Do not let size fool you, this dainty work by Matsushima Iwao is flabbergasting, and will keep you wondering for days how he created it. It is core-formed glass, a process few have mastered, where variously colored rods, some infused with gold or other precious metals are heated and slowly built up over heat like forming a clay pot by coil and pinching (terribly oversimplified). According to the New Bedford Museum of Glass, “Long before the invention of the glass blow-pipe, which took place ...

Tsukioka Kogyo (1869-1927)
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Date: 1900 or earlier.
Size: Shikishiban. 9.75 x 9.25 inches.
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi (Daikokuya).
Signed.
Edition: First/early.
Provenance: Purchased from family who acquired in Japan on a 1900 world tour.
Woodblock print is adhered to board.
Condition: Edge toning. Minor marks.

ASAKUSA OPERA HOUSE 1941

Old Japanese oil painting on wooden board, with a scarce Tokyo's street scene with an external appearance of Asakusa Opera-kan Theater once existed until the prewar time (closed in 1944). Signed as 'Asakusa Opera-kan by Iino Keijiro, 1941' on the backside (signed as '40 at front side). 33.1 x 23.9 x 0.5 cm (13.03 x 9.40 x 0.19in). Such a unique work in decadent atmosphere during the wartime with the landmark of entertainment in contrast. ...

Chogappo made of fragments of ramie which is recycled from old textiles. Pojagi is the general name for the wrapping cloth and "chogappo" is one kind of pojagi which is patchworked with asa (choma or hemp) fragments. (Reference source: "Korean Embroidery and Wrapping Cloths from the Choson Dynasty" published by Japan Art & Culture Association in 1995). Both warps and wefts are hand-plied. Hemp or ramie ones are for wrapping summer clothing. In excellent condition except for a mending and two pin...

BASIC SEWING STITCH SAMPLE BOOK

Handmade sample book by a Japanese school girl who takes Western sewing course, well-organized and well-designed to be able to look at the both sides of stitching for one sample (16 pp.). Showa period, 20th century. 41 x 17.5 x 1.5 cm (16.14 x 6.88 x 0.59in)


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Burmese alabaster Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with inlay of colorful glass pieces on the headband, borders of the robes and gilding.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 41 C.M. / Width 39.6 C.M. / Depth 16 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual...

Japanese woodblock print by the artist Kazuhiko Sanmonji entitled "Zen Garden of Ryoanji". Printed in gray, brown and yellow ink on paper. Signed and titled in pencil. Dated 1999. Artist proof.

Dimensions: Size of paper: 4 3/4" high x 13 1/2" long. Size of art including signature: 3" high x 12 1/2" long

A rare antique Iwayado Kuruma Choba Tansu (wheeled merchant chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Kijiro Urushi lacquer. Featured metalwork includes motifs of Chrysanthemums and Pine trees symbolizing the Takasago Immortal couple. Unusual pod shaped designs on the recessed drawers.

Age: Meiji period (1870-1880). Exhibited in the Palo Alto Cultureal Museum 1995.

Providence:Zentner Private Family Collection