THE BETTY DORE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ART

A SLENDER BLACK-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) Edo Period (1615-1868), 19th century The rectangular box decorated on the lid with c...

A SOMADA-STYLE INLAID-LACQUER BOX Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/late 19th century The black-lacquer rectangular box with a...

A SMALL BLACK AND GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UTENSILS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ 20th century The rect...

A MINIATURE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (BOX FOR WRITING UNTENSILS) AND A MINIATURE TWO-TIER LACQUER STACKING BOX Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century ...

A SMALL GOLD-LACQUER FUBAKO (LETTER CASE) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Decorated in gold hiramaki-e with cranes, pines, and Tokugawa famil...

A MINIATURE LACQUER FUBAKO (LETTER CASE) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th century Of typical form decorated with...

A SMALL INLAID FOUR-TIER LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOX FOR INCENSE) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Rectangular with rounded corners lacquered in gold,...

A SMALL TWO-TIER STACKING LACQUER BOX Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Formed as a knotted letter decorated in iro-e takamaki-e, hiramaki-...

A SMALL GOLD-LACQUER KODANSU (INCENSE CABINET) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Rectangular, with a hinged door openi...

A GOLD-LACQUER TWO-TIER STACKING BOX Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century All decorated in gold takamaki-e, hiramaki...

A CIRCULAR GOLD-LACQUER BOX AND COVER CONTAINING NINE MINIATURE BOXES Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ 20th century The cir...

A SMALL SAGE-JŪBAKO (PORTABLE PICNIC SET) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/late 19th century Decorated with an overall design...

A LACQUER SAGE-JŪBAKO (PORTABLE PICNIC SET) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ 20th century Decorated in colored hiramaki-e, ...

A GROUP OF LACQUER ITEMS RELATED TO INCENSE Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ 20th century Comprising a set of three kōgō of...

TWO LACQUER BOXES Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ 20th century Each rectangular with inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lids, compri...

TWO GOLD-LACQUER BOXES Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Comprising a lobed box with a slightly domed overhanging lid finely decorated with...

A GROUP OF THREE GOLD-LACQUER BOXES Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/late 19th century Comprising a two-tier stacking kōbako ...

A JŌHANA-NURI LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOX FOR INCENSE) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Modeled in the form of overlapping books set on four scroll fe...

NAKAYAMA KOMIN (1808-1870) A Lacquer Kōgō (Incense Container) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Circular, with a dome...

TWO LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOXES FOR INCENSE) AND A KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINER) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Comprising a rectangular decorated ...

TWO SMALL LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Each circular, the first with a flat kab...

TWO LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOXES FOR INCENSE) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first decorated in gold and silver togida...

KAJIKAWA BUNRYŪSAI LINEAGE A Lacquer Kōgō (Incense Container) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Circular, with a domed lid decorated with Hina ...

TWO LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The first of reniform shape, decorated in silv...

A LACQUER FAN-SHAPED KŌBAKO (BOX FOR INCENSE) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Decorated in gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e on a kinji grou...

TWO LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The first rectangular, with a domed inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid de...

A KŌBAKO (BOX FOR INCENSE) IN THE SHAPE OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Formed as a branch of chry...

TWO LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century Comprising a kōgō in the form of a...

A GROUP OF FOUR KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th century Comprising a rectangular box ...

A KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINER) IN THE FORM OF A BIWA (LUTE) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ 20th century Decorated in gold and...

A GROUP OF FIVE KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1812), Taisho (1912-1926, or Showa (1926-1989) era, 19th and 20th century Comprising a shall...

A GROUP OF THREE LACQUER BOXES Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/20th century Comprising a netsuke in the form of a Mandarin ...

SHOUN (DATES UNKNOWN) An Inlaid-Lacquer Kashibako (Box for Sweets) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Circular with canted edges and set on ...

A LACQUER KŌGŌ AND TWO MINIATURE LACQUER BOXES Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The first circular, decorated with three lotus petals in g...

TWO SMALL LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century The first of gold lacquer wi...

A GOLD-LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOX FOR INCENSE) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in iro...

TWO LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th century Each circular, the first black la...

TWO LACQUER BOXES Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century Comprising a brown-lacquer cylindrical box in the form...

A LACQUERED SILVER SNUFF BOX AND TWO LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century The snuff box rec...

A GROUP OF FOUR LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Comprising a circular box, slightly concave on the top and ...

THREE LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/ early 20th century Each circular, the first decora...

SHUNPO (DATES UNKNOWN) An Inalid-Lacquer Kōgō (Incense Container) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989)) era, 20th century The shallow circula...

A GROUP OF FOUR KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century Each circular, comprising a wood box of shallo...

A GROUP OF FIVE KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century Comprising a shallow, circular black-lacquer b...

A GROUP OF THREE KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century Comprising a lacquer kōgō formed as a chestnu...

A GROUP OF THREE LACQUER KŌBAKO (BOXES FOR INCENSE) AND A LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINER) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/...

A LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINER) IN THE FORM OF A BIWA (LUTE) Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/20th century Decorated in g...

A GROUP OF THREE LACQUER BOXES Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/20th century Comprising a rectangular gold-lacquer box with ...

A GROUP OF FIVE LACQUER BOXES Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century Comprising a circular kōgō with domed inrōbuta (f...

A GROUP OF FOUR LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Muromachi (1336-1573) and Edo period (1615-1868), 16th and 19th century Comprising an early rect...

A GROUP OF SIX MINIATURE LACQUER BOXES Meiji era (1868-1912) and Showa era (1926-1989), 19th and 20th century Comprising a pair of rectangular box...

A GROUP OF FIVE LACQUER KŌGŌ (INCENSE CONTAINERS) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century Comprising a rectangular box ...

A DRIED PERSIMMON BOX AND COVER AND A LACQUER BOX AND COVER Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, 20th century Comprising a circular box ma...

HEIAN ZŌHIKO VII (dates unknown) A Lacquer Box and Cover Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1930 Rectangular, with a flush-fitting cover and decorated i...

A LACQUER TAKIGARA-IRE (ASH CONTAINER) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The cylindrical container with a flush-fitting concave lid decorated w...

A LACQUER KŌRO (INCENSE BURNER) Edo Period (1615-1868), 19th century The four-lobed body lacquered in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and mura-nashiji...

IKEDA TAISHIN (1825-1903) A Shibuichi-nuri Lacquer Kōro (Incense Burner) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century The cylindrical vessel tapering...

TWO LACQUER DECORATED BAMBOO ZUNGIRI ('SLICED LID') CHA-IRE (TEA CADDIES) Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century Comprising a c...

A LARGE LACQUER SAKAZUKI (FOOTED CUP FOR SAKE) AND A SET OF THREE INLAID-LACQUER SAKAZUKI Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/2...

A LACQUER-DECORATED EGG Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Possibly an emu egg, split in half and set on four peg feet, the exterior decorat...