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Antique Japanese set of four lotus leaves and blossoms. Carved of wood and lacquered silver. Made for a Buddhist altar, these leaves and blossoms symbolize the stages of the path toward enlightenment. Every petal of the lotus flower is carved separately. Each blossom and leaf comes fitted with a custom metal stand so they can be rearranged at will.
Age: Taisho Period Dimensions: approx 24"hight (tallest leaf) Antique Japanese root wood basket. Made of a single piece of carved burl. Beautiful grain.
Age: Taisho Period Dimensions: 5 1/4" high x 12" long x 7 3/4" wide
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1491501
(stock #Koitsu782)
Era Woodblock Prints
$150 Tsuchiya Koitsu
Lake Chuzenji in Nikko Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches. Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Date: 1930s. Koitsu's Shinsei seal at lower left. Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-121. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Faint mark in snow near title.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1491500
(stock #Koitsu783)
Era Woodblock Prints
$160 Tsuchiya Koitsu
Asakusa Temple (Sensoji) Main Gate Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Round Takemura seal lower right. Date: 1930s. Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches. Title and Koitsu's Kiyoshi seal at left. Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-136. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Dragon's Pearl
$1,500.00 Antique Japanese Lacquer Fubako,
a box used to store document. Of deep rectangular shape, decorated with twigs of different flowers, mainly chrysanthemum and morning glory and leaves in gold and silver hira maki-e on a gold nashiji ground. The interior in loose nashiji on black ground. Fitted with two metal mon rings.
Size: L 38 x W 7,5 x 8,5 cm.
Edo (1603-1868) 19th century.
Condition: Good with a few minor nicks along the inner corner of the lid(see last picture). Some wear related to age...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1491483
(stock #Ide020)
Era Woodblock Prints
$100 Ide Gakusui
Plum Tree Size: Approximately 5.75 x 3.825 inches. Date: 1950s-60s. Gakusui signature and seal lower left. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo Woodblock print is tipped along its top edge only to original 7 x 4.5-inch blank card. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1491482
(stock #Tomoe022)
Tomoe (after Hasui)
Rainy Street Scene (This smaller unsealed print is clearly based on "City in the Rain" by Kawase Hasui). Date: 1950s-60s. Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to original blank card (7 x 4.625 inches). Condition: Excellent.
The Kura
$1,200.00 The ultimate in tranquility, a sage aloft his peak gazing out at the fresh green landscape, one can hear the rush of the falls in the distance, and occasional birdsong on the spring breeze. The painting is by Shirakura Niho and comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kankyo Chosen (Leisure Life at the Quiet Spring). Ink & Pigment on Silk, it is 54.5 x 134.5 cm (21-1/2 x 53 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Shirakura Kinichiro (Kinro, Niho or Jiho, Kanyu, 1896-1974)...
The Kura
$1,200.00 A tiny figure sails on the placid lake depicted among exaggerated precipices of this early landscape by Shirakura Niho enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shunpu Taito. Ink & Light color on Silk, it is 59 x 130 cm (23-1/4 x 51 inches) and is in overall excellent condition.
Shirakura Kinichiro (Kinro, Niho or Jiho, Kanyu, 1896-1974) was born the first son of lawyer and scholar Shirakura Shigeichi in Shibata city, Niigata. His father was a noted Kangakusha, the pre-modern Ja...
The Kura
$1,350.00 A quintessential image of a tiny bean-shaped figure lost in thought, perhaps staring out to sea on a sunny hillock before cascading water in lush Spring-green washes by Shirakura Niho enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Enpokihan (Distant Sails Returning). Ink & Light color on Silk in fresh green extended with beige featuring bone rollers. It is 64 x 143.5 cm (25 x 56-1/2 inches) and is in overall excellent condition.
Shirakura Kinichiro (Kinro, Niho or Jiho, Kanyu, 1896-1...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$2,800.00 This is an amazing work of art, a quashed flaring bucket form covered in hi-iro flame color and natural ash glaze with large silver repairs by Shigaraki legend Tsuji Seimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Yohen Mizusashi. Fired on its side, the piece has warped slightly in the conflagration, flying ash and embers settling on the inside opposite where it has adhered to the kiln floor, apparent as a large kutsuki above a large silver repair. Where it has gone oblong, the artist...
Haruko Watanabe
$1,500.00 Futonji with tsutsugaki (glue resist dye by free hand) made of hand spun cotton. It has traditional "Karajishi-Botan", imaginary lion and peony motif. The green ground cloth is dyed with vegetable indigo and natural yellow, the painting is colored with pigments. It is remade to futonji from originally yogi, which is a futon in the shape of kimono. The tsutsugaki technique is excellent and in excellent condition. Meiji period (1868~1912).
Oldbailey Antiques
$2,200.00 This is an authentic nephrite pendant dating to the Qing dynasty. Two zoomorphic figures frame the central bi on this exceptionally well-carved object. The piece shows substantial alteration in the stone, which is of a grayish hue with a large darker area on one side. Height is 2-3/4" by 3-1/4" in width. Please examine the photos which accurately capture the color and carving quality.
Oldbailey Antiques
$4,500.00
This is an authentic, ancient Chinese Nephrite Jade ritual object known as a BI, dating to the Late Neolithic Period, 2100-1600BCE. The piece consists of two arc-shaped sections, as shown in the photos. It is quite substantial, measuring 21.8cm in diameter. PLEASE NOTE: if you collect in this area, you are undoubtedly aware that the market is flooded with later copies and fakes, often labeled "archaistic" and selling for relatively low prices. This piece has been examined and authenticated by...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1491443
(stock #Unidentif202)
Era Woodblock Prints
$120 Takahashi Shotei
Night Scene of Mabashi, near Tokyo (This smaller unsealed print is clearly based on the above Shotei chuban design.) Date: 1950s-60s. Size: 5.75 x 3.625 inches Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to original blank card (7 x 4.625 inches). Condition: Excellent.
Oldbailey Antiques
$6,000.00 This is an authentic, ancient Chinese Nephrite Jade ritual object known as a Cong, dating to the Late Neolithic Period, 2100-1600BCE. The piece is quite substantial, measuring 4" in height by 3-1/8" in width. PLEASE NOTE: if you collect in this area, you are undoubtedly aware that the market is flooded with later copies and fakes, often labeled "archaistic" and selling for relatively low prices. This piece has been examined and authenticated by an expert who is perhaps the preeminent authority o...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1491437
(stock #Hasui662)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Evening Snow at Terajima Village Date: 1950-60s. Size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches. Woodblock print is attached along its top edge only to original blank card. Card size: Approximately 7 x 4.5 inches. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Not sealed by the artist. We've had a later sealed example. Condition: Excellent. A fine Japanese cloisonné cigarette case. The top showing a cartouche with a bird flying among flowers on a green ground, the rock with little aventurine. The reverse with blossoms. The interior, the edges and wires are gilt. Condition: fine, minor traces of usage. Dimension: c. 8.8 x 7.7 x 1 cm.
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