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This is a Japanese silk obi with a painting of men transporting lumber down the river. It is a scene that became obsolete as new technologies, such as trains, trucks and the creations of dams, developed. It is hand painted on silk with an artist’s signature and seal. We will bring more photos once the obi is flattened from the Nagoya style obi – currently, this obi is being worked on (hand sewn) by a professional.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Rare Japanese Tansu made of inlaid woods with lacquer panels. Beautifully inlaid with wood in designs of fans and japanese symbols. The inside has black with gold landscape scenes. The drawers are black with copper colored design. The doors have scenes with chickens and a rooster. Outfitted with brass hardware. It measures 13" deep 23" wide 21" tall. Late Meiji period, circa 1910.
Zentner Collection
$6,000.00 Sculpted from soft white volcanic tuff from central Java of a Majaphit royal princess. Her coiffure is pulled back and topped with a lotus tiara, and she wears a pair of foliated looped earrings. The rendering of her delicate features is very reminiscent to classical Indian sculptures.
The Majaphit empire is the last Indianized kingdom in Indonesia. Based in eastern Java, it existed between the 13th and 16th centuries. The power of Majapahit reached its height in the mid 14th century u...
Japanese Art Site
$3100.00 This is a rare, well-modeled and detailed 19th Century Japanese Arita
Porcelain Elephant. It is based upon an outstanding 1680 Japanese Kakiemon
model, which in turn, was derived from Chinese prototypes. This piece is
enameled in red and cobalt with yellow accents. It is a beautiful and striking
work of art. Width: 17 inches (43cm); Height: 8.25 inches (21cm).
Japanese Art Site
$7300.00 Japanese Edo Period Musha Ningyo (Boys Day) Dolls, Samurai Set. Ningyo this early
almost never appear for sale, much less with accessories, as we have here
with this very fine quality pair. They have finely carved faces, and are
lacquered with many coats of gofun (white oyster shell pigment). They are adorned with
sumptuous silk brocades and silk armor, indicative of Edo Period Ningyo
artistry. Tallest Ningyo: 19 inches (48.25cm).
Japanese Art Site
SOLD A Group of Japanese Meiji Period Gold Lacquered Wood Lotus Blossoms. They were displayed on the altar of a Buddhist temple and represent rebirth and the cycle of life. Each flower is depicted in a different state of maturity. Late 19th Century. Height of the tallest flower: 30 inches (76cm).
Japanese Art Site
$5000.00 Japanese Musha Ningyo of Jimmu, the First Emperor of Japan, made by Beishu. Beishu has Mukei Bunkazai status (Important Intangible Cultural Property). His Shoki shows great craftsmanship, with silk hair, glass eyes, gofun face and hands, with sumptuous silk brocade. This magnificent sculpture reaches the level of the master work of Beishu, whose work is found in museums and important collections of the Showa Period in Japan. Signed and dated 1960. 20 inches (51cm) high.
Japanese Art Site
$5000.00 Japanese Musha Ningyo of Shoki the Demon Queller, made by
Beishu. Beishu has Mukei Bunkazai status (Important Intangible Cultural Property). His Shoki shows great craftsmanship, with silk hair,
glass eyes, gofun face and hands, with sumptuous silk brocade. This magnificent sculpture reaches the level of
the master work of Beishu, whose work is found in museums and important collections of the
Showa Period in Japan. Signed and dated 1960. 21 inches (53.25cm) high.
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Beautiful antique Japanese temple scroll from the Edo period (1615 -1867). The Buddha has left his physical being and attained enlightenment. After one of his close followers prepares a bed under the sal trees for him, the buddha dies. All the beings of the earth, good, evil, divine, and animal mourn his departure. The buddha is painted in gold leaf. Sumie ink and mineral colors. Provenance: from a Montclair, California estate. It measures 46" wide by 94" long.
Japanese Art Site
SOLD A 19th Century Isho Ningyo set of two Geisha entertainers, one a Koto Player, the other
the highest ranking Orian singing. They are of the finest quality. They
have beautifully carved faces and hands, and wear gorgeous, sumptuous brocades
with fantastic embroidery. The Orian has fine embroidery of a carp ascending a waterfall, a
crane, and turtles on waves. The Koto Player has embroidery of cherry blossoms
and patterns of gold threads. The Koto is made of paloma wood, teak, and
ivory. Geis...
Japanese Art Site
$6500.00 Japanese Meiji Period painted poloma wood door (sugido). Ink and pigment on a natural wood ground, depicting a peacock
perched on a flowering cherry tree, signed/sealed Sho[ryo], the reverse with
scattered cherry petals floating near a flowering dandelion plant. Possibly
featured in a retreat of the upper class. Height: 70.75 inches, 180 cm; Width: 34.25 inches, 87 cm.
Japanese Art Site
SOLD 18th Century Japanese Two Panel painted Screen of a Pine Tree and Landscape, set in gold painted
clouds floating in the image. An exceptional classic Japanese masterpiece.
The presence of this image changes with the light of the room. The painting techniques are sumptuous, giving the image
a heightened realistic experience. A similar screen was sold by Liza Hyde to the
Rockefeller collection. Height: 74.75 inches, 190 cm; Width: 67.25 inches, 171 cm.
Chinese : Antiquities : Pre 1900
item #1090512
Zentner Collection
SOLD Tranquil scene of a deer on a precarious cliff. From the master shiden school, shou yuan'nan Gu Hei- Old mortar calligraphy translation "one hundred blessings" with a cartouche.
Picture measures 62.5" high by 33.5" wide. Overall it measures 38 6/8" wide by 88" long. Ink and mineral colors on paper.
Japanese Art Site
$23,500.00 A rare late Edo Period four-panel silverized Japanese Screen. A fine scholar's composition
of bamboo, rocks, and a swallow in flight. A beautifully painted sumi, with a
fine oxidized silverized patina. It appears to have the original brocade
frame. The screen is in extraordinary condition for its age. A superb, museum quality screen and an important find. Height: 40 inches, 101.5 cm; Width: 72 inches, 183 cm.
Zentner Collection
$3,300.00 Japanese antique keyaki choba tansu from Fukushima prefecture Japan. Use as an accountant's chest. Beautiful lacquered elmwood burl with a translucent re-finish. Square locks an iron handles in excellent condition. Meiji Period, (1868-1912), circa 1880's. Size: 16" deep x 34.5" wide x 35" high
Rectangular photo or picture frame decorated with Sadeli micro mosaic in bone, metal and different woods. Old glass. Condition: very few missing inlays, one clip lost. Dimension: 22.5 cm x 14.6 cm, image: 15.8 cm x 10.1 cm.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese antique colored porcelain Imari charger with fluted and scalloped edges, in brocade paterning with phoenix birds in reverse patterning and floral designs. Blue underglaze with red, green colors, with gold Very rare to find this very large size: 24 3/8" diameter, small surface wear to gilt and very small loss to edge. Meiji Period, 19th century
Zentner Collection
$5,000.00 Five chinese blue and white tea cups made for the Japanese market. Grey/white glaze and underglaze cobalt blue of a deep indigo color depicts birds and flowers in a whimsical design. The cups were used in the Japanese tea ceremony. Fretting on the edges. 17th century. Cups measure 5" at lip.
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