier mâché, large circular lacquered box, which we attribute to being made in
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Japanese Meiji Period Tansu Cabinet
Located in Stamford, CT
A Japanese Meiji period Tansu cabinet of black lacquer with gilt design. Finished on all sides.
Category

Antique 1890s Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Very Rare Japanese Antique Paper-Clad Wooden Box / 1868-1920 / Small Storage Box
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
imitate. This is an old Japanese box. Paper is pasted from the top of the wooden box, and lacquer is
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Paper

Japanese Red Lacquer Tabako-Bon with Sakura Inlay, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
delightful variation of traditional tabako-bon forms, this lacquered box lives on as a colorful keepsake of
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Jewelery Box Altar Box Japanese Temple Cabinet lacquer Black gilding Meiji
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Small Japanese temple cabinet in black lacquer with gilding. Decorated with birds and Asian
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Gilt Honda Tabako-bon, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sheet Metal

Glistening Old Japan Pair of Antique Red Lacquer Bowls Hibachi Planters Boxed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Glistening pair (two) beautiful antique red lacquer chrysanthemum -kiku- planters or bowls from old
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Lacquer

Glistening Old Japan Pair of Antique Red Lacquer Bowls Hibachi Planters Boxed
Located in South Burlington, VT
Glistening pair (2) beautiful antique red lacquer planters or bowls from old Japan dating to the
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Antique Wooden Box with Japanese Paper / Wall Decoration
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
astringency and lacquer. Some of the old wooden boxes in Japan were made of Japanese paper in this way to
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Art

Materials

Wood

Japanese Lacquered Box
Located in New York, NY
This elegant, gold-decorated, black-lacquered box with a handle may be a luxurious version of those
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquered Box and Cover, Meiji Period
By Japanese Studio
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
An unusual Japanese lacquered box and cover, Meiji period (1868-1912). The square box deeply
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Large Japanese Meiji Period Gilt Lacquer Box
Located in New York, NY
Of rectangular form with molded edges, the top and sides depicting willow and plum trees on rock formations above a meandering stream, the interior of the lid adorned with an exquisi...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Gold

Japanese Meiji Lacquered Stacking Box
Located in New York, NY
This fine Japanese Meiji period lacquered four-tier stacking box was originally used to hold
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Meiji Japanese Gold Lacquered Kobako “Decorative Box”
Located in Paris, FR
Kobako with reniforme inner plate in gold lacquer decorated with hira maki-e gold lacquer of five
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Antique 1870s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Meiji Gold Lacquered Kobako (Decorative Box with Tray)
Located in Paris, FR
Kobako in the shape of a longevity peach in fundame lacquer with a gold lacquer hira maki-e decor
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Antique 1870s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

19th Century Meiji Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Kobako (Lacquer Box)
Located in Paris, FR
lacquer. Japan - Meiji. Height 7 cm - length 12 cm - width 9.5 cm.
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Antique 1880s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Meiji Japanese Black and Gold Lacquered Suzuribako Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Very small suzuribako in black lacquer with hira maki-e gold lacquer decor of a flowering branch of
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Antique 1870s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

19th Meiji Japanese Lacquered Suzuribako with Bush Warbler, Writing Box
Located in Paris, FR
both lid and box with sprinkled gold lacquer (nashi-ji), the lid also with a roundel depicting
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Antique 1870s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Silver

19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Laquer Box
Located in Paris, FR
Very elegant round covered box in black lacquer with gold floral decor. Coral lacquer inside.
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Antique 1880s Japanese Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Pair of Japanese Black and Gold Lacquer Round Hokkai Picnic/ Hat Boxes, Meiji
Located in Seattle, WA
Beautiful pair of Japanese black and gold lacquer Hokkai picnic boxes Late Meiji period
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Antique 1890s Japanese Lacquer

Fine Japanese Meiji Lacquered Stacking Box
Located in New York, NY
This fine Japanese Meiji period lacquered four-tier stacking box was originally used to hold
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Phoenix and Plum Writing Box
Located in New York, NY
This fine suzuribako writing box is decorated with numerous poetic allusions to the act of writing
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Kimono Box Meiji Period
Located in Stamford, CT
Late 19th century Meiji style large kimono box on stand. Stand is 20th century.  
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Meiji Period Lacquer Stacking Comparment Box Circa 1880
Located in New York, NY
# Q100 - Meiji period cylindrical stacking five compartment box. The superb artistry of the
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

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Meiji Lacquer Box For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the meiji lacquer box you’re looking for. Frequently made of lacquer, wood and metal, every meiji lacquer box was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the meiji lacquer box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Many designers have produced at least one well-made meiji lacquer box over the years, but those crafted by Funabashi Shūmin, Saratani Tomizo and Toyohara Chikanobu are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Meiji Lacquer Box?

Prices for a meiji lacquer box start at $99 and top out at $47,789 with the average selling for $2,175.
Questions About Meiji Lacquer Box
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    Lacquer boxes are 20th century Russian boxes. The boxes feature miniature paintings and are not made out of wood as appears, but are crafted from papier-mâché instead. Shop a collection of lacquer boxes from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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    Most Russian lacquer boxes are made in the villages of Fedoskino, Kholui, Mstera and Palekh, Russia. In 1705, the guild for manufacturing lacquer boxes opened in Fedoskino. Many boxes feature natural forms inspired by the landscapes surrounding the village. On 1stDibs, find a range of wrought iron furniture.
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    Russian lacquer boxes are also called Palekh boxes after the village where the craft was first recorded in the 1920s. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of vintage and contemporary Russian lacquer boxes from some of the world’s top sellers.
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    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.
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    To clean Russian lacquer boxes, moisten a soft cleaning cloth with warm water and mild dish soap. Gently wipe down every surface of the box and then repeat the process with a cloth dampened only with water. For the final step, dry with a soft towel. Find a variety of Russian lacquer boxes on 1stDibs.