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Japanese Black Lacquer Boxes

Price guide to Japanese lacquer boxes where the majority of the box is black. Black lacquerware is often inlaid with metals and / or sprinkled with gold and / or silver powder while the lacquer is still damp. This technique is known as maki-e.

A black-lacquer suzuribako — A black-lacquer suzuribako (box for writing utensils) with integral fubako (document box) Taisho era (1912-1926), early 20th century Of deep rectangular form, decorated on the roiro ground with a large pine tree in gold togidashi maki-e, the interior lacquered with a prunus tree on a mura-nashiji ground and containing a tray fitted with a suzuri (ink-grinding stone) and suiteki (water-dropper), unsigned; with a wood storage box. 6.4cm x 33.2cm x 9.8cm (2½in x 13 1/8in x 3 7/8in). Sold for £1,187 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2017

JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER STACKING BOXES AND STAND — JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER STACKING BOXES AND STAND, H 13 1/2″:Hinged top, stackable boxes. The stand measures, W.21″ x 10″ , the boxes measure, H.7″ x 12 1/2″ x 9″. Sold for 120 GBP at DuMouchelles Auctions in 2016

A RARE FOOD BOX (JUBAKO) WITH STRIPED DECORATION — A RARE FOOD BOX (JUBAKO) WITH STRIPED DECORATION AND PLAYING CARDS EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY) The four-tiered square box and cover decorated in gold, silver, and coloured hiramaki-e [low relief lacquer] and takamaki-e [high relief lacquer] and inlaid in mother-of-pearl on a black ground with scattered Unsun Karuta [Japanese playing cards in Portuguese style] depicting various designs including cups, swords, clubs, and knights against stripes of various designs in Nanban style 26 x 29 x 23.3 cm Sold for GBP 150,000 at Christies in 2017

Japanese Lacquer Cosmetics Box Late 18th century — Japanese Lacquer Cosmetics Box Late 18th century The lid and sides of the tobako worked with pine saplings amid ferns, alternating with swirling mitsu-to-moye mon on a polished black ground, gold and black lacquer with silver detailing, nashiji interior, silver mounting on the lid and base rims. Height 4 3/4 inches, width 7 inches, depth 4 1/2 inches. Sold for $3,000 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2007

19th C. Japanese black lacquer box — 19th C. Japanese black lacquer box. 5.5in by 11in by 15in. Age wear. Sold For: $200 at Fortune Auction Gallery in 2018

A Japanese lacquer writing box and cover — A Japanese lacquer writing box and cover for the European market Meiji/Taisho period the cover decorated with pheasants on a rocky outcrop beside peony and under a flowering prunus, opening to reveal an embroidered writing slope with a central roundel of a communion cup below the inscription Gerardus, Petrus, MDCCCLXXIV (1874) and above the coat-of-arms of Bishop Gerardus Petrus Wilmer, below two metal-mounted glass ink bottles and a removable pen tray. 46.3cm., 18 1/4 in Sold for 625 GBP at Sothebys in 2016