Antique Japanese Lacquer Desktop Pen Box

This antique Japanese lacquer box is a special design by Lotus Arts de Vivre decorated with beautiful knots holding prayer beads. The lining is elaborately done with Gold Galuchat leather. This antique box was originally containers to keep and send letters, lacquered by Maki-e lacquer masters. Ideal as a Pen/ Pencil holder on a desktop.
 
Japanese art and its love for nature is one of the world’s greatest treasures, covering a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient Japanese Lacquer, pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami and more. However, the Maki-e lacquering technique started by the Japanese is one of the most intriguing, starting over 1,000 years ago, which involves sprinkling the design with gold or silver powder as a decoration using a brush. Bamboo tubes and soft brushes of various sizes are used for laying powders and drawing fine lines. As it requires highly skilled craftsmanship to produce a Maki-e painting, young artists usually go through many years of training to develop the skills and to ultimately become Maki-e masters. 
 
Maki-e objects were initially designed as household items for court nobles; they soon gained more popularity and were adopted by royal families and military leaders as a symbol of power.
 
This Japanese Lacquer collection has emerged from the von Buren to Japan and its various antique fairs, where this entire lot was collected, that ranges from 70 to over 250 years. 
 
Size: 8(W) x 24.5(L) x 7.8(H) cm.
Weight: 337 g.