Mother-of-pearl on black lacquer, shell relief panels & hand-painted Satsuma...
Visit Shop 24, where mother-of-pearl Asian art leads the space with a large four-panel black-lacquer wall screen worked in shell inlay. The procession scene runs across all four panels. Figures in robes carry loads on shoulder poles, a dragon leads the front of the line, and mountain peaks rise behind blossoming trees. The inlaid mother-of-pearl catches the light against the dark red and black lacquer ground. To one side hang two framed Chinese mother-of-pearl shell relief panels, each showing a robed lady against a painted background. One panel features peony branches and stones below; the other shows plum and cherry blossom with a distant pagoda. The shell relief stands in three dimensions above the painted backgrounds, with calligraphic seal marks at the top of each frame.
Beyond the wall art, hand-painted Japanese Satsuma ceramics anchor the floor and tabletop. A large floor-standing urn carries gilded dragon-form handles and a landscape cartouche with cranes, blue birds, peony, pine, and mountain peaks on a cream ground. A peacock-and-floral vase and a cranes-and-chrysanthemum vase sit atop the cabinet line as a near-pair. Inside the lighted curio, additional mother-of-pearl Asian art continues with a small inlaid black lacquer hinged-lid box and a tabletop folding screen of painted bird and floral panels. An Imari-pattern octagonal porcelain box in its presentation packaging shares the curio shelves. Mattel Barbie Collector dolls including the Venetian Princess, Monster High dolls in original boxes, and Breyer model horses round out the upper shelves.
The shop also carries a carved mahogany child's Chippendale-style armchair with pierced splat and ball-and-claw feet, an antique wood storage chest, and a turned-wood spinning wheel. The inventory spans small mother-of-pearl boxes and miniature screens through the wall-sized four-panel screen and floor urns, covering East Asian decorative traditions across China and Japan. Browse the Asian Art & Antiques selection in Shop 8 and the Vintage Asian Collectibles at Shop 202 for related finds.
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Your Next Lacquer Treasure is Waiting
The corner of Shop 24 at a glance: a tall lighted cabinet of dolls and glass, a long jewelry case with brooches and a silver-tone mantel clock, mother-of-pearl Asian wall panels behind, and a dreamcatcher off to the side. The jewelry case packed front to back: an ornate silver-tone clock and candelabra, a Venetian Barbie collector doll, a gold modernist pendant, rhinestone and bib necklaces, plus rose, cat, and heart brooches. A stacked cabinet across categories: a Calla Lily collector Barbie and Monster High doll up top, white hobnail milk glass and a brass-tone French style telephone in the middle, black lacquer mother-of-pearl boxes below, and a Breyer horse on the bottom shelf. Inside the cabinet: a Monster High doll and a boxed Barbie up top, an Imari-style porcelain bowl over a painted bird screen, a black lacquer mother-of-pearl dragon box, and a Breyer horse below, with vintage hats and folk figurines on the next shelf over. A four-panel set of black lacquer wall art, mother-of-pearl inlay shimmering across mountain landscapes with village figures, palanquins, and plum trees. A pair of framed Chinese decorative panels: raised relief figures in orange and coral robes on cream silk-toned grounds, butterflies and plum blossoms around them, calligraphy and red seals in dark wood frames. A large Plains-style dreamcatcher wall hanging: a rust-leather hoop around a gray fur center and pheasant feather work, with natural fur tails and feathers cascading from the bottom and beaded ties at the sides. An antique wooden spinning wheel, turned spindles and a large spoked drive wheel with the bobbin and flyer ready to run, treadle and all. Inside the open trunk: bagged sheep wool roving ready for the wheel, white and gray combed alongside peach, multicolor, and bright blue. A child-sized mahogany Chippendale armchair, carved back splat and acanthus arms, shell apron and ball and claw feet, with a gray fan-pattern drop-in seat. A cubist face vase in the Picasso style, mustard and red over abstract features, sitting above a porcelain lighthouse village scene, with a Satsuma-style floor vase and its gilded dragon handles standing alongside. A close look at the Satsuma-style floor vase: hand-painted cranes and peonies in cream and peach, mountain reserve panels on a black-and-gold neck, gilded dragon handles to the sides, mounted on a matching plinth. Two Satsuma-style baluster vases side by side: a peacock and peonies on cobalt and cream on the left, red crowned cranes among bamboo and chrysanthemums in red lotus petal borders on the right. Vintage hats up top and a mixed lower shelf: a beaded white straw, a green ribboned straw, and a peach-and-black pillbox over a lead crystal mantel clock, bisque folk figurines, ceramic fruit, and a rose-trimmed bone china jar. Vintage hot rod magazines stacked above, with a burgundy turban hat tucked in a Lisa Renee hatbox and a pile of handmade quilts in flame stripes, paisley, and pink patchwork on the shelf below.
