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Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Red lacquer box for an inkstone, Lacquer and brass, Korea
Red lacquer box for an inkstone
Korea
19th century
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Lacquering and Lacquer Techniques, Suzuki Mutsumi Japanese, Wood with lacquer and gold and silver powders (mounted on two boards with plexi covers), Japan
Lacquering and Lacquer Techniques
Suzuki Mutsumi
Suzuki Misako
1979–1980
Lacquer Mirror Case, Fathallah Shirazi Iranian, Papier-maché; painted, gilded, and lacquered
Lacquer Mirror Case
Painting by Fathallah Shirazi
dated 1295 AH/1878 CE
Lacquer Samples, Lacquer, Japanese
Lacquer Samples
Japanese
19th century
Short spoon, Lacquer, China
Short spoon
China
11th–12th century
Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies, Shibata Zeshin Japanese, Lacquer and mother-of-pearl fragments, Japan
Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Butterflies
Shibata Zeshin
dated 1881
Lacquer Box for Clothes, Ryūryūkyo Shinsai Japanese, Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan
Lacquer Box for Clothes
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
19th century
Helmet (<i>Zukinnari Kabuto</i>), Iron, lacquer, Japanese
Helmet (Zukinnari Kabuto)
Japanese
16th century
Lacquer Pen Box with Royal Audience Scenes, Sani' Humayun Iranian, Papier-maché; painted, gilded, and varnished
Lacquer Pen Box with Royal Audience Scenes
Sani' Humayun
dated 1314 AH/1896–97 CE
Panel, Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) Japanese, Lacquer, Japan
Panel
Style of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō)
Bowl, Lacquer, China
Bowl
China
18th century
Pen Box and Glass Case, Fathallah Shirazi Iranian, Lacquer
Pen Box and Glass Case
Fathallah Shirazi
mid-19th century
Buddha, probably Amitabha , Dry lacquer with polychrome pigment and gilding, China

Buddha, probably Amitabha

China
early 7th century
Guri lacquer cup, Carved black lacquer with red layers (tixi), China
Guri lacquer cup
China
1271–1368
Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Grasshopper on Gourd Vine, Shibata Zeshin Japanese, Lacquer on paper, Japan
Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Grasshopper on Gourd Vine
Shibata Zeshin
1882
Box with scenes of a departure, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; pewter wire, China
Box with scenes of a departure
China
late 16th–early 17th century
Box, Lacquer, Japan
Box
Japan
19th century
Turnus Provoked into War by Aeneas, José Manuel de la Cerda Mexican, Wood, painted lacquer, gold, Mexican
Turnus Provoked into War by Aeneas
José Manuel de la Cerda
ca. 1764
Lacquer Pen Box, Muhammad Sadiq Iranian, Papier-maché; painted and lacquered
Lacquer Pen Box
Muhammad Sadiq
probably 1793–94
Crowned Buddha, Wood with lacquer and gilt, Burma
Crowned Buddha
Burma
ca. 13th–early 14th century
Tray with women and boys on a garden terrace , Carved red lacquer, China

Tray with women and boys on a garden terrace

China
14th century
Deep Dish, Black lacquer, China
Deep Dish
China
ca. 1200
Lacquer Box and Gourd, Shibata Zeshin Japanese, Album leaf; lacquer on gold paper, Japan
Lacquer Box and Gourd
Shibata Zeshin
Brush holder with scholars in a garden, Carved red lacquer, China
Brush holder with scholars in a garden
China
late 18th century
Covered box with peonies and seasonal flowers, Carved red lacquer, China
Covered box with peonies and seasonal flowers
China
early 15th century
Tea caddy, Shibata Zeshin Japanese, Lacquer, Japan
Tea caddy
Lacquered by Shibata Zeshin
19th century
Box with pommel scroll design, Carved red and black lacquer, China
Box with pommel scroll design
China
second half 14th century
Dish with lobed rim, Lacquer on wood, metal rim, China
Dish with lobed rim
China
13th century
Handle, Carved lacquer, China
Handle
China
ca. 12th–13th century
The Lacquer Box, F. Holland Day American, Platinum print
The Lacquer Box
F. Holland Day
1899
Black lacquer box with phoenix designs, Lacquer with gold paint and metal fittings, Korea
Black lacquer box with phoenix designs
Korea
18th–19th century
Panel, Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō) Japanese, Lacquer, Japan
Panel
Style of Ogawa Haritsu (Ritsuō)
Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Bonsai, Shibata Zeshin Japanese, Lacquer on paper, Japan
Lacquer Paintings of Various Subjects: Bonsai
Shibata Zeshin
1882
Lobed Dish, Lacquer, China
Lobed Dish
China
11th–12th century

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