Avant-garde and very beautiful genuine emerald ring 0.60ct, set with 3 baguette diamonds @ 0.43ct total weight in 18K 2-tone gold (sandblast finish for yellow gold). New.

Striking 18K Gold ring set with 2 pear shaped genuine rubies @ 1.16ct total weight and 12 diamonds @ 0.26ct total weight. New.

Stunning 18K. Solid Gold (76.5 gr.) Necklace set with one genuine oval deep red ruby @ 1.10 ct and 16 diamonds @ 0.22 ct. New.

Superb 18K gold ring set with practically flawless octagonal pigeon-blood ruby @ 1.06 ct., excellent light refraction, and 2 diamonds @ 0.11 ct. total weight; a medium sized ring, discreet... Suitable for Men as well as Women! This quality is very hard to find. New.

Superb Pigeon Blood Ruby, practically flawless and with excellent light refraction, @ 1.80 ct, 18 K. Gold Ring. Informal yet elegant, very rare! Suitable for Men as well as Women. New.

Attractive Ring set with a genuine octagon cut Burma Ruby @ 1.06ct. and 6 Baguette Diamonds @ 0.39ct. total weight, Bezel setting in 18K. Yellow Gold(13.61 grammes).

Superb Siam Ruby @ 2.46 ct., practically flawless with excellent light refraction, set with 22 Baguette Diamonds @ 2.06ct total weight, formal Ballerina 18K. White Gold Ring. Superior Pigeon Blood Ruby, excellent cut stone and extremely rare!

Standing Mandalay Buddha with flowing robes, holds both hands in the Varada gesture symbolizing fulfillment of all wishes, boon and charity. The Buddha's right hand is holding a myloban fruit offering and he stands on a Lotus throne. Wood with lacquer and gilding, 19th Century, Burma, Size: H. 125 cm x W. 26 cm x D. 26cm including base. (some repair work/regilding)

A Japanese bamboo pipe case with a cut relief design of a bearded old man with a fan, Okina from Noh play, Meiji period. Length 9".

A Japanese tissue or cloth holder for a tea ceremony, finely woven with a diamond design, the interior lined in leather, all held together with an ivory clasp carved as a lion's head (shishi) mask, Taisho period.

Nobori banners, carps, warrior's Yoroi and Kabuto helmets, samurai dolls and swords were all a part of the display used for Boy's Day (renamed Children's Day) on May 5th in Japan. They reflect the parents’ wish to inspire their sons in manliness, discipline, bravery and the honor codes that are associated with them.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi has been one of the popular characters for Boy’s Day. He was born in a peasant family and worked his way all the way up to top commander of Japan. His wa...

A pair of ceramic Cormorants by preeminent early 20th century Master Miyanaga Tozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The cormorant has a special place in Japanese art. Like the hawk is a bird used in hunting, the cormorant is a bird used in fishing. A rope would be tied around the long necks of any number of the birds, them then taken out into the water with huge torches burning on the prows of the fishing boats. When the birds dive for and down a fish, they cannot swallow it, and...

Gorgeous antique Japanese Kuruma tansu (wheeled chest), made of keyaki (elm) wood with all original finish and original heavy iron hardware, from the Etchu Area of Japan (ref. "Wadansu-shusei" by Kodansha), Edo Period c. 1830's. Size: 48 1/2" high x 56 1/2" wide x 29" deep. Exhibited: "Moving Cabinetry: Tansu from The Zentner Collection", Palo Alto Art Center, 2005.

A fine embroidered purse, probably made to hold tissues at a tea ceremony. The exterior is embroidered with Sagara embroidery (Peking knot), and has a sarasa design of stylized butterflies, birds and flowers. The sarasa (Indian Chintz), first came to Japan through the Nanban trading in the late 16th century and was tremendously favored by the tea masters and some daimyo (regional lords) during the Edo period. The colorful and exotic fabric originated in India (spread to Java, other parts o...

Waves lap at the dark shore crowded with cranes on this elegant 18th century paper screen embellished with clouds of gold flake signed Hokkyo Shunboku (O-oka Shunboku, 1680-1763). A bramble of dried bamboo hides one sleeping form, the others strut about oblivious to the frigid winter air. Turgid blue water rolls slowly behind, waves licking at the near shore. A fine example of the mid-Edo aesthetic; the screen is 67-1/2 by 148 inches (172 x 376 cm) and is in excellent condition, recently full...

Very fine Ayutthaya Bronze Buddha subduing Mara, mother of pearl inlaid eyes, dark patina, size: H.32 cm x W. 21 cm x D. 11 cm. very good condition, 17/18th Century, Siam

Gilt Lanna Thai Wooden Buddha, 19th Century, good condition, size: H. 16cm x 5cm x 4cm

Unusual ethnic gilded Lanna wooden Buddha from Northern Thailand, subduing Mara, 19th Century, size: H. 13cm x 4cm x 2cm