A pair of Japanese bronze Koi Carp fishes with artist sign.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
Size: Length 24 - 25.8 C.M. / Width 6.6 - 8.8 C.M. / Height 7.8 - 9.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. 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.

Black-patina bronze hare standing on its four legs.

There is only one Japanese word for both hare and rabbit : usagi. Hares hold an important place in Japanese myths and superstitions. As many other animals, they were believed to reach a fabulous age and become blue at five hundred.

Japan - Meiji Era (1868-1912) Height : 4.9 in. (12.5 cm) - width : 2.8 in. (7 cm) - depth : 4.5 in. (11.5 cm)

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Blue/White Square Water Pot (Brush Washer (筆筆) Painted with 4 Scholar’s Friend (四君子)-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Of square formed water pot (brush washer) painted in cobalt blue with orchid, plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum on the rocks, applied in blue tinged white glaze on interior and exterior overalls, with rising to the square lipped mouth, set on high four corner bracket legs with unglazed, the base white glazed. It’s in very good ...

A Very Rare/Fine Korean Pigment Enameled Buddhist Bodhisattva and attendants (신중도-神衆圖)-19th C. Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 19th century. Painted in Ink, colors and gold pigment on silk, depicting a bodhisattva surrounded by guardians and attendant deities (신중-神衆 : see below about it). It’s in good condition, and it measures (103.5 x 96.5cm (40.75” x 38”) painting only. Please note; It's removed from the original frame lately. ***Provenance: The collectio...

Black-patina bronze hare standing on its hind legs.

In Japanese, the hare and the rabbit are designated by a single word: usagi. The hare occupies an important place in the legends and superstitions of Japan. Like many other animals, it is supposed to reach a fabulous age and become blue at five hundred years.

Japan - Meiji Era (1868-1912)
Height: 5.7 in. (14.5 cm) - width: 2.8 in. (7 cm) - depth: 4.3 in. (11 cm)

A rare example Japanese zunari kabuto (samurai helmet) made all of iron with a mixed metal (gold & silver) design of a dragon amongst swirling clouds. The eyes and whiskers of the dragon are inlaid gold and it's body coils all the way around the hachi (dome). The mabizashi (visor) is edged in bronze and decorated with more wisps of clouds. The underside of the visor shows traces of original red lacquer. The shikoro (neck guard) has five layers and shows traces of black lacquer.

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Japanese blue and white ceramic jar.

Age: Japan, Showa Period, 20th Century
Size: Height 29.8 C.M. / Width 45.7 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. 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.

1900's Japanese Mixed Metal Censer with Bird Signed

It is 4.85 inches (12.3 cm) tall by 3.5 inches (9 cm) wide. It is 1 Lb.

It is tarnished and has rust, loss of gilding, oxidation, bent at the rim, re-solder ear, finial, and foot, gap at one foot, and surface wears and scratches. The finial is probably not original (as seen in the photos).

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Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Carved Elephant with Dragon & Turquoise Beads with Marble Finial

It is 8.77 inches (22.3 cm) tall by 9.4 inches (24 cm) wide. It is 2.6 Lb.

It has stains and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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19th Century Chinese Flambe Jun Style Ox Porcelain Stem Bowl

It is 4 inches (10.4 cm) tall by 9.6 inches (24.5 cm) wide. It is 3.5 Lb.

It has crazing, manufacture defect of glaze imperfection, firing cracks, and skip glazes (as seen in the photos).

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17th Century Chinese Celadon Color Jade Deep Carved Plaque with Duck on Wood Stand

It is 5.3 inches (13.5 cm) tall by 3.9 inches (10 cm) wide measured with stand. The plaque is 3.1 inches (8 cm) in length by 3.9 inches (10 cm) wide. It is 179.2 gram including stand.

It has small chips, inclusions, and the plaque is glued to the stand (as seen in the photos).

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Japanese Makie Wood Lacquer Box Kogo by Otomaru Kodo (1898-1997), Showa Period National Treasure 人間国宝 音丸耕堂

It is 1.2 inches (3.1 cm) tall by 2.05 inches (5.2 cm) wide. It is 55.1 gram.

It has a flea bite chips at the inner rims and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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A Japanese Satsuma moon flask vase with bae decorated with flowers and chrysanthemums in polychrome and gold enamels. Central rounded disc with 100 different species of birds approx on one side, in the other cherry tree in bloom with a pair of pheasants, sparrows and nightingales, along the band a pair of shi-shi with ring. Entirely decorated with gold in pastel shades from green to reddish brown, the quality and decorative perfection of the gold applied to all the figures is excellent. ...

A large greenish-reddish patinated bronze vase worked on relief of a falcon, with the head turned to the right, on a big branch that wraps the vase obliquely starting from the bottom up to the upper neck. Lobed rim and gilded eye of the falcon. Engraved Masayuki 正之 signature under the base. Meiji period late 19th century Sizes: 53 x 25 x 25 cm. – 7,2 kg. Condition report: Very good condition

Burmese bronze Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base.

Age: Burma, Shan Period, 17th Century
Size: Height 30.3 C.M. / Width 19 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall. 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.

An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (merchant chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Aka Matsu (Red Pine) woods. Beautiful original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish. Two full width drawers and sliding doors with horizontal slats that hide three small drawers on the right and a business books and records storage area on the left. Upper drawer features a lucky treasure bag lock plate with a stylized Mt Fuji lock plate below.

All sides feature horizontal slates for strength ...

3 embroidered silk panels. Birds and butterflies flying among bamboos are embroidered in colored silk on a yellow background. In the 1970s in Nice (south ofFrance), the saleswoman claimed to be the granddaughter of an imperial concubine who had been able to bring back only these 3 panels as a memory when she left China at the fall of the Qing. I don't think it was an invented story because in the 70s Chinese objects had little interest and their price was low, but above all, the story was told t...

Antique Japanese Yokohagi Okegawa Dō samurai armor of the Edo Period (early 19th century). The kabuto (helmet) is of 64 ken plate construction with a dramatic maedate in the form of a dragon fish flanked by cresting waves. As the story tells, the gods took notice of a koi fish who was trying to swim up a waterfall, rewarding its perseverance by changing it into a dragon. The dragon fish became a symbol of strength and determination in the face of an uphill battle - an appropriate symbol for ...