Eijer, Dieuwke, Kagamibuta, Mirrors of Japanese Life and Legend, The Baur Collection / Heinz Kaempfer Fund (Geneva / Leiden), 1994. 95 pages, numerous b/w and color illustrations. Extensive description of the history, materials, techniques of kagamibuta, its subject matter and kagamibuta makers, richly illustrated with excellent photos of pieces from the Baur Collection and from private collections. The appendix contains a list of kagamibuta makers with their signatures and biographic informatio...

A Karatsu style shuhai sake cup with cream glaze decorated inside and out by the Zen Priest Nakahara Nantenbo, a priest who was instrumental in reviving the Zen tradition in the beginning of the 20th century. Circling the circumference is a seven character inscription, the first six reading Kaisei Fugetsu O Kan, the last we have not been able to read. Written inside is an image of the priests infamous staff from which he derived his name, and in large characters NANTENBO, written by a 65 Year ...

in the form of Naga with stylized flower motif, decorated with colorful glass pieces.

Age: Thai, Mid Bangkok period, circa 19th century
Measurement: Height 122 C.M. (including stand 137.5 C.M.)
Width 42 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall, with missing glass pieces, natural cracks and wears due to age. 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. ...

in the form of Hanuman, the Monkey God who is a leading character in Ramayana, decorated with colorful glass pieces.

Age: Thai, Mid Bangkok period, circa 19th century
Measurement: Height 115.7 C.M. (including stand 128.5 C.M.)
Width 44.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall, with missing glass pieces, natural cracks and wears due to age. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Plea...

in the form of Hanuman, the Monkey God who is a leading character in Ramayana, decorated with colorful glass pieces.

Age: Thai, Mid Bangkok period, circa 19th century
Measurement: Height 121.8 C.M. (including stand 133 C.M.)
Width 42.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall, with missing glass pieces, natural cracks and wears due to age. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please...

in the form of Hanuman, the Monkey God who is a leading character in Ramayana, decorated with colorful glass pieces.

Age: Thai, Mid Bangkok period, circa 19th century
Measurement: Height 131 C.M. (including stand 143 C.M.)
Width 43.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall, with missing glass pieces, natural cracks and wears due to age. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e...

in the form of Hanuman, the Monkey God who is a leading character in Ramayana, decorated with colorful glass pieces.

Age: Thai, Mid Bangkok period, circa 19th century
Measurement: Height 120 C.M. (including stand 132 C.M.)
Width 43.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall, with missing glass pieces, natural cracks and wears due to age. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e...

in the form of Hanuman, the Monkey God who is a leading character in Ramayana, decorated with colorful glass pieces.

Age: Thai, Mid Bangkok period, circa 19th century
Measurement: Height 113 C.M. (including stand 125.5 C.M.)
Width 44.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall, with missing glass pieces, natural cracks and wears due to age. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please...

in the form of Hanuman, the Monkey God who is a leading character in Ramayana, decorated with colorful glass pieces.

Age: Thai, Mid Bangkok period, circa 19th century
Measurement: Height 118.5 C.M. (including stand 131.5 C.M.)
Width 42 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall, with missing glass pieces, natural cracks and wears due to age. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please...

Japanese antique nobori banner, hand painted on cotton, a tiger in bamboo grove. The style of the painting is derived from ancient Korean paintings of tigers. It is a style that became popular in Japan from the 16th century and you will see many screens and scrolls of tigers painted in this manner. The popularity of these paintings in this style continued throughout the Edo period(1608-1868) and into the Meiji era. The quality of the artwork tells us that this nobori is likely to have been done ...

A beautiful Chinese lacquer box, with an apocryphal Qianlong gold tone metal plate on the underside. This unique box has China painted on the inside which indicates about an 1890 date when the McKinley act was introduced. The box measures 5 3/4" x 4" x 2" and is very dense and heavy for its size. It is a charming and inexpensive example for your existing lacquer collection.

Japanese cloth taken from an old futon bed cover, decorated with an auspicious motif of pine, bamboo and plum blossoms. The evergreen pine symbolizes the strength and devotion of men; plum blossoms are the purity, subtle beauty and inner strength of women. Bamboos are often used to describe the personality of men and women; for example, a person being as straight (honest) as bamboo, it could also mean flexible (bendable) to a large extent. When pine (matsu, SHO), bamboo (take, CHIKU) and plum ...

Antique Japanese silver kanzashi, the upper design part is gold plated with finely engraved three oak leaves. *This was one of the most popular crests among the warrior samurai class particularily among close devotees of Shinto. Top quality hand cut metal work. Circa (we think) Meiji period (1868-1912). 6 3/4" long and 1 3/8" in width.

*The Elements of Japanese Desgn by John W. Dower

Japanese Kanzashi hairpin, maki-e on hand carved wood. A dadaiko (large drum used for court music) and maku (outdoor fence made out of cloth) under the maple trees. They are pictorial subjects from chapter 7 of The Tale Of Genji, Momiji no Ga (An Autumn Excursion). There is a famous scene frequently illustrated from this chapter; Genji, a young and handsome grandson of the emperor, danced 'Sei Kai Ha", Waves of the Blue Ocean, with a maple branch on his crown, which made all the jaws of court ...

Antique Japanese inro, makie designs of phoenix (ho-o bird) on black lacquer. These large inro are sometimes referred to as sumo wrestler's inro, written "Kahei nuri". The last letter (kao like) is probably "nuri" which means painted or coated with. To roughly quote the Wrangham Index of Inro Artists – according to Soken Kisho, Kahei was a mysterious makie artist that lived in Kyoto during the 18th century. He was prominent enough to have his work called Kahei–nuri, after his name. ...

A very unusual pale yellow-green (kiji) porcelain vase in the shape of a Chinese Gu by Seiji Celadon master Suwa Sozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Fretwork and a roiling dragon body have been softly engraved into the sides; the slightest variation in tone the only hint to the subtle design-work. The vase is 11-1/2 inches (29 cm) tall, 6 inches (15 cm) diameter and in fine condition. Sozan (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishikawa prefecture, where he initial...

This baluster form vase is quite large by Japanese standards at 14 inches (35 cm) tall and in perfect condition. Chrysanthemums decorate the sides in rich, dark blue. There is a slight yellow tinge to the white glaze. It is signed on the base Makuzu Kozan Sei. The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of the Kyoto pottery family Miyagawa Chozo. The Kozan kiln as we know...

Finely crackled which glaze covers this late Meiji Chinese inspired form clearly stamped inside the footring Tozan Ito Tozan. There is an incredible sense of mastery in the concise lines and perfectly sculpted form. It is 13 inches (33 cm) tall, 10 inches (26 cm) diameter and in excellent condition, enclosed in an older custom made wooden box.