Balancing the scales and industrial shape by Sodeisha star Takano Moto-o enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Utsuwa (Receptacle) and dating from the height of Sodeisha influence in the 1960s. It is 12 x 15 x 12 cm (5 x 6 x 5 inches) and in excellent condition.
Takano Moto-o was born into a Kyoto pottery family in 1934, and although trained as a potter of tea ceramics, moved into the world of sculpture, entering Sodeisha in 1966, and would exhibit with the avant garde...

SOLEMN GORYEO VASE

Profound and refined excavated ware from around Pyongyang, Korea, ca. late Goryeo Dynasty, approx. H 26 x D 13cm (10.23 x 5.11in). Aged condition as is with expected stains and scratches, with no fatal damage as seen.


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A new 18K. solid Gold bracelet (17.8 gr.) set with 7 top quality Genuine Corn Flower Blue Ceylon Sapphires @ 2.34 ct. total weight. Length 7" Price: US$ 1850

A new solid 18K. Gold link-chain bracelet set with 6 genuine cushion cut blue sapphires @ 3.62 ct. total weight and surrounded by 96 genuine brilliant cut diamonds @ 1.07 ct. total weight, with safety lock. Bracelet length is 7" inches.

Solid 18K. White Gold Ring set with one pear shaped Genuine Cornflower Blue Ceylon Sapphire @ 1.34 ct., 2 pear shaped Diamonds @ 0.37 ct., 1 Brilliant cut Diamond @ 0.09 ct. and 12 Brilliant cut Diamonds @ 0.15 ct. total weight. We also carry this same design in Colombian Emerald as well as in Pigeon Blood Ruby (please look under "Rings" on our website) Thank you.

Genuine Ceylon Blue Sapphire Necklace set with 9 sapphires (total carat weight 4.76ct.), set in solid 18K Yellow Gold (50.33 grammes), all hand made. Price: US$ 5675

Antique solitary Awara-yaki chawan by great artist Kuze Tensei 久世天声 (1878 - 1933) around 1915 (Meiji Period).

He studied art under Yamada Kei while working as a teacher at Ishikawa Technical Senior High School. In 1914, he moved to Awara Onsen in Fukui Prefecture (a classic hot spring town) where he set up a studio and kiln and created Awara-yaki using clay from the area to produce Kyo-ware style ceramics, which often won prizes in exhibitions.

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Unusual porcelain bowl in the shape of a double gourd with two separate compartments. The large section is for washing brushes; the small section may be used as a brush holder.
The outside of the large bowl is decorated in underglaze blue with pavilions in a landscape with mountains and a river. The edge is faceted and painted with cloud-like shapes. The outside of the smaller extension is decorated with stylized flowers. Ribbed knob on top (19-petaled chrysanthemum).

Hizen ware, Ari...

Song dynsaty brown glaze bowl with "pie-crust" melded under rim. Thin mottled brown glaze. Excellent condition, no cracks or chips. Additional hi-resolution images on request. Diameter: 8.50 inches; height:2.5 inches

Song Dynasty brown glaze bowl with foliated under-rim design. In great condition with exception of one small chip to one foliated edge. Additional images on request. Diameter: 11.50 inches; height: 3 inches.

Song dynasty brown glaze cup. Glazed throughout the inside and outside to about 1 inch above base. Small chip and hairline present. Height: 3.50 inches, Diameter: 3 inches.

In perfect condition , this is a Chinese brown glaze vessel in the shape of frog, from song dynasty or earlier period

Large Song Celadon bowl, olive green in color. In very good condition without chips or cracks. There is an incised flower pattern in the bottom of the bowl. Otherwise, small fritting /granulation is evident in the bottom of the bowl and a couple of these may have been compromised/worn down. Nice overall symmetrical shape and crackle in the glaze is quite faint. Diameter: 7 plus inches and 3 inches in height.

Song Dynasty green crackled Celadon bowl with a nice shape. There are certain imperfections which mostly appear to be occurrences at time of firing. On the inside of bowl, there is a pock mark / rupture that appears to have occurred at some point when perhaps a stone in the clay was compromised and broken out through the glaze. Dimensions: height 2.75 inches, diameter 5.50 inches.

Song Dynasty Green Glaze jarlet with two ears...in very good condition without cracks or chips, some wear in terms of scratches...small points of imperfection in glaze at time of firing. Floral pattern around top portion of jarlet and scrolling pattern around lower portion at the base. Diameter: 2 and half inches, height 2 inches.

Song dynasty ribbed jar with light green crackled glaze. Some small chips to the glaze around the rim. Diameter: 3.25 inches, height: 2.75 inches.