A lacquer kôgô. Probably Muromachi periodThe oblong lid displaying five stylised flowers in hiramaki-e on a redish brown lacquer ground with nashi...

A lacquer incense box (kôgo). 16th/17th centuryWith indented corners, the flat lid displaying a heron standing in water beneath shidare sakura in ...

A large lacquer chest. 17th/18th centuryThe body and lid covered with large medallions consisting of a four-petalled flower and leafy scrolls in g...

A lacquer cabinet (sage dansu). 17th/18th centuryDecorated to all sides with camellia bushes by an enbankment with small rocks, on the lid a large...

A lacquer sewing box. 17th/18th centuryOf oblong shape on a rectangular frame with cut-out feet (replacement), the lid topped by a large cushion c...

A lidded lacquer box of sumi-aka ("red corners") type. Edo periodThe lid and sides displaying camellia bushes and pine saplings in gold and silver...

A lacquer suzuribako. 19th centuryOn the lid in gold and silver hiramaki-e a stag, hagi and susuki on a roiro ground, on the inside of the lid a c...

A small lidded lacquer box. 19th centuryDisplaying flowering branches by rocks in takamaki-e and kirikane on a black lacquer ground with hirame. N...

A lacquer box. Kyoto. Late 19th centuryDisplaying a blossoming plum tree and chrysanthemums in gold maki-e and kirikane on a black lacquer ground ...

A small round lidded lacquer box. Meiji periodDisplaying kiri leaves and flowers, covering all sides, in maki-e in different gold tones on a nashi...

A Ryûkyû/Okinawa tsuikin sageju. Probably Meiji periodTwo tiered lidded boxes, a single lidded box and five small trays are fitted into a frame wi...

Two lacquer trays for kimono. Late 19th centuryFitting into each other and with rounded corners, decorated with a swarm of butterflies in maki-e,...