Description : A Houtian jade Bead was in slender olival shape.
Used as a hanging piece, the jade piece was in elegant form with obvious incursions on the surface caused by age.

這件玉器雖為小件，但是氣質簡雅。 器型修長，比例合宜。 為通心穿孔，可見原本即為飾品之用。 玉質為典型荔枝白，為和闐玉中最受藏家所喜愛鑒賞的。 玉表面受沁，為老件自然現象，更顯其年代風味。 從玉質與器型上看，�...

Description : A Jadeite Pendant was in great quality.
In clear green and transparent tint, this Jadeite piece was in elegant mood used as a hanging piece.

Date:Modern.
Dimension:4.5cmx2.8cm

It is a collection from an elegant lady now retired from collection field.

Perfect for the humble entrance of a tea room, an orthodox wall vase by legendary Atarashi Kanji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Tabi-makura Kake-Hanaire (Travel Pillow Hanging Vase). It is 10.5 cm (4 inches) diameter, 17 cm (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Atarashi Kanji was born in Osaka in 1944, and graduated the Osaka College of Craft design. After 3 years in Kobe, and 4 in Kishiwada (Wakayama) he came to settle in Iga, where he was one of the dri...

In Japan, woven baskets such as this are often referred to as “karamono” (Chinese style) to denote their stylistic origins tending towards symmetrical proportions and tight weaves. Though the maker and date of production for this piece are unknown, judging from appearance it was likely crafted in Late Edo or in Meiji—with the box being furnished at the time Houn-sai granted his endorsement. Generally speaking, it is more common for Tea Masters to certify and endorse pieces of known origin,...

Third son of the director of the Kano School of painting, Yasunobu was appointed head of the Kyoto branch at a young age after his father’s death. Meanwhile, his two older brothers went to Edo to take up prestigious positions painting for the Tokugawa Shogunate. In 1662 Yasunobu gained the honorific title of “Hogen,” and near the end of his life in his 70s he wrote a treatise on the art of painting that would server as a central doctrine for later generations of painters. Here we see a str...

Large cloth which is recycled from hemp maku (shroud) with Tomoe-mon crest (three-way), dyed with vegetable indigo and painted with sumi (ink). Both warp and weft yarn are hand-plied. The original maku might have been used in the temple or shirine, or on the occasion of rites and festivals. Generally in god condition but has a few mending patches and the indigo blue faded parts and wear. 19th century. 148cm x 2m80cm

"Hong Kong" made Hardwood large Square display Stand, 8" square, 1 1/8" high, highly polished finish, supported by 4 corner curved feet, small piece of curved feet glued.

PAIR OF CANDLE STANDS

Wooden candlestands in the form with such massiveness, early 20th century, Korea, approx. H 18 x D 11cm (7.08 x 4.33in) each. Aged deterioration as is as seen.


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A voluminous ink landscape built around two scholars viewing the cascade dropping into the canyon on this huge scroll by Tanaka Hakuin enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated Meiji 45 (1912). Performed with rich black ink against the sheer white paper, the mountainous crags and leafy forms built up in layers of gray and black. The scene is mounted in patterned silk with white piping in the Mincho style popular among literati painters in the era, and features huge bone rollers. It is ...

A colorful pair of hips by Matsuda Yuriko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kinsai Aka-e Shiri -Goo- (Red and Gold Decorated Porcelain Buttocks, -Goo-. It was exhibited at the Ilmin Museum of Art exhibition: “Its Horizontal Its Vertical” in Seoul South Korea in 1997 and retains the original artist made stand as well as the exhibition pamphlet. The piece is 43 x 32.5 x 14 cm (17 x 13 x 5-1/2 inches) excluding the stand, and is in excellent condition.
Matsuda Yuriko ...

A full 7 piece Steeped Tea Sencha Tea Set by Kiyomizu Rokubei enclosed in the original age darkened wooden box titled Seika Sansui Chaki. There are five cups, a teapot with lid, and a cooling dish. Each piece is decorated with a unique scene and poem, no two are alike. They show the mastery of brushwork this important potter, originally trained as a painter, possessed. The cups are 8 cm (3-1/4 inches) diameter and all is in excellent condition.
Kiyomizu Rokubei V (Shimizu Kuritaro, 187...

Antique vessel for washing brushes after writing or painting. Brown cast bronze with some green patina in the shape of a cob of corn still in inside the leaves. On the outside in simple engraved lines and leaves are indicated, and individual kernels.

Bottom flattened and with signature chiseled: Hidekazu (not identified).

Inside the basin, the short sides are both filled with a cement-like substance.

Japan, mid-19th century

H 3 x L 6.25 x W 2.25

Bronze with severa...

"Hong Kong" made Hardwood Square shape Display Stand, 4 3/4" square, 1 1/2" high, supported by 4 small curved feet, the condition is good.

Chinese Hardwood Lacquer square shape High Display Stand, 2 1/4" high, 5" square, in good condition.

Pair "Hong Kong" made Hardwood Square Display Stands, 5" square, 1" high, supported by small curved feet, the condition is good.

"Hong Kong" made Hardwood small Square display Stand, 3 5/8" square, 1 1/2" high, with carved legs, the condition is good.

Pair "Hong Kong" made Hardwood Square shape display Stands, 5 7/8" square, 1 1/2" high, high polished heavy wood surface, few carved wood legs are glued together, almost invisible.

"Hong Kong" made Hardwood Rectangle shape Display Stand, 6" x 4" wide, 1 5/8" high, with 4 carved legs, the condition is good.