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Zentner Collection
On Hold Japanese Buddhist devotional plaque made of bronze with design of lotus blossoms and braided cord tied in a bow. This keman would have hung in a temple as an offering for the Buddha. Age: Meiji Period (19th century).
Size: 14.50" high x 10.25" wide.
Momoyama Gallery
sold Museum piece from the Late Edo Period (could be earlier) from Iga in Mie Prefecture near Shigaraki, another great kiln producing area outside of Kyoto. If you are a ceramic collector you know, that a piece like this is very, very rare. Size: 26.5 centimeters in height, diameter 11 centimeters, trunk diameter 12.5 centimeters, 1300 grams in weight. Excellent condition. Shipping cost included.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese three-section kimono tansu made from kiri wood, its mid and bottom section has five long drawers with round metal lockplates that slide open to reveal a keyhole, and two warabite handles adorned with flora. The topmost section of the tansu has two smaller drawers with a single handle each, topped with two sliding panel doors, opening to a shelved interior and two more small drawers with adorable twin fish handle pulls.
Size: 61.5" height, 45.5" width, 16" depth
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1322454
(stock #Ohara098)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Ohara Koson
Three goldfish and flowering wisteria Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches. Date: ca. 1900s-23. Bears Koson seal. Publisher: Daikokuya (86). Reference: K39.14 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). Condition: Excellent with small red dash above the lowest fish and faint smudge to the left. Pencil number on back. Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1326010
(stock #Ohara115)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Ohara Koson
Six pigeons in flight, an orange sky behind Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches. Date: ca. 1900s-1923. Bears Koson signature and seal. Publisher: Daikokuya (47) Reference: K36.11 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back. Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1351366
(stock #Hasui274)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Spring Rain at Arakawa (Literally "May Rain") Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches. Date: 1932. Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. Also bears the Doi watermark. "Made in Japan" stamped on verso. This seal combination indicates printing between 1950-1963. Excellent color and condition.
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, with thanks! A spectacular work by Maeda Masahiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iro-e Kin-gin-sai Mentori Hachi (Faceted Bowl with Gold, Silver and Colored Decoration). It is roughly 6-1/2 inches (16.5 cm) diameter, 5-1/4 inches (14 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Maeda Masahiro (b. 1948) graduated the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts in 1975where he received instruction from Living National Treasure Fujimoto Yoshimichi and Tamura Koichi as well as Asano Akira...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1990
item #1368592
(stock #Hironaga001)
Era Woodblock Prints
$945 Takehiko Hironaga (b. 1935)
A Store in Kakunodate (2) - From the Akita / Kakunodate Series Japanese title: Kakunodate no Shouho 角館の商舗 (2) Size: 24 x 18.5 inches. Date: 1982. Edition: 23/50. Condition: Excellent. Right margin has toning. Hironaga traveled throughout Japan to make prints of its traditional buildings. The influence of his friend Kiyoshi Saito is apparent in this work.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1369079
(stock #Hasui334)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Rain at Shinobazu Pond Date: 1929. Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. A lifetime edition bearing the Watanabe 6 mm seal faintly on the bench to the right of the Hasui seal. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Top back margin has two pieces of tape.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese 3 section kimono tansu, made with Kiri (paulownia) wood in its original, natural finish. The top unit has three medium size drawers underneath two sliding panels. The left upper compartment with single shelf and the right upper compartment with the two smallest drawers below a shelf space. The two lower sections are comprised of 3 drawers each.
Taisho period (1912-1925) Dimensions: 45 3/4" L x 16" D x 61" H
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Ko Tansu with the original finish. The tansu has 6 drawers. Three top drawers, 2 middle drawers with iron locks and a large bottom drawer.
Date: Edo Period (1603-1868) Dimensions: 19"tall X 32" long X 15" deep
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1410687
(stock #Shotei098)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Okabe Date: Pre-1936 (ca. 1927). Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.75 inches. Artist's seal lower left. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Reference: M-39 in Shotei catalog. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1415245
(stock #Hasui463)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Late Autumn Rain, Nanzen Temple, Kyoto Date: 1951 Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6mm seal at lower right, indicating a first state produced between 1946-1957. Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.25 inches. Reference: Hotei #562. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent. Back margins have tape residue. Slight fading.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1418806
(stock #Hasui469)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Tanigumi Temple, Mino Date: 1947. Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. A first edition bearing the 6mm seal in the lower right corner. Reference: Hotei #498. "The Tanigumi temple was first built in 798 and belongs to the Tendai sect of Buddhism. Mino province corresponds to part of present-day Gifu prefecture." Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent color. Light crease at top center...
Zentner Collection
SOLD A rare antique Japanese very large size bronze Giboshi (bridge post finial). The upper section represents the sacred Hoju, a jewel that brings dreams into fruition. Also, its form symbolizes an onion which is thought to ward off evil spirits. It is of unknown Japanese origin but by its shear size, it would have been used in a Shinto Shrine building or a large footbridge.
Age: Edo Period (1603-1868) Dimensions: 21" High x 12 1/2" Diameter
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, with thanks! Tarnished beaded silver is draped in gold over which runs a deep forest green on this apple shaped chawan by innovative artist Ichikawa Toru enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A thick gold tinged bead dangles from one side, and bubbly dark glaze pools within. It is 11.5 cm (4-1/2 inches9 diameter and in excellent condition. He really takes things to the extreme, challenging and yet incorporating something of the idea of Wabi into his outlandish works...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1488216
(stock #Koitsu766)
Era Woodblock Prints
$945 Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949)
Lake Kawaguchi Date: 1933. Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches. Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Doi watermarked paper. Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. This seal combination indicates a 1950-1963 edition. Reference: Koitsu catalog TK-DH-6. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Short dash mark in right sky. Very slight creasing at upper right. Notes: This spectacular Fuji view features embossed clouds...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1328666
(stock #Shotei056)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Snow at Asakusa Kannon-do Date: Pre-1936. Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.75 inches. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Reference: M-22 in Shotei catalog. Provenance: From the collection of Canadian missionary Sybil Courtice, who was in Japan from the early 20th century up until WWII. Condition: Excellent. |