Japanese Lacquer Tea Caddy

The inside is coated with silver powder. Rims in gold lacquer. The tea caddy is signed on the bottom in gold: Kinsa-zukuri ('Made by Kinsa').

Tea caddy finished in polished black lacquer, decorated with bamboo grass in gold lacquer with inlaid silver dewdrops; the interior in silver lacquer.

Excellent tea caddy (natsume) made by the 7th Ippyosai, Ippyo Eizo (1942). The exterior is finished in polished jet black lacquer (roiro) and decorated in gold maki-e with twines of ...

A 19th century hinged, painted tea caddy with fine gold tracery filled with color: reds, black greens and blue black. A highly decorative surface in excellent vintage condition. Inte...

Enamel cloisonneé on porcelain (jiki shippo) tea caddy having rare earth colors and design. The jiki shippo technique imitates tree back. The lacquered surface of black and brown, wi...

A refined Japanese lacquer tea caddy, natsume, with a maki-e design of soaking cart wheels, Showa Era, circa 1960's, Japan.

An elegant and refined Japanese lacquer tea caddy, natsume, with a design of feathers, Showa Period, mid 20th century, Japan.

A bold and wild vintage Japanese lacquer tea caddy, Tsugaru nuri natsume, Heisei Era, circa 1990's, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

English Japanned black lacquered tea caddy with gilt figural landscape scenes, removable interior chased decorative pewter tea bins, original ivory knobs , lids, and terminating on ...

Japanese black lacquered representing figures entertaining themselves.

Fantastic dark silver lacquered cylindrical tea caddy (natsume) with a refined continuous silver and gold hiramaki-e (low-relief lacquer design) and takamaki-e (high-relief design) o...

A nice early 20th century black lacquer papier mâché tea caddy / hinged box. Very nice condition.  

Japan, a stunning signed example of a red brown color lacquered tea container chaire or chaki crafted of beautiful wakasa 30 layers lacquer, mid-20th century, signed on bottom.

Tea caddy with gold and silver lacquer décor of hare’s foot fern in gold and silver lacquer. With the original fitted kiri-wood tomobako box inscribed Shinobu natsume しのぶ 棗 (Natsume ...

A gold-lacquer tea caddy for the tea ceremony, covered in many layers of black lacquer and decorated with grasses in relief gold lacquer and the moon in silver lacquer with ilnlaid s...

A natsume (tea caddy) of standard form, the turned-wood body finished in polished black roiro lacquer and decorated in gold and aokin togidashi maki-e with mountain ranges, the base ...

Excellent tea caddy (natsume) made by the 7th Ippyôsai, Ippyô Eizô (*1942). The exterior is finished in polished jet black lacquer (roiro) and decorated in gold maki-e with branches ...

Tea caddy in hiranatsume form with a décor of hills by a stream—the hills in takamakie raised gold lacquer with inlaid mosaics of kirigane gold foil pieces and the stylized water cur...

Hiranatsume tea container with a décor of myriad maple leaves and cherry blossoms, decorated in several colors of takamakie lacquer, nashiji gold flakes and kirigane gold foil on a r...

19th Century English Regency Japanned Lacquer Octagonal Flip-top Tea Caddy with Internal Incised Pewter Compartment w/concealed Ivory Knob

19th century Japanese Edo period tea caddy; rare to find with the original stopper.

Beautiful red lacquer decorated with birds. Wonderful undulating design. Original key intact.

A Japanese lacquered wood fubako (a box to store document or small scroll painting) circa late 18th century of Edo period. The rectangular box features a deep lid with rounded corner...

A large Chinese Rose Medallion porcelain punch bowl. In the Rose Medallion (Famille Rose) style. The central cartouche of the bowl depicts a court scene. The interior walls of the ...

A very attractive Japanese wood table top jewelry or collector's chest with marquetry and lacquer decoration, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan. Previously in the collection of Asbjorn...

Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful screen with a figural, hand paint...

A large and magnificent Chinese famille verte enameled porcelain large dish or charger, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722), circa 1700, China. The shallow, shaped dish of fo...

A large Japanese lacquer box with elaborate Maki-e design from Meiji period, (mid-late 19th century). The generous size of the box was reserved for paper document and called Ryoshiba...

A seven-piece Japanese Arita Sweetmeat set and matching lacquer box, Meiji period (1880-1890). Comprising of a central hexagonal dish and six-fan shaped outer dishes, each painted in...

A Japanese four-case lacquer inro by a member of Kajikawa family circa 19th century (late Edo to early Meiji period). It depicts a nocturnal scenery of a meandering stream surrounded...

An old Japanese lacquered small box likely used to contain incense powder called Kobako, circa Momoyama to early Edo period (16-17th century). The rectangular form box with a fitted ...

The case decorated overall in crackle-glaze white lacquer and fitted with a patinated metal carrying handle over three tiers of small drawers. The first two tiers are comprised of a ...

19th century gilt-decorated lacquer Chinese comb, very beautiful piece.

A very fine Japanese lacquer tebako, box for personal accessories, in the form of rolled bolts of brocade fabric, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan. The box is whimsically shap...