A set of Burmese amulets in lacquered wood and gilded with gold leaf.
It is believed that this type of statuette had special powers due to the paste made from sacred ashes and medicinal herbs, which was inserted into the hole in the base of the statuette and carried by healers.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 4.8 - 9.4 C.M. / Width 4 - 5.2 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). Please refer to the en...

Shiko Munakata (1903 ~ 1975)
Date: April 10, 1959.
Seated Figure. Here titled by the artist, "At Columbus" (コランバスに於て). Also signed by the artist and dedicated in pencil in Japanese at the top right, "to Ms. Ryuko Sato".
Munakata's famous 1959 United States lecture tour took him through Ohio. On the tour, he was known to carve one-off woodblock prints on the spot at gatherings and present them to hosts or guests, as once described on the Antiques Roadshow. We believ...

A Chinese Celadon Glazed Stem-Cup. Circa, 14th Century, Yuan Dynasty. Found in the Philippines. Featuring rounded walls, rising to a slightly everted rim and is supported by a long waisted foot. It is covered overall in a green celadon glaze, except for the foot-ring. Measurements: height (4"inches), diameter (4.8"inches) across. Condition: perfect condition. No repairs. UV light checked. Photos by: The Oriental Room®️ Feel free to contact me at theorientalroomph@gmail.com f...

FACE OF MR. ITO

Portrait of such a "typical Japanese businessman" titled 'Face of Mr. Ito', 1995, by a Japanese modern & contemporary painter, Isao Nishimura (1923–2003 / ref. https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Isao-Nishimura/48FFCD47D7A9C3F4), watercolor painting on paper, attached with an wooden frame with no glass/acrylic plate, Frame: approx. 55.5 x 76.5 x 2 cm (21.85 x 30.11 x 0.78in).


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SOTOMIYA

Miniature version of Japanese outdoor wooden shrine called 'sotomiya' (as the opposite type of interior household shrine called 'kamidana'), Showa period, 20th century, approx. H 26.2 x W 18.5 x D 18.8 cm (10.31 x 7.28 x 7.40in). Some damage as is as seen. No object enshrined (since this little snake is not attached), so that please arrange something worshiped into by yourself.


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Found in the Philippines. Featuring a globular body with carved decoration, supported by a short foot with two flanged wings on opposite sides of its body and a goose formed spout opposite a tail shaped handle, all underneath a rider which possibly represents Brahma, the Hindu god of creation, whose vehicle (Vahana) is the sacred goose (Hamsa), a symbol of purity and divine knowledge for Hindu and Buddhist believers. It is covered overall in a green celadon glaze, stopping well above its foot...

Japanese bronze mirror with stand.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Diameter 14.8 C.M. / Height 24.7 C.M.
Size including stand: Height 34 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Japanese bronze vase with nice form, used to decorate single flower arrangement in Japanese traditional tea ceremony.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, Early 20th Century
Size: Height 27.2 C.M. / Width 19.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Japanese Dragon design Cast Black Iron Tetsubin, Teapot, this kettle is supported with three(3) small feet, with twisted iron handle, and Pewter top, Meiji period, 1880's, 9" high include handle up, 9 1/2" wide include the spout, rust inside the tea pot, with twisted handle and impressed design of vines on the Pewter top cover, raised Dragon is flying among the clouds. The tip of spout is brokwn off and repaired(small piece of broken piece is saved inside the kettle).

A voluminous Chawan Tea bowl by Sawada Hayato enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kakusai Chawan. The hand built angular form is slip glazed with black clay inlayed creating paleolithic pattens tinged with red. It is roughly 15 cm (6 inches) wide, 9.5 cm (just under 4 inches) tall and in new condition. Sawada Hayato was born in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture in 1978, and graduated Ryutsu Keizai University in 2000, going on to further study at the Tokyo University of Social We...

Fine & Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Jun Jar (Ex. Grahame Clarke collection)

This fine junyao stoneware jar was made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and was excavated in the 1990s, or earlier, from Inner Mongolia. Remains of ancient plant growth/roots still adhere to the inner ring of the unglazed foot. It has straight walls that taper in very slightly at the mouth, and stands on a heavy foot. The Jun glaze is at its thickest where it has sagged around the bottom of the walls, and where...

Hanging scroll painting. Title: Kyokojitsu (Rising sun). A bright red sun rising above the clouds with a golden glow. Nihonga.
Ink, mineral colors and gold wash on silk.
Signed Wakō, seal Wakō.

Mid-20th century or a little later.

Mounting: H 67 x W 23.5 in. (inc. scroll ends)
Painting: H 42 x W 16 in.

Very good condition. Scroll ends are plastic, imitating ivory.

Comes with the original wooden storage box. Inscription outside: Kyokojitsu (Rising sun). I...

Kishimoto Kennin at his best, deep in the clay of Iga, a slightly misshapen vase covered in a splash of ash glaze and dark charring, one side flattened down like a beret, a single drip of crystalline jade clinging to the rim. The vase is 29 cm (just under 12 inches) tall and in perfect condition, enclosed in the original signed wooden box.
Kishimoto Kennin has been working with clay since the 1950s, devouring styles along the way. Shino, Seto, Oribe, Iga and Celadon, all very different a...

A fabulous large Mizusashi with a rugged, natural shape covered in cool blue and gray dusted with lavender by Hagi icon Kaneta Masanao enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Yohen Kurinuki Mizusashi. It is roughly 23 x 21 x 22 cm (roughly a 9 inch cube) and is in excellent condition.
Kaneta Masanao likely needs no introduction, certainly one of Hagi’s most well-known and easily identifiable names. Although an eighth-generation potter inheriting an overtly conservative tra...

The metal head of the rattle – called shakujo – with some simply engraved decoration on the central shaft indicating lotus petals. The central ring has the shape of an inverted heart, from which six rings loop, three on each side.
The six rings symbolize the Six Realms of Existence where Jizō is active and the Six Perfections that lead to nirvana: generosity, morality, patience, vigor, concentration, and wisdom.
Mounted on a short wooden pole, covered with red lacquer.

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A large mask in the form of the face of an oni (demon) that typically would hang in the kitchen or in a temple, to ward off evil spirits. A slit in the back is for hanging the mask from the wall.

Wood with remnants of polychrome pigments red, white and grayish black.

Japan, late Edo period (18th/19th century).

H mask 13 in.; H with stand 18.5 x W 9.75 in.

Mounted on a stand, sitting on a pole that has been inserted through the chin of the mask. Also metal wire across the ...

Kobayashi Kiyochika
Rainy Day at Kudan from the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11 x 8 inches.
Date: 1938-60.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Unusual "Nishinomiya Art" stamp on verso.
Sealed by artist.
Reference: Hasegawa catalog No. 1242.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Paper residue at back left. Very light crease at lower left corner.

17th Century Chinese Bronze Censer Marked with Wood Stand

The censer is 18.9 inches (48 cm) tall by 16.5 inches (42 cm) wide. The wood stand is 13.8 inches (35 cm) tall by 12.2 inches (31 cm) wide. It is 42.2 Lb. The stand is 7.2 lb.

It is tarnished and has rust, casting imperfection and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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