Chinese Hardwood shaped display Stand, 3 3/4" x 1 3/4" wide, 3/4" high, the condition is good.

Bamboo flower basket with a water container (otoshi) which is also made of bamboo. Otoshi has no water leaking and has nice color. The basket is in excellent condition except for a minor break near bottom and body (5mm north). The first half of the 20th century. H:41cm, W:24cm, Otoshi H:20cm, Diameter:13cm

Antique Chinese Dehua (blanc de Chine) porcelain figure of Guan Yin, the feminine Chinese translation of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. Holding a scroll in her left hand and prayer beads in her right, she sits with one knee raised. Her robes drape elegantly over her head and body. Her hair is swept up into a style befitting her bodhisattva status and her face exudes a sense of calm and extreme beauty. There is an impressed character mark on her back.

Age: 19th century

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Pair Chinese Hardwood Scroll shape Stands, 4" wide, 2 1/2" deep, 7/8" high, the condition is good.

This is mikuni-sashiko Indigo dye cotton noragi (Work clothes)textile of the Meiji era(1868-1912). It is cotton and sashiko stitch of very beautiful indigo dyeing. I can enjoy it with the both sides. It is very rare textile. I recommend it to collection of you. This is textile made in Fukui region. All this sashiko stitches are made by hand. It does not have a stain and damage. It is in a very good state. size:118cm x 117cm (46.5" x 46.1")

Fine old Shan Burmese lacquer box, circa early 20th century with one tray and depicting monkeys playing in foliate background. This piece is a real classic beauty (IMHO). There are a couple of repairs at the edge of the rim noted in enlargements as well as craclature on the surface and nicks around the foot. H: 19.2cm/7.6in and D: 22cm/8in.

Chinse Rosewood Scroll shape Stand, 3 3/4" wide, 1 3/4" deep, 1 3/8" high, lacquered fine thin Rosewood Stand, the condition is good. Extra stands are available, please inquire.

Rare late 19th/early 20th century Thai tobacco/betel box, with original inner tray. Minor losses to lacquer and the footrim repaired and replaced. Stunning delicate deep dark red and black floral scroll pattern. D: 19.5cm/7.8in and H: 7.4/2.9in.

Chinese Hardwood small Scroll shape Display Stand, 2" wide, 1" deep, 5/8" high, more same stands are available, the condition is good.

Chinese Rosewood Scroll shape small display Stand, fine and lacquered, 2" wide, 1 1/4" deep, 1/2" high, beautiful grain, more stands are available, please inquire, and the condition is good.

Chinese Rosewood Rectangle shape Display Stand, 3 1/2 wide, 1 1/2" deep, 1 1/4" high, carved out of one piece of wood, in good condition.

We are glad to offer you a rare and stunning Kosobe-yaki Chawan with a beautiful hand painting of pines and cranes, under thick cream colored glaze on very thinly potted clay blended with shiseki for great effect. This is likely the work of the second or third generation Shinbei, both known for their Korai-Utsushi (Korean style) wares. Finding such a delicate Chawan in such good condition from the Edo period is exceedingly rare. It comes with a shiho-san wooden box.

On the bottom is...

Edo Period (1603-1868) Mishima calendar (Koyomide) tea bowl (三島暦手茶碗) with Ogata Kenzan mark.

Mishima pottery is a slip inlay technique brought to Japan from Korea in the 16th century.

In the city of Mishima there is a Grand Shrine of Mishima that was famous for publishing an almanac/calendar with bars for describing each day with its good and bad luck connotations.

The Koyomide bowls seemed to mimic these almanacs. Sen no Rikyu, the most famous Tea ma...

Pair Chinese Hardwood small oval shape Display Stands, 2 7/8" wide, 1 5/8" deep(top measurement), and 3 1/4" wide, 2" deep(bottom measurement), supported by 4 small feet, the condition is good.

Chinese Hardwood oval display Stand, sell each, 2" wide, 1 1/8" deep, 3/4" high(top measurement), and 2 1/2" wide, 1 1/2" deep(bottom measurement), supported by 4 small feet, the condition is good.

Chinese small oval Hardwood Display Stand, 2 1/2" wide, 1 3/8" deep, 3/4" high(top measurement), 2 7/8" wide, 1 5/8" deep(bottom measurement), supported by 4 small feet, the condition is good.

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Nihonmatsu
Date: pre-1923.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 14.875 x 6.5 inches.
Shotei's Kakei seal at lower right.
Number 352 in japanese on the verso.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-144 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Note: Blocks destroyed in 1923 earthquake.
Condition: Two lighter areas in upper sky from previous mounting.

OFFERING TRAY

Tray hollowed out from a single tree coated with lacquer finishing, once actually used for votive offering when ritual, Korean Peninsula, mid 20th century, approx. D 32.5 x H 7.5cm (12.79 x 2.95in). Some expected signs of use due to aging, but generally in good vintage condition as is as seen.


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