Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Decorative Boxes
A Collection of Decorative Boxes and a Maritime Shadow Box Including Japanese-Style Lacquer and Yosegi-Style Marquetry - This collection comprises various decorative storage containers and a maritime-themed shadow box. Featured are Japanese-style black lacquer jewellery boxes decorated with hand-painted and shell-inlaid landscape scenes featuring Mount Fuji, pagodas, and bridges. One rectangular wooden box exhibits geometric Yosegi-style marquetry. A framed maritime display contains several miniature rope knots and a central ship's wheel, with identifying plaques for a Square Knot, Sheet Bend, Single Hitch, Fisherman's Knot, Bowline, and Two Half Hitches. The group further includes a three-tiered jewellery chest with an embossed foliate pattern in a silver-tone finish, an Art Deco-style blonde wood box with inlaid interlocking rings on the lid, a hexagonal wooden box with a foliate-scroll inlay, and a black leatherette-covered box with a partitioned interior. Materials include wood, lacquer, metal, fabric, and composite materials. Maritime shadow box width: approximately 20 cm Large lacquer box width: approximately 18 cm Three-tiered chest height: approximately 15 cm.