Japanese Kyoto Damascene Tiger Cigarette/Card Mixed Metal Case Amita Japan

This is a great looking Asian design two door cabinet that would work wonderfully as a sideboard. The front is divided into sections that have beautiful carved wood panels some of wh...

This is a fantastic fine quality silver plate inkwell in the form of a standing lion with a crown on his head and is holding a shield. The shield is engraved with someone's initials...

This is a gorgeous folding tray table crafted from rosewood with wonderful inlayed brass and copper floral and leaf coordinating patterns on opposite corners and lovely delicate scro...

Here is a decorative and functional pressed brass lift lid box with a zinc liner and an iron base which has been added. The top and front have an impressed scene depicting a group wh...

A lacquered wood box with lid from Japan circa 19th century Meiji Period. The finely decorated box was used to store paper slips and small documents on the desk. It is overall finished with black lacquer (kuro) with sparse Mura-Nashiji effect outside and on the top surface of the lid, there are three Komainu, (sometimes known as Shishi or Japanese lions) frolicking and forming a circle in lively motion. Komainu are auspicious animals in Japanese cultures in both Shinto and Buddhism tradition. Originally from China, these animals symbolizes guardians to ward off evil spirits. Hiramaki-e was used in combination with carving and combing to render the lions with various surface textures. A gilt border with an slight angle was given to the lid and even the thin band is decorated with miniature floral scrolls. The interior of the box was finished in a dense nashiji. Underneath the lid, a cluster of peonies open lavishly by two gentle mounts. Takamaki-e (high relief) in both gold and silver were...

Antique Tiger Painting on Paper – Meiji Period A striking depiction of a tiger, painted on paper and signed by the artist. This work was originally part of a Japanese byobu folding ...

This antique card box is unsigned or initialed, so the specific artist is unknown, but is believed to have been made in Japan in circa 1900 in the per...

A fine Japanese cloisonne enamel kobako box decorated with colorful roundels and chrysanthemums amidst spiral shaped wire ground. Lid with a a lion and foliage on the black backgro...