Decorative Art

Japanese lacquerware smoking cabinet, Portable cabinets to hold pipe smoking accessories were common in Japanese homes and shops in the 19th century. Fitted with three drawers, this example is decorated on all four sides with auspicious symbols and domestic scenes. The containers on top were probably intended to hold ash and coals used for lighting the tobacco.

Wooden carving of the coronation of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven

Marble Madonna (Virgin Mary) and child

Lidded lacquered container in drawstring fabric pouch

Small lacquered dish with landscape

Small lacquered cup with family crest on the exterior

Wooden container with a type of rhinoceros beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma, portrayed on the lid and a ladybird on the side

Manjū netsuke / toggle with river scene

Kagamibuta netsuke / toggle with pierced design

Wooden comb decorated with lacquered bamboo design and small shell birds

Ornamental tortoiseshell comb with pierced blossom-tree-branch decoration