A Thai Niello Silver Tea Caddy C1940. Base marked Silver 925%. Height 8.5 cm. Weight including thin liner 179gm. Slight dent on corner of cover

This lovely little sake cup was made in Karatsu in Edo period (1603-1868)
From Japanese private collection

Karatsu pottery is one of most desired pottery type in Japan based in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture since 15th century.
It is made from high in iron clay often decorated with an iron-based underglaze, giving an earthy and natural feeling to the fired items.

Width 7.2cm
Height 3.7cm
Weight 68g

Excellent antique condition.
No cracks. No chi...

Kawase Hasui
Sacred Mount Fuji
Date: 1936.
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.25 x 4.875 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hasui oval seal at lower right.
Reference: Hotei #Hb-s12
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back top corners have tape remnants.

Diameter approximately 27.5 cm. There are bits of chipped glaze on the rim. In good condition.

Diameter approximately 11 cm. There is a hairline at the cover. In good condition.

Diameter approximately 35.5 cm. There is dirt on the back of the plate, it can be cleaned. In good condition.

Diameter approximately 35.8 cm. There are bits of chipped glaze on the rim. The plate is thin. In good condition.

Height approximately 16.5 cm. In good condition.

Beautiful Japanese kusuri medical tansu made of kiri wood (paulownia) and sugi side frames (Japanese cypress or cryptomeria). With warm original finish and hand forged hardware. Lacquer dark reddish, brown and mahogany tones that shows well in lighter and dark rooms. Total of 102 individual drawers.

Edo Period late 18th early 19th Century

39" High x 34" Wide x 9" Deep

A beautiful Chinese pottery tomb figure of a female rider / Attendant on horseback holding a string instrument in her hand. The figure dates to Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD.

The figure is finely glazed in cobalt blue and turqoise colors. Pigmented colours in red, white and black.

She has an elaborate high headdress and was made with many finely painted details, high quality.

Size: c. 37 cm. high and 28 cm. long - a massive figure!

Condition: Choice, inta...

An exceptional Antique PATTANI THAI KRIS,19th Century, with fine waving steel blade, a carved wooden king fisher bird's head handle and golden metal button at the bottom of the handle. An original wooden sheath, total length 21". Good condition overall.

A very beautiful QING DYNASTY CHINESE ANTIQUE wedding box, with a carved handle depicting figures and a metal latch/fitting around the base. Good condition overall considering the age. Gorgeous color! Size: height 33 cm x width 34 cm.

A rare and very beautiful QING DYNASTY CHINESE low relief carved wedding box, depicting 2 Phoenix birds on the handle, the head of a dragon at the lock, 8 auspicious carved symbols at the base as well as metal fittings. Size: height 34 cm x width 31 cm.

Shoda Koho
Shrine Gate at Miyajima
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series (No. 1251).
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.125 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910s - 1938.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Artist's seal at lower right.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro/Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Condition: Slight toning.

A pair of wood and lacquered Niō, guardians of Buddhist temples, finely carved in polychromy with the muscles in evidence and the veins in relief. The Niō (Jp. = benevolent kings) are a pair of protectors – Agyō and Ungyō – who stand guard outside the gate of Japanese Buddhist temples, one on either side of the entrance. In Japan, the gate itself is often called Niō-mon 仁王門 (literally Niō Gate). Agyō, on the right, holds a Vajra, a legendary and ritual weapon that symboliz...

This is an Edo period Japanese book reprinted in the Taisho period (1920).It depicts everyday life in Japan during the Edo period. There is some rubbing on the cover, but there are no noticeable stains or damage. Size:length:19㎝　/　Width:13.5cm / 10 pages

This is a tsutsugaki silk children's kimono from the Edo period. It is a simple and auspicious design of treasure. No stains. There is one small 1mm hole on the back, but it is not noticeable. This is a hitoe kimono with no lining. size:: Length :110cm / 43.3" Cuff to cuff, across the back: 108cm / 42.5"

Very rare carving of the Three Wise Monkeys, sanzaru in Japanese, sitting on two logs. The one who hears no evil (kikazaru) and the one who speaks no evil (iwazaru) are sitting together. A little separated from them sits the one that sees no evil (mizaru). Carved in facet-cut (abstracted style) in soft cedar wood (sugi).

Signature in the bottom: Masahide.

Japan, first half of to mid-20th century.

H 3.25 x W 8.75 x D 2.1 in.

Short splinter on the base, otherwise very ...