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A delicate gold and silver lacquer covered box with inner tray and aogai inlay forming two overlapping, conjoined boxes. Overall imagery consists of pine, rockwork and running streams cascading through mountains. Its idyllic, fairy- book setting detailed in sprinkled gold, high relief and nashiji is a feast for the eyes. This stunning gold-lacquered box is in excellent condition with only minor wear on the edges consistent with age and use. Gilt signature and red-lacquered seal of the famous la... Click for details

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A covered, round wood zushi executed with multi -colored lacquers on a rich red-lacquered ground, its lid with lotus petals in silver and gold hiramaki-e. The interior reveals Amida Buddha seated on a lotus throne carved in high relief with colored lacquers, the inside cover with lotus flowers and leaves swirling beside a meandering stream. This unusual traveling shrine is in very good condition and includes its original floral- printed silk pouch. Diameter: 2.5"... Click for details

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A gold-lacquered, covered box of rectangular form rendered in gold and silver lacquers. On the cover’s exterior, with superb definition, a delicate image of tall irises is positioned asymmetrically on the smooth kinji ground. As characteristic of Japanese art, the visual continues on the side of the box. The interiors are executed in rich nashiji lacquer. This exquisite gold-lacquered box is in excellent condition with no loss, damage or restoration; includes storage wood box. Length: 5.25”... Click for details

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An overlapping bi-form tebako (cosmetic box) designed in hiramaki-e and togadashi. Autumnal imagery with mountains, streams, maple, pine and luxurious foliage adorns the exterior and sides, dense nashiji the interior and underside. Silver mounts and tomobako. Provenance: Signed on tomobako lid: "Gift by Empress at Hayama Goyotei (summer house), Taisho 6, March 3, 1918." This gold maki-e tebako is in good condition. Height: 2.75", length: 6.5" Meiji/Taisho Period, Japan

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A pair of gold-lacquer, covered incense boxes of mokko-form with inner containers and trays on footed, roiro and gold-lacquer stands. All are decorated with exquisite landscapes utilizing multiple lacquer techniques depicting huts and pavilions beside rolling waters, takamaki-e rockwork and pine, interiors and undersides executed in nashiji (densely sprinkled gold, simulating "pear-skin"). Some previous restoration, barely discernible, with overall good condition. Height: 5", width: 5" Ed... Click for details

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An exquisite three-tiered maki-e box of lozenge-form decorated with gold-lacquered geese flying in hiramaki-e and kinji in a spiral formation above convoluted clouds. On its lid the theme continues with a full, silvery moon shining alongside the geese. This imagery is executed on a dense maki-e ground with sprays of kiku, pine and grasses in gold and silver hiramaki-e.The interiors of rich maki-e, the inner lid decorated with three butterflies in low relief and the last com... Click for details

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This is an important gold-lacquered kogo of square form. On its cover, a circular inset of peony executed in gold, silver and red hiramaki-e on a kinji ground is set on a gold lacquered ground with mat-weave design. Stylized waves frame the surface of the lid and cartouches of sakura in gold and silver further decorate the cover. On the sides, shakudo and gilt fittings modeled as kiku on leafy branches are beautifully set under deco-inspired gold-lacquer openings. Interiors are desi... Click for details

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An exquisite gold maki-e covered box inlaid with aogai and sculpt as three shells. Three images, consisting of a Bugaku drum with tomoe (three-comma), Mt. Fuji, pine and flowering branches and a pavilion framed by rich foliage, are executed in takamaki-e, kirikane and togadashi on its polished kinji ground. Within, sakura petals fall on dense nashiji ground. This gold-lacquered box is in excellent condition with no damage or restoration and includes tomobako and silks. Length: 5.75" ... Click for details

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Of rectangular form, this magnificent gold maki-e suzuribako with silver mounts depicts two thatched-roof huts alongside a stream nestled among pine, sakura and maple, a brilliant waterfall cascading in the background. The scene is luxuriously rendered in hiramaki-e with kirikane, togadashi and aogai details on a roiro and maki-e ground. On the interior lid, against a nashiji ground, sloping hills with pine trees appear behind an exquisite stylized stream framed by pine and ... Click for details

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A rare mirror-form lacquer suzuribako with silver mounts, its cover simulating pine bark and decorated with a gold lacquer cicada and beetle. On its interior, a butterfly hovers over a wisteria branch executed in gold lacquer and mother-of-pearl on a roiro and maki-e ground. This exquisitely lacquered suzuribako is formerly part of the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection and is in very good condition. (William Sturgis Bigelow, along with his colleague Fenollosa, was an important Ja... Click for details