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Place of Origin: East Asian
Japanese Carved Bone A Bamboo-Form Snuff Bottle
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting an astonishing Japanese Antique Carved Bone bamboo-form snuff bottle, museum quality. Dimension: 2.5" H x 1 " Dia. Condition: Excellent Condition
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Early 20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone

Maitland-Smith Vantage Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box
Located in Norton, MA
The State of Art, A Beautiful and highly crafted Maitland-Smith Vantage Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box, with Brass for edge Reinforcement.  
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Early 20th Century Other East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Box Red and Black with Family Crest and Lacquer Ware
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Japanese lunch box. This is made of paulownia woods and painted with lacquer-Wajima. It can be used as decoration. Family crest: This fam...
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Mid-20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Small Chinese Export Cloisonné Lidded Box decorated with peaches, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese Export cloisonné lidded box which we date to the 20th century, Circa 1930. The box has a cylindrical shape, with its original lid and is all beauti...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Fine Japanese Lacquered Inro by Yutokusai
Located in Atlanta, GA
A four-case lacquered Japanese inro by Yutokusai (Gyokkei), a lacquer artist active from 1845-1900 (end of Edo to Meiji period). The slightly round inro features a very intricate design with three unfolded fans on the front and two on the back: each reveals a vignette landscape scenery, likely real places in Japan. Using a combination of hiramaki-e and slight takamaki-e, the artist deftly created the pictures with fine details, rendering the inro as a miniature artwork...
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19th Century Japonisme Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Two Japanese Lacquer Lunch Boxes
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, 19th/20th century, one red-lacquered with an inner compartment; one black-lacquered with an inner compartment.
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Early 20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese late Meiji period Large Organizer Lacquered Box, Ric.053
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, late Meiji period or later, a large black square organizer box and cover, decorated with geometric squares in gold on the cover
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19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Late Qing Dynasty Yellow Lacquered Blanket Chest with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A small antique Chinese late Qing Dynasty period blanket chest from the early 20th century, with yellow lacquer, brass hardware and dovetail construction. Created in China during the...
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Early 20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Japanese vintage urushi small Kiri tansu box chest of drawers, wabi sabi mingei
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
Japanese vintage small box tansu chest of drawers, Kohikidashi, fully made of Kiri (Paulownia). Refinished by seller with traditional black Urushi ...
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20th Century Folk Art East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Late Qing Chinese Red and Black Lacquered Rice Measure Bucket with Carved Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing dynasty Chinese wooden rice measure, hand-carved and richly lacquered in red and black, with traces of gilt enhancing its decorative motifs. Octagonal in form, the bucket...
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Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Chinese Silverwire Wooden Box Mother of Pearl Design
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese silverwire wooden box with mother of pearl design from the Qing Dynasty. Beautiful intricate floral designs all-over.
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19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large Japanese Namban Lacquer Coffer Arqueta, 16th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Japanese Namban lacquer arqueta coffer for the Portuguese market Kyoto, Momoyama-period, late 16th century In Hinoki cypress lacquered in ...
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16th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

A Pair of Large Japanese Lacquer Kaioke Boxes
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, late Edo, two big octagonal covered shell game boxes resting on footed stands, with makie-e decorations depicting flowering vines on a black lacquer ground, They are still in ...
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19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Japanese Kobako Yosegi Zaiku marquetry roll-top box
Located in Delft, NL
Japanese Kobako Yosegi Zaiku marquetry roll-top box A Japanese Kobako box, small and very light box with a roll-top door. A box, designed with beautiful Yosegi Zaiku inlay work (marquetry). Made in the Hakone region Hakone-Yosegi-Zaiku is a type of traditional Japanese inlay...
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20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

19th Century Japanese Lacquer Box of Fish Shape
Located in North Miami, FL
19th century Japanese lacquer box of fish shape.  
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19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Glove Box, Oriental, Inlaid Decorative Casket, Qing Dynasty, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique glove box. An Oriental, mahogany and inlaid decorative Qing dynasty casket, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Exuding refin...
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Early 1900s Edwardian Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

19th-Century Chinese Export Black and Gilt Lacquer Wood Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
There are small, decorative wood boxes from many cultures. Some are ideal for holding hand sewing tools. Others, equipped with a lock, like this example, might hold those bulky bangl...
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
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16th Century Ming Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Japanese Scripture Box
Located in New York, US
Antique Japanese Box scripture 1860s-1920s
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plywood

Small Oval Chinoiserie Painted Ceramic and Metal Trinket Box with Mirror Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Bring a little chinoiserie to a vanity, side table, or coffee table. This pretty oval box is created from metal and has a hand painted and glazed ceramic top. The metal surrounds the...
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20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Lapis Blue Round Lidded Box or Bowl
Located in Doylestown, PA
A striking Chinese lapis blue cloisonné round lidded box or bowl, early 1980s. Vibrantly decorated with a green border, ombre cherry blossoms, a single butterfly, gilded accents and ...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Export East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this petite hardwood box captures in miniature the elaborate form of a traditional Chinese altar table. Crafted of a dense hardwood, the narrow box is ...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble

Chinese Ceramic Green Glazed Shiwan Opium Pillow, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Shiwan ceramic pillow (headrest) of earthenware features a green & blue glaze. Pillows in this shape were not only used by opium smokers but most typi...
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Early 20th Century Other East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Qing Period Huanghuali Wood and Bronze Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese Huanghuali wood box decorated with bronze mountings and motifs of bats, fish and moths. The top features a classic Chinese medallion mounted to the centre of the lid. In un...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Paint Decorated Grain Bin, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
A Chinese paint decorated rice or grain bin, with lift top and carrying handles, 19th Century. 25 ½ inches wide by 19 ¼ inches deep by 18 ¾ inches tall
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19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Silver Trinket Box with Full Moon Grass, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This Meiji-period trinket box exemplifies Japanese refinement in all crafts. Fashioned of silver with a hardwood interior, the small box has a clean-lined rectangular form with rounded corners and a thin lip where the lid meets the base. The lid is etched with tall grasses swaying before a full moon, a motif that represents the Japanese moon...
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Late 19th Century Minimalist Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique A Chinese Gilt Lacquered Boxe
Located in Norton, MA
Antique A Chinese Carved Gilt Lacquered Box depicting a Dragon and Phoenix, and all areas of carved patterns throughout. small lacquer colors were lost at the corner, please see the ...
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Early 20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Japanese late Meiji period A Large Organizer Red Lacquered Box, Ric.052
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese late Meiji period A Large Organizer Red Lacquered Box, decorated with irises and butterflies in gold and black.
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19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Enamelled and Cloisonné Silver Box, Jade Inlay, China, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century. Enamelled and cloisonné silver box, jade inlay, China, 19th century. H: 6cm, W: 11cm, D: 7cm
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19th Century Chinoiserie Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Japanese Modern Silver Box with Gilt Chrysanthemum
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Modern silver box, ca 1920. Rectangular with curved corners; corner bracket supports. Cover top has centrally applied gilt chrysanthemum flowerhead and engraved corner cloud...
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Early 20th Century Meiji East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

19th C. Chinese Paper Machiere Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century lidded box made from paper-machiere.
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19th Century Chinese Export Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Chinese Gilt Lacquer Hat Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
No self-respecting man in Qing-dynasty China would leave the house without some kind of hat. In fact, headgear was so central to social status that even the containers used to store ...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hide, Fabric, Wood

Intricately Carved Kamakura Lacquer Box with Botanical Design by Tamerou Ono
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A vintage Japanese Tsuzuri bako, writing box. with an unusual, deeply carved relief of Japanese sarcandra glabra, a woody herbal sub-shrub native to Asia with deep green glossy leave...
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Mid-20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Japanese Satsuma Lidded Box, Meiji
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously enamelled and gilt satsuma box, Meiji Period (1867-1912). Overall very good antique condition, base that the box sits on is a bit slanted. L...
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19th Century Meiji Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Small Antique Seamstress Button Box, Japanese, Brass, Decorative, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique seamstress' button box. A Japanese, brass decorative tin, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Delicately crafted bo...
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Mid-19th Century Japonisme Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique 20th Century Japanese Meiji Solid Silver Card Case c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Japanese solid silver card case, featuring high relief Iris flowerson a textured background. The hinged lid opens to reveal a compartment originally for visiting...
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20th Century Other East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Small 19th century elm decorative table top chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small 19th century eastern elm table top chest circa 1890. Superb quality Chinese pyramid shaped alter table chest made from elm.  Show frame structure with a single shallow drawer ...
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Late 19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Elm

Chinese Checkered Papier-Mâché Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Formed around a simple wooden frame, this papier-mâché storage box is a charming example of Chinese folk art. Crafted with old newspapers and dyed rice paper, the box would have been...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautifully crafted Chinese Chinoiserie box, featuring high-relief decoration and a generous size. The whimsical exterior design showcases intricate detailing, while the interior i...
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1890s Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

JAPAN Meiji Period 1890 Tebako Desk Box Made In Precious Woods, Bronze Gold
Located in Miami, FL
Presentation Tebako box from the Japanese Meiji period (1868-1912). Beautiful decorative presentation Tebako desk box from the Japanese Imperial Meiji period, circa 1880. This box h...
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1890s Meiji Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Set of 3 Antique Korean Papier Mâché Sewing Boxes
Located in Winnetka, IL
A set of 3 antique Korean paper mache sewing boxes from the Choson period.
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19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Midcentury Vintage Lacquer Wood Cylinder tin Metal Tea Canister Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and Minimalist tea canister box from Japan. This rare beauty is a unique box or decorative box that brings midcentury shape with organic beauty. Constructed of wood panels ...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin

Japonese Lacquered Box with Flower, Late of the 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice little black lacquer box from Japan. It is made of black lacquered wood and decorated with flowers and foliage. The inside is covered with red velvet. It is ideal for storing je...
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Late 19th Century Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Decorative Ceramic Chinoiserie Box with Lid and Pink and Blue Floral Motif
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small Chinoiserie ceramic decorative box with a lid. Rectangular in shape, this box features a hand-painted floral motif on the top of the lid as w...
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20th Century Chinoiserie East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

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 Japonisme Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer

18th century Chinese hard wood coffer chest
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare 18th century perhaps earlier hard wood coffer, circa 1790. Presented in original un-restored condition.  Original handles and metal work to outer edges. Lid opens on ringed ha...
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Late 18th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Hardwood Jewelry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Long ago, this elegant rosewood box was used by a Qing-dynasty lady to store her favorite pieces of jewelry, each drawer filled with jades, pearls, coral necklaces, and hair pins. Th...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Japanese Momoyama Period Black Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Box, 16th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and unusual Japanese black lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid box, Momoyama Period, 16th century, Japan. The large box and cover featu...
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16th Century Edo Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer, Abalone

Antique Chinoiserie Box
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinoiserie decorated fruit box. Beautiful decorated Chinoiserie box used to serve fruits and specail treats. Hand gilt painting over red lacquer. Strong patina of wear so...
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Early 1900s Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Huanghuali Document Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Huanghuali document box with original brass mounts. Features a rectangular lid with ornate cut-out brass corners, brass bound down a...
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17th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
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16th Century Ming Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Late Qing Dynasty Rattan Tiered Lunch Box with Carved Handle and Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique late Qing Dynasty period rattan two-tiered nested lunch box from the early 20th century, with calligraphy and carved handle. Born during the early years of the 20th centur...
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Early 20th Century Qing East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Vintage Silver Plated Peanut Box by FB Rogers - 1960s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Measures : 18x8 cm H:8cm Materials : Gold Plate,Silver Plate,Steel,Cast,Hand-Crafted Silver-plated peanut-shaped box by FB Rogers, believed to be from the 1960s. Made of silver-plat...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Chinese Export Lacquer Game Box
Located in New York, NY
A Chinese lacquer game box from the 19th century, likely from the Qing Dynasty. It is made of lacquered wood , decorated on the exterior in black, red and gold with design of pavili...
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Early 20th Century East Asian Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Lacquer

Elizabeth Arden Porcelain Box Southern Heirlooms Made In Japan
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Southern Heirlooms Elizabeth Arden Trinket Box Porcelain Octagonal Shaped. Southern Heirlooms Trinket Box Made in Japan. Southern Heirlooms Eliza...
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Late 20th Century British Colonial East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Cleric s Writing Slope, Japanese, Lacquer, Correspondence Box, Art Deco
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage cleric's writing slope. A Japanese, red lacquer travelling correspondence box, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Striking writing case with delightful J...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Chinese Wood And Vellum Document Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 19th century Chinese wood and vellum document box hand painted court scene. No lock but all the hardware is bronze. The interior is four and a half i...
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1890s Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Meiji Art Nouveau Silver Box with Iris Flowers
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian Classical sterling silver cann, 1864. Baluster bowl with leaf-capped double-scroll handle and raised and beaded foot. Four scroll frames with leaf and bead surround...
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Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

19th Century Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing dynasty. Colored black and gold all-over beautifully with intricate designs.
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19th Century Qing Antique East Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

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