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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 - age and health issues tell us it is time. We still have over 1300 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. At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased. We reserve the right to require a 15 % re-stocking fee in cases where the reason for the return is suspect. With thanks for your years of patronage, we look forward to serving you until the last items are sold.

A Rectangular Lacquer Kogo with Floral Design – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 973199 (stock# ICHI 326)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 495.00  This is a very nice looking Japanese lacquer kogo – covered box – that measures 4 1/8” long by 3 ½” wide by 2 ¼” deep. It has a black lacquer ground (roiro) with a red lacquer rim on the top. That is covered all over by gold makie flowers and vines – top and sides. The interior of the kogo has an unusual type of nashiji – pear skin – in t ...click for details

A Small Round Japanese Lacquer Kogo – Makie Design Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 969406 (stock# COLL1005)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is a sweet little round kogo (covered box) with a fine makie gold design of a woman seated on some rocks – with a group of large flowers to her left and overhead. There are areas of the design done in silver lacquer and the woman’s kimono has a number of small square pieces of different colored lacquer to enhance the beauty of the kimono. The design is in low relief and the rocks on which she sits flow down over the top of the lid and onto the bottom half of the kogo. The rocks are on the e ...click for details

A Round Makie Lacquer Kogo - Landscape - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 967117 (stock# ICHI 3171)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 525.00  This is a handsome small lacquer kogo (covered box) with a landscape design executed in gold makie lacquer. The scene shows a pavilion on a shore shaded by large evergreen trees – the pavilion placed near the opposite shore across a lake. On the near shore is another large tree that appears to be on a small island and surrounded by the stylized waves of the lake. ...click for details

A Globe Shaped Lacquer Kogo – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 963342 (stock# ICHI 2055)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1225.00  This is a globular shaped Japanese lacquer kogo – covered box – with a lovely decoration in mixed lacquer techniques. The bottom is flat so as to prevent it rolling. The design is that of sand dollars in a variety of shades of gold and silverish makie lacquer. On top of that there are a number of autumn leaves falling – some with red tints to them. Interspersed on and between the leaves and sand dollars are some groups of kiragane – small pieces of metallic foil cut into irregular shapes and th ...click for details

A Miniature Lacquer Kogo - Floral Design on Nashiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1910   item# 959410 (stock# COLL 9102)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This a a very handsome miniature Japanese lacquer kogo – covered box – that has an unusual shape in that it is an oblong oval with two curved indented sections in two sides that give it a striking appearance. The entire kogo has a nashiji sprinkled gold base – known as pear skin – and then there are low relief makie flowers on the tops and sides. The base and inside are solid nashiji gold lacquer. ...click for details

A Japanese Oval Lacquer Kogo With Three Mons - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 949038 (stock# COLL 9088)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This is a fine late early Meiji lacquered box in an oval shape. The kogo has a design of floral scrolls with vines, fully opened flowers and buds. There are three mons (Japanese crests) - one on the top and two on the sides. The design is done in makie gold lacquer with a ground of nashiji(pear skin) lacquer. The interior is a soft reddish orange lacquer and has a gold makie design of water plants on a winding stream. ...click for details

A Japanese Red Lacquer Box-Sgraffito Design of Flowers Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1920   item# 944843 (stock# ICHI 933)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 225.00  This is a three-tiered Japanese rectangular box that has been covered in several coats of red and black lacquer. The design has then been scratched through the surface to the underlying color – it is a fanciful design of stylized flowers and leaves. The insides of all three sections of the box are executed in gold nashiji (pear skin) lacquer. ...click for details

A Japanese Lacquer Plaque or Lid –Scholars under Trees Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 940286 (stock# ICHI 382)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 350.00  This piece could either be a plaque for mounting on a wall – or a lid to a long lost box. Either way, it is a fascinating example of Japanese lacquer. The back of the piece is solid wood. On the front there is first a rim done in gold makie lacquer - a bit rubbed in some spots. A thinner piece of wood is then attached and it is this second layer that carries the design. The design is of two scholars talking under a tree – the leaves look like maple leaves to me. The ground is nashiji – pear ski ...click for details

A Kamakura-bori Lacquer Square Covered Box and Tray Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1920   item# 938734 (stock# ICHI 1076)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 895.00  This is a very fine Japanese red Kamakura-bori square covered box with rounded edges that sits on a square tray of the same lacquerware. Each piece has a design of multiple flower blossoms and their accompanying leaves and foliage. The design entirely covers the top of each piece and is executed in fine detail. The covered box measures 6 ...click for details

A Superb Japanese Kogo - Makie Design of Six Creatures Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 934295 (stock# ICHI 3172)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1795.00  This is a truly fabulous Japanese lacquer kogo (covered box) with a wonderful design of six of the creatures so beloved in Japanese art – the Dragon, the Shi Shi, the Kylin, the Tiger, the Elephant and the Baku. The different creatures are executed in makie - raised relief gold lacquer – on a ground of shiny dark black lacquer – called roiro. Most of the creatures have a tiny bit of red lacquer at the mouth – some have sprinkle or small designs of silver on the body – all have exquisite detail. ...click for details

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