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Material: Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Japanese Meiji Shibayama Lacquered Mother of Pearl Eagle Wall Plaque 21"
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century, Meiji period shibayama wall plaque depicting a mother of pearl eagle perched on a flowering tree, set on a black lacquer background, with a reddish brown oval frame painted...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood, Lacquer

Fine Meiji Period Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Lacquer Box
Located in Taichung, TW
This refined rectangular lacquer box was crafted during the Meiji period and showcases the height of Japanese raden mother-of-pearl artistry. The wood-core body is coated in deep bla...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Japanese Tagasode (Whose Sleeves?) Lacquer Incense Box, Kobako, Meiji Period
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Japanese lacquer box for incense accessories, kobako, featuring a tagasode (whose sleeves?) design, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The exquisite box of simple rectangular shape worked in maki-e lacquer, taka-maki-e, and raden, all against a lush ground of gold nashiji. Fitted with silver rims. The main decorative element of the box depicts a six panel folding screen, byobu, showing an interior scene with kimono strewn over a rack, a motif known as tagasode (whose sleeves), all in raised taka-maki-e lacquer and inlaid raden. The screen depicts an intimate room with tatami mats on the floor and sliding shoji doors in the background. The foreground depicts a large clothing...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Silver

Japanese Namban Chest adorned with cylindrical motives and mother of pearl inlay
Located in PARIS, FR
Small namban style chest with a semi-cylindrical lid made of black lacquered wood (urushi) with gold lacquer (maki-e) and inlaid with mother-of-pearl (raden). Mon style decoration (...
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Mid-18th Century Japanese Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

Materials

Lacquer, Mother-of-Pearl

Chinese Qing Lacquered and Inlaid Handled Sewing Box
Located in Bishop s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and fine antique Chinese Qing lacquered and inlaid papier mache handled sewing box with decorative panels dating from latter 19th or early 20th century. The sewing box is of round cylindrical shape with a swing carry handle and is inlaid with mother of pearl and abalone. The body is made up of eight oval shaped scenes of typical Chinese style with buildings and people picked out with inset abalone and mother of pearl and highlighted and contained within a gilded border. These are set between bands of patterned abalone and against a blue silk background. A similar band of abalone is applied to the swing handle. The cover sits within a recess and is made up of bands on inset abalone with cut out triangular designs and set over blue silk with a small finely carved mother of pearl handle...
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Silk, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Box from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lacquer presentation box with mother-of-pearl inlays from Japanese Ryukyu Islands circa 17-18th century. The lidded box in rectangular form with rounded corner is a classic example...
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18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Kang Table from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small low table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent island cou...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Antique Korean Mother of Pearl Inlay Lacquer Tabletop Accessory Chest Joseon
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Korean lacquered small chest of drawers with Mother-of-Pearl inlays circa 19th century (late Joseon Dynasty). The tabletop box with multiple small drawers of various sizes...
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19th Century Korean Other Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Brass

Japanese Edo Period Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Embellished Stoneware Koro
Located in Austin, TX
A highly unusual Japanese crackle glazed koro (incense burner or censer), lacquered and inlaid with mother-of-pearl embellishment, signed Gyokusen, Ed...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Copper

Japanese Edo Period Igarashi School Long Lacquer Box, Tanzaku-Bako
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning Japanese Edo period lacquer tanzakubako, box for poem cards, late 18th-early 19th century, Edo Period, Japan. Attributed to the Igarashi School, this box is masterfully ...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Japanese Lacquer Tray With Cards
Located in New Orleans, LA
This Meiji-period lacquer tray represents the mastery of Japanese craftsmen in the art of lacquer work. Precious materials are precisely inlaid in the lacquer base, creating a highly...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Gold

Antique 20th Century Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Bento Box
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful and antique Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Bento Box with full array of components included. Unique iridescent lacquer finish throughout, with black & gold hand painted details a...
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20th Century Japanese Other Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl

Japanese lacquer suzuri’bako 硯箱 (writing box) with ‘Rinpa School’-style design
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Superb rectangular ‘Rinpa School’-style black lacquer suzuri’bako (writing box) with a slightly arched well-fitted overhanging cover with rounded corners. The lid with a design of a gosho’guruma (ox-drawn carriage for Heian-era nobles) featuring golden hiramaki-e (low-relief lacquer design) and takamaki-e (high-relief lacquer design), inlays of lead and shiny mother-of-pearl (raden). The design continues along the sides. The reverse of the lid decorated with two large curving pine trees (matsu) executed in the same way, but also with intricate dots of tiny pieces of inlaid blue mother-of-pearl along the golden trunk. The interior shaped to hold various scholar’s accessories, including a partially gold lacquered inkstone (suzuri) and a bronze waterdropper (suiteki) shaped like a mythical minogame. The interior inscribed ‘Hokkyô Kôrin zô’ (Made by Hokkyô Kôrin). Referring to the design being in style of the master Ogata Kôrin, but the actual lacquer artist is unknown. It is a homage to Kôrin by an artist that followed the school of Rinpa. Including black lacquer wooden tomobako (tomobako). The Rinpa School was a key part of the Edo period revival of indigenous Japanese artistic interests described by the term yamato-e. Paintings, textiles, ceramics, and lacquerwares were decorated by Rinpa artists with vibrant colours applied in a highly decorative and patterned manner. Favoured themes, which often contained evocative references to nature and the seasons, were drawn from Japanese literature, notably The Tale of Genji, The Tales of Ise...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Brass, Lead

Antique Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box and Counters
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese Lacquer Gaming Box and Counters Chinese, late 19th century Height 9.5cm, width 32cm, depth 23cm This beautiful Chinese red lacquer box...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Table from Ryukyu Islands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small square-form table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent is...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

Pair of Qing Dynasty Chinese Religious Temple Architectural Ornament
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce pair of Qing Dynasty temple architectural ornaments, the decorative antique building element fragments each elaborately hand carved, polychrome painted and lacquered, richly detailed featuring two figural pairs accented...
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Early 19th Century Asian Folk Art Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Pair of Antique Black Lacquer Wood and Mother of Pearl inlay decorative boxes
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a pair of antique cinnabar decorative boxes. They are made in black lacquer wood, featuring stunning mother of pearl inlay forming floral ornaments. Thi...
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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Japanese Meiji Gilt Lacquer Writing Desk Poem Box
Located in Chicago, IL
With intricate construction and exquisite decoration, this fine tabletop writing set is a masterpiece of Japanese lacquerware. The matching set includes a writing table (bundai) and poem box (tanzaku bako), both decorated with gilt lacquer in the style of takamaki-e and hiramaki-e urushi lacquer. Framed by everted ends, the lacquered table top is masterfully worked, depicting a robed man seated on a veranda within an idyllic mountain-and-water landscape. Swirling clouds drift overhead and pine trees bend towards the sky, formed of raised lacquer (takamaki-e) and mother of pearl inlay (raden). Dark lacquer at the corners imitate metal hardware and the sculptural corner legs are decorated with raised motifs of maple leaves. The writing table includes a matching poem box (tanzaku bako), used for storing paper cards of painted calligraphy and poetry. The lid is similarly decorated in shimmering gilt lacquer with a raised design of a fine carriage beneath a pine tree, draped in cloths and shaded by bamboo blinds...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

18th Century Chinese Export Mother Of Pearl Tea Chest
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
An 18th century Chinese Export Lac de Bergaute tea chest, of octagonal shaped form with hinged lid and red paper-lined interior. Decorated in mother of pearl with figures in a garden...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

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Mother-of-Pearl

Vintage Korean Lacquer Box with Inner Tray and MOP inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely vintage Korean lacquer box in bright red and decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays circa 1970-80s. The square form box features an auspicio...
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Late 20th Century Korean Arts and Crafts Mother-of-Pearl Lacquer

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

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