A contemporary Korean side cabinet that doubles as a nightstand. Made of Paulownia wood. Door hinges are designed in the shape of lucky gourds.

Age: 1980's

Dimensions: 22" Wide by 26" High by 22" Deep

Antique Japanese drum with handle. Lacquered black on sides and wooden handle. Decorated with Tachibana mon (Mandarin-orange flower) in red lacquer on one side and black lacquer on the other. Red characters on one side.

Edo Period (early 19th century)

Dimensions: 16" long x 8 1/2" wide diameter x 2 1/2" deep

An absolutely exceptional and unique object, a pagoda roof in cast bronze, very heavy, gilded and inlaid with glass paste. If there are some rare examples of Chinese gilded bronzes inlaid with hard stones and some even rarer inlaid with transparent glass, to my knowledge we do not know of any other inlaid with glass paste. Here the glass imitates perfectly the white jade, the lapis lazuli, the ruby, the green jadeite emerald. The use of glass paste in 18th century China is not a depreciative e...

An antique Japanese Niigata Kasane (chest on chest) Tansu made of all Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. Original hand forged iron hardware with a hand applied red lacquer finish. Kakute stye handles. Four large drawers with a small hinged door that hides 2 small drawers. Constructed using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and hardened wooden nails. Each section has two sets of carrying handles for ease of transport and placement.

Its large size would accommodate a nice collection of tex...

An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Chapel France that was made in 1960 and numbered 11 of 120. Deep purple hues border a silvery road which visually leads to the bare branches of a tree in winter. The focus then turns to a somewhat distant church in the background which is this prints main theme. Saito then layered this print with textured paint adding a depth unlike most of his other prints. With watermark and stamped artist label on back stating “self-carved...

Shoda Koho
Lake Biwa
Hasegawa Night Scenes series, no. 1247.
Date: 1910s-1938.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.125 x 7.5 inches
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro/Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Artist's seal at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Exceptionally rare cast iron bathtub. China 18° or before. The body is supported by four feet representing Buddhist lion heads. 4 large mobile rings fixed laterally allowed to move the object. The sides are decorated with large flowering plants in 3 cartouches, in the 4th there is nothing. I think there must have been a lacquer pattern in high relief, which has ,today,disappeared. In the past I have seen a cast iron stove with identical feet that had large lacquer "Bonji"characters, I attach a ...

This is a japanese antique Edo period tsutsugaki Natural Indigo Multicolor Pigment Hemp Wall The design is a very rare design with a very auspicious pattern of sacred shimenawa and pine, bamboo and plum.It has discoloration and repair marks, but is in good condition for the remnants.You can easily decorate it on the wall. Recommended for your antique collection. Size::length：144cm(56.6inch) / width:68cm (26.7inch) It separates a holy place from other unclean places and is considered a barr...

This is a Japanese antique child kimono of natural indigo dye hand Yuzen-dyed on handspun, in Edo period. There is a slight slight stain, but it is not noticeable. There are very light stains and small repair marks, but it is inconspicuous, undamaged and in very good Recommended for your antique collection. ::Length:98cm(38.5inch) / Cuff to cuff, across the back:86cm(33.8inch)

Tang/Five Dynasties, stoneware jar with light olive green glaze and reddish clay body. The foot is rimless and concave. There is a “Jun” type glaze run on the body noted in enlargements- probably unintentional but interesting nonetheless. I have done simple repair on the mouth by filling a shallow chip and applying a layer of gold leaf. H: 12cm/4.8in and D: 9cm/3.5in.

Antique Japanese porcelain kogo (incense box). Round in form and flat on top. Glazed with a lovely crackled white ground and two blue butterflies, one on the lid and one on the side where the two pieces join. Signed "Taisuiken" on the inside of the lid. With original tomobako.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 4 3/8" wide x 1 1/2" high

Antique Japanese Seto Ware stoneware ishizara (food plate). Covered with a cream colored slip and painted with a pair of crayfish in gosu blue glaze. Produced in or around the city of Seto in Aichi Prefecture. Seto is considered one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.

Age: Tokugawa Shogunate, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century).

Dimensions: 8 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" high

Woodblock print of a maiko. She sits in profile, dressed in a flowing kimono decorated with a colorful fan motif. Here ornate obi is embellished with details in gold leaf. In the background is a design of waves in blue and white on a dark gray ground.

Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout Japan but also in America, Mexico, Africa and Europe. He started making woodblock prints early in his middle school days and was prolific until his death in 1988 at age 74. He...

An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Flower and a Girl (10) printed in 1971 and numbered 14/80. Rare print in a low edition of a girl in profile viewing a colorful flower.

Print size including title: 21 1/4" High by 14 7/8" Wide. Total size including border approximately 24" High by 18" Wide.

Woodblock print of a maiko playing cards. Seated with her back toward the viewer, displaying her richly embroidered obi with flying cranes, she looks over her shoulder and demurely displays the card in her hand, the ace of hearts. The background is decorated with a pattern similar to that of her obi, flying cranes and swirling water with applied flecks of gold leaf on a yellow ground.

>Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout Japan but also in America, Mexico, Afri...

Untitled woodblock print of a mountain village and two figures by Jun-ichirô Sekino (1914-1988). A monochromatic rural scene depicting a row of buildings against a backdrop of trees. In the foreground is a man with net and a boy carrying two buckets on a pole across his shoulders. A lovely example of Sekino's interest in patterns (especially rooftops) combined with his appreciation for people in their familiar surroundings.

Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout ...

A large Chinese Canton enamel bowl finely painted with flowers and peaches on a ruby-red ground. The interior with turquoise, the base with white enamel. Condition: footrim with three small enamel losses, few hairlines. Good - regarding the age and delicacy of the material. Please consult the photos, they make part of the condition report. Dimension approx.: bowl: diameter: 15.3 cm, height: 7.1 cm.

This is a Japanese antique child kimono hand Yuzen-dyed on handspun & natural hemp safflower-dyed fabric, from the Edo period. There is a slight slight stain, but it is not noticeable. There is no damage and it is in very good condition.Size::Length:99cm(38.9inch) / Cuff to cuff, across the back:93cm(36.6inch)