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Japanese Carved Red Lacquer Cigarette Box with Tray

SKU:L20LL261

$550.00 Sale price

Regular price $550.00

Japanese vintage carved red lacquer cigarette box featuring a cherry blossom design and tray, from Kamakura. Early 20th Century.  The kamakura style of lacquer originated as an imitation of Chinese carved lacquerware called tiao-ch'i, fashionable in Japan during the Kamakura period (1192–1333).

Kamakura-bori (Kamakura carving) dates from the latter part of that period.

For more information on Japanese lacquerware see our article, The Many Layered Art of Japanese Lacquerware.

Dimensions:

(Box)

12cm wide

9cm deep

5cm high

(Tray)

17cm wide

14cm deep

2cm high




Japanese vintage carved red lacquer cigarette box featuring a cherry blossom design and tray, from Kamakura. Early 20th Century.  The kamakura style of lacquer originated as an imitation of Chinese carved lacquerware called tiao-ch'i, fashionable in Japan during the Kamakura period (1192–1333).

Kamakura-bori (Kamakura carving) dates from the latter part of that period.

For more information on Japanese lacquerware see our article, The Many Layered Art of Japanese Lacquerware.

Dimensions:

(Box)

12cm wide

9cm deep

5cm high

(Tray)

17cm wide

14cm deep

2cm high