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$340.00 Burmese bronze standing elephant.
Age: Burma, Early 20th Century
The Kura
sold, with thanks! A pair of red and silver iron lotus flowers with long handles serving as Buddhist candle-stands, the light rising from within the sacred flower. Overall raw iron, the coloration of the flower petals is from silver and red lacquer. Each is 26.5 cm (10-1/2 inches) long and in excellent condition.
Southeast Asian : Metalwork : Pre 1920
item #1432134
(stock #WN282)
A brass kettle once used by the wealthy Malay to serve drinking water during weddings or festivals or it may have also been used to store water for washing the right hand after eating. Often produced by the Minangkabau brass or bronze casters of Western Sumatra. Movable handle. Condition: traces of usage, handle with remains of soldering. Dimension: c. 23.8 cm high, c. 26 cm long, weight: 1450 g. For similar pieces please visit the online Collection of the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapor...
The Kura
Sold, thank you! A tripod koro with custom silver lid and rosewood stand by Miura Chikusen II enclosed in a wooden box dated early Autumn 1920 signed by Ume, the mother of the second generation head of the family who died young that year. The white porcelain is roughly 15 cm (6 inches) tall on the stand, 10 cm (4 inches) diameter. This type of Sinophile work was very popular throughout the Meiji and Taisho periods, and Sencha steeped tea had a profound impact on Japanese culture at the time. For more on that s...
The Kura
sold, with thanks! A large and important work by Miyanaga Kozan of overall raw clay in a Nanban style with drips of color featuring a tiny colorful crab crawling out of a hollow in the base. It is 30.5 cm (12 inches) tall and in excellent condition, in an age darkened wooden collectors box titled Makuzu Yaki Kabin, Miyagwa Kozan Sei followed by a very large stamp. This is a rarity!
The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imp...
June Hastings
$550.00 An exceptional Japanese cloisonne enamel cigarette case with gold washed interior. A floral scene on each side features a chrysanthemum, or kiku, symbolizing perfection, long life, power and nobility.
Enameling is rich and vibrant, exhibiting very little or no wear. In excellent condition, this beauty measures 3.5" x 3"
Zentner Collection
$650.00 Antique Japanese Tobako-bon (tobacco box) with two small drawers. The top portion has an open square compartment lined with copper, a small rectangular-shaped space and another square compartment closed with a wooden lid. Just above the drawers is a long diagonal space to hold pipes. The box has a bamboo handle for carrying. Made with hardwood burl with dramatic swirling figure. Excellent original finish and condition.
Age: Early Taisho Period (c.1920) Dimensions: 6" high...
Southeast Asian : Textiles : Pre 1920
item #1432658
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Large Oushak Turkish hand knotted angora wool carpet with lovely color and deep luxurious pile, made with rich color vegetable died palette of rust gold reds and various blues with charcoal and apple greens.
Size: 14.4' x 15.9' Age: circa 1920s
Haruko Watanabe
Sold. Thank you. Futonji or shikimono (carpet) made of many pieces of hand-spun cotton cloth except for the lining. Most of pieces are vegetable indigo dyed and some with chawata (natural brown cotton)It has some holes and mending patches. Late 19th to early 20th century. 120cm x 130cm
Zentner Collection
$1,250.00 Antique Japanese scroll painting of a rugged mountain landscape. A house is nestled between trees and rock formations. A tiny figure in the lower mid-left climbs toward the house. Tanaka Hakuin (1866 - 1934)
Hakuin was born in Suruga Province (present Shizuoka Prefecture) in 1866.
His real given name was Keizaburo.
Hakuin is a pseudonym.
In 1883, when he was 17 years old, he went to Kyoto and became a disciple of Tanomura Chokunyu, master Nanga style painter.
Hakuin was good at painting...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese Zenga scroll painting of a scholar's cane or staff. Elongated vertical composition with calligraphy. Painted in sumi ink on paper. The seal with white on red says:
巨福山主
Kofuku Sanshu
"Chief Priest of Kofuku"
(Kofuku is the "mountain name" of Kenchō-ji temple in Kamakura)
The lower seal with red on white says:
曇華
Donge
So, these are the seals of Sugawara Donge (original name Sugawara Jihō) [1866-1956]
(The don means cloudy/overcast; ge means flower/...
Zentner Collection
SOLD An antique Japanese Haribako (sewing box) made of Tochinoki (Horse Chestnut) and Kiri (Paulownia) woods. Rare connected double Pine needle bronze handles representing good luck and longevity with Gumbai shaped hinges on the top. Vertical slot on the right upper back that was originally used to store a textile ruler called Shaku. Under the hinged lid lies a lift-out tray that hides a secret drawer behind.
Traditionally used by a seamstress or a wife to store sewing paraphernalia including...
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$1,275.00 Japanese large three(3) section Kimono Tansu with ornate decorative simple hardware, Ca. 1920, 60" high, 47" wide, upper section has two(2) sliding doors reveals open space with shelves on the right side, and two(2) small drawers for lady's necessary assortment and jewelry in the left side above three(3) large drawers horizontally next each other and middle drawer has lock compartment with very pretty flower shape metal lock backplate. Middle section contains three(3) pull out long trays for st...
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
Sold, Thank You! This beautiful vase is a truly Japanese expression of a classical Chinese form. Fashioned after Song Dynasty pieces that are thought to have been introduced in the 9th century from Syria, the fine Kinuta celadon glaze is masterfully recreated by one of the most skilled Kyoto potters of the Meiji period. The outer ring of the foot is unglazed showing the fine porcelain clay this piece is constructed from and the glazed center bears the seal of the Imperial Court Artist who fashioned this piece.
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Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1433495
(stock #Shotei114)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)(1871-1945)
Packhorse in Snow Print size: Approximately 3.75 x 2.5 inches. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Shotei seal at lower left. Date: Pre-1923 earthquake. Original blocks destroyed. Reference: Shotei catalog S-129. Medium: Japanese woodblock print tipped along its top edge to original card. Condition: Excellent.
Hawkes, Asian Art
~~~SOLD~~~ A jewel-like miniature ‘Imperial’ Satsuma vase, of baluster form with elephant head handles. One side is decorated with flowering lotus, the other with a gourd vine. The base has the signature Hogetsu beneath a blue Shimizu mon.
Approximately 9.7cm high. Perfect condition. Remarkably fresh looking with no wear to the enamels. Please study the photographs. For new customers resident in China sadly I have to state that I am no longer prepared to accept payment...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1434006
(stock #Ohara250)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Ohara Koson
White Eagle On Pine Branch During a Heavy Storm Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 13.5 x 7.375 inches. Date: ca. 1900s-1923. Koson signature and seal at upper right. Publisher: Daikokuya Reference: K13.10 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). Medium: Japanese woodblock print on heavy paper. Condition: Some darker areas near edge from former adhesive. Toning. Pencil notes on back. Mottled area at lower l...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese biwa, a plucked string lute instrument. Made of hardwood with kiri (paulownia) wood front, inlaid with bone and bamboo details. The four strings (missing) are struck with a wooden plectrum. This instrument is often used in narrative story telling. The biwa is the chosen instrument of Benten, the goddess of music, eloquence, poetry and education.
Age: Taisho Period (1912-1926) Dimensions: 35 1/2" long x 12" wide |