Chinese Qing dynasty bronze censer or incense burner. 15,5 cm wide from ear to ear. 10,8 cm mouth diameter. 6 cm high. 904 gram weight. good conditions.

This is a Qing Dinasty, Flattened, Rectangular form tapering towards base snuff bottle, with rounded shoulders, rounded straight neck, and raised rounded rectangular footing. It is mostly of brick red color with some subdue light brown streaks. A light sheen on its surface enhances its natural Cher stone color. It comes with a metal base light brown jadeite stopper. The Chert name was given to a range of impure siliceous rocks, that were identified in the late 1960's , at the Geologica...

Wonderful Minpei/Awaji ware tea bowl made by the legendary 1st Minpei Kashu during the Edo Period, with deep glaze cracks and soft cobalt blue pictures. It comes with a signed wooden box and a signed and sealed attestation of Hasshu Uewashi, issue number 256. Hasshu Uewashi was a famous judge of Japanese pottery who worked during the Meiji and Taisho Era.

Awaji ware was founded in the early 1830s by Minpei Kashu (1796-1871) from Iga village.

He was born in 1796 into a we...

This is a 19th century, Bulbous, Spade shaped Snuff Bottle with rounded shoulders, rounded straight neck, and flat oval footing. It has a rainbow of colors ranging from dark brown, dark red, caramel, beige, and white bands over an olive green ground that turns brown towards the mouth of the bottle. It also has mineral inclusions. It is carved on both sides with bamboo shoot themes. It has a very lustrous surface. It comes with an orange coral stopper. This well hollowed bottle, has...

This is a Qing Dinasty, 18th/19th century, Flattened, Rectangular form tapering towards base snuff bottle, with rounded shoulders, flared short neck, and raised oval footing. It has a deep, rich spinach-green color with dark mottling. It is excellently carved in-relief, all around, with birds perching on leafy Chrysanthemum branches rising from rocks. It comes with a light green jadeite stopper with a black collar. This well hollowed bottle is in excellent preserved condition. Bottle M...

Exhibition Photos for Seifu Yohei III, IV works at The Cleveland Museum of Art, July 2017 thru January 2018.

Seifu Yohei III (1850, Kiei 3rd, thru 1914, Taisho 3rd).
He was born in name of Okada family, when he was young man he wanted to become as the painter so he became the student of Tanomura Chokunyu in Osaka and studied Japanese painting and Nanga painting but he gave up as the painter because of his illness. Later he became the student of Seifu Yohei II and change to pottery...

Additional Exhibition Photos for Seifu Yohei III, IV works at The Cleveland Museum of Art. July 2017 thru January 2018. (Please note: all exhibiting items are not for sale.)

Song Dynasty jarlet with two ears and embossed floral design. High resolution images on request.

A Song Dynasty celadon jarlet with dragon and cloud motifs. High resolution images on request.

A Japanese Arita porcelain Kakiemon style dish, circa 1720~1750 The square dish with indented corners, the rim with a deep kuchibeni brown rim, the centre with a gobenka motif. The cavetto is decorated with flowers and grasses amongst rocks. Tiny touches of coloured enamels have been applied to the design, a style first seen in the early 18th century. Within the foot-rim can be found a six-character imitation of a Chinese Ming Chenghua reign mark ‘Daimin Seika Nensei’. The first character D...

A Japanese Arita porcelain Kakiemon style dish, circa 1720~1750. The square dish with indented corners, the rim with a deep kuchibeni brown rim, the centre with a gobenka motif. The cavetto is decorated with flowers and grasses amongst rocks. Tiny touches of coloured enamels have been applied to the design, a style first seen in the early 18th century. Within the foot-rim can be found a six-character imitation of a Chinese Ming Chenghua reign mark ‘Daimin Seika Nensei’. The first character...

Kawase Hasui
Morning at Okayama Castle, 1955
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the red 6 mm seal (lower right corner), which is consistent with a first edition.
This seal was used between 1946 and 1957.
Reference: Hotei #605.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Lower left margin corner has faint spot. Original drying pinholes at left margin.

A rare Han jade carving of a mythical beast that is part dragon, lion with the head of a dragon and the body of a lion. These jades a very rare. Condition: very good. no breaks. Size: See last photo.

Nice old Karen woven bamboo lacquered box from the Thai/Burma border region, this has a few old repairs but overall good condtion. Circa 40 to 60 years old. D: 13.25cm/.2in and H: 8.53cm/33in.

An attractive blue and white Qing Dynasty snuff bottle with lid. Small chip to base, but otherwise in good condition. High resolution images on request.

A beautiful vibrant blue glass earring. Most likely from Cambodia or Vietnam. Age: 300BC to 100BC. Can be used as pendant Size: Outer diameter 3.5cm. Condition: Perfect.

The classic yongmok samcheung-jang (Korean zelkova root chest with three levels) is probably the most-widely imitated type of Korean antique chest among the reproductions that are all over the internet. This exquisite and genuine 19th Century Joseon Dynasty yongmok samcheung-jang will surely be the showcase piece in any collection. Yongmok is zelkova root, and literally translates to dragon burlwood, which describes the shapes of dragons that can be seen in the very fancy grain of the zelkova ro...

A Fine Korean Copper-Red//Blue Glazed Peach Shape Water Dropper-19th C.: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century. Resting on a eight-sided stand modelled as the stem of the peach fruit, the two side leaves Incised with diagonal lines to indicate veins and painted in underglaze blue, the pointed tip, and three stylized flowerheads below the tip in painted underglaze copper-red, and stem painted in underglaze iron-oxide, also covered by a glossy translucent glaze. the base glazed with ...