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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years. We still have over 900 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE.(This discount does NOT apply to items purchased at auction.) At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased.

A Japanese Lacquer Kogo with Pheasants – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1920   item# 1105387 (stock# COLL 1184)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $395.00  This is a nice rectangular Japanese covered box – kogo – that has a ground of plain gold makie lacquer and a design on the top lid. The design is that of two pheasants under a maple tree – they appear to be pecking around the flowers and vegetation for seeds to eat. A few areas are in the raised takamakie style - the dots on the birds – some of the leaves at the lower section – and the outline of the trunk of the maple tree. The inside of the kogo is executed in dark reddish brown nashiji (pear ...click for details

An Important Japanese Lacquer Kogo – Seated Samurai Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1910   item# 1083647 (stock# ICHI 4272)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 Please Inquire  This is one of the most intricate Japanese lacquer kogos we have ever seen or had in our collection. It is done in every style of lacquer in the repertoire - makie, hira-makie – silver – nashiji – etc. all with super detail. The figure of the samurai is in a seated position. His face is executed in a reddish brown color with black eyes and eyebrows – and red lips. His helmet is a masterful combination of black roiro lacquer outlined in gold makie net like designs and highlighted with ridges of n ...click for details

A Superb Rectangular Lacquer Kogo – Edo -Early Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 1074739 (stock# COLL 1148)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $1,500.00  This beautiful lacquer kogo is in a rectangular form and measures 3 7/8” long by 3” wide by 1 ¼” deep. It has an extraordinarily complex design that uses just about every lacquer technique employed by the Japanese lacquerers. That include makie, hira-makie, togidashi-makie, nashiji and Raden. (See footnotes below for more details on these techniques). ...click for details

A Japanese Lacquer Kogo – Peony & Leaves - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1910   item# 1062905 (stock# COLL 1103)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 895.00  This is a handsome slightly flattened round kogo with a thick makie design of gold flowers and a large dark almost black peony flower that drips over the top edge of the kogo. The interior is done in the shiny black lacquer known as roiro. The gold flowers and the large flower are in low relief indicating that it took several layers of lacquer to make this deep a design. ...click for details

A Meiji Period Kamakura-Bori Lacquer Tray–Ho-O Birds Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1920   item# 1048638 (stock# ICHI 1076-A4)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 325.00  This is a finely carved Japanese square tray in the technique of Kamakura-Bori – see footnote *. It has a lovely design of a floral border of a large number of large flowers intertwined with connecting branches and vines. These surround a round reserve which as two phoenix birds – ho-o birds – facing each other with one right side up and the other facing down. The back of the tray is finished in the classic shiny black lacquer known as roiro lacquer. ...click for details

A Set of Seven Kanazawa Lacquer Mukozuke – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1910   item# 1035010 (stock# ICHI 416)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  This is a very fine set of seven lacquer Mukozuke with a highly shiny reddish brown lacquer finish on the top and sides – and a black roiro lacquer on the inside of the footed base. Mukozuke were used in the formal tea ceremony to serve mukōzuke foods in a dish arranged on the far side of the meal tray for each guest, which is why it is called mukōzuke (lit., "set to the far side"). Often this might be some kind of sashimi. ...click for details

An Edo Period Lacquered Paperweight – Cat Shape Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 1019887 (stock# ICHI 999)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 175.00  This is a fun little paperweight or scroll weight in the shape of a sleeping cat. He lies in wait with a rather menacing expression on his face. The piece is covered in a dark brown lacquer that is accented with gold paint to show the fur – the whiskers – the paws, etc. There is a medium sized area of lacquer missing over his right eye and part of his right ear. (I like to fantasize that he has been in a fight with a dog and is waiting for his revenge – you should see the dog ! ) ...click for details

A Museum Quality Japanese Lacquer Tobacco Box Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1910   item# 1016987 (stock# ICHI 2782)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 2000.00  This is one of the most unusual Japanese lacquer pieces we have ever seen or had in the collection. The box is a Tobacco Box – “tabako ire) made in the shape of an eggplant. It is a papier mache form made over a mold and then coated with multiple layers of black roiro lacquer with overtones of purple. As a result of the method of making the box, it is quite light and rather delicate. The process of making it is best described in the book “A Sprinkling of Gold” – see later paragraphs. ...click for details

A Japanese Makie Lacquer Temple Offering Stand – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1920   item# 998985 (stock# ICHI 2917)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 350.00  This is a handsome lacquer stand with makie designs on all four sides and a red lacquer top. Two of the sides have round holes in them – the other two are solid makie design. The design incorporates evergreen boughs connected with intertwined vines. There are also two different mons – family crests – as part of the design. The underside of the top and the inside of the stand have light sprinklings of nashiji – pear skin – lacquer on a black roiro ground. ...click for details

An Early Edo Lacquered Brush Pot - Metal Lined Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1837 VR   item# 995389 (stock# COLL 1034)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  This is an early example of a Japanese lacquered brush pot used by the scholar to store his brushes. It measures 3 1/8” diameter and is 2 ½” wide. It is decorated all over with a design executed in gold makie lacquer of vines and leaves intertwined – there is a rib that encircles the middle of the piece. The bottom is done in nashiji – pear skin – gold lacquer. It is metal lined on both sides and base. ...click for details

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