CONDITION : Good ( little damages due to an age of more than 200 years, but they do not reduce its beauty )

SIZE : Width 20cm (7.9''), Length 15cm (5,9''), Height 42,42cm (16.7''), Weight 930 g

This is a Buddhist statue of Japanese coloured wood carving. It was made about 200 years ago and it is a real authentic original. It is never imitation. Such very old buddhist statues are very rare and valuable. There are some damages caused by using for 200 years, but they surel...

This Buddhist Scroll painting was drawn about 200 years ago during the Edo Period in Japan. It is hand painted on paper.

You will find a Hermit with tortoise with a Wabi-Sabi atmosphere. It is drawn very well and it is a very good composition.

Such simple touch is the soul of a Japanese painting. It leads to WABI-SABI. This style of painting is called KANO-HA painting. It is traditional from ancient times and it is the most popular style.

The Kobikicho branch of th...

Chinese late Qing dynasty export porcelain jardinière, or planter, decorated around the circumference in famille rose enamels with an assortment of precious objects set against a white ground. A ruyi head border encircles the exterior rim and a geometric band is above the foot. The canted rim is decorated in an orange-red band. The white glaze extends part way down into the unglazed interior. The base and foot rim are unglazed. Very good overall condition with typical minor production flaw...

A delicate 19th Century Chinese Painting on paper surrounded by silk depicting 2 lovely ladies in a beautiful garden with rocks, trees and foliage in spring, one pointing at a crane flying away. Very good condition, size 26 cm x 43 cm. excluding the silk border. For sale unframed.

A very fine 19th Century Chinese Painting on paper depicting a vivid scene in a courtyard where a noble lady on a white horse is getting ready to escape or leave the premises on a secret mission while being attended to by 5 attentive servants, one bearing an important scroll, and 2 guards ready to open the gates of the premises. The scene is beautifully rendered in soft pastel colors with trees, foliage and walls of the mansion. The painting projects excitement, secrecy and a sense of urgency. ...

A hand forged Uchidashi Iron votive tablet in the form of a Shojo sake sprite knocking back a massive cup. It is 84 x 58 cm (33 x 23 inches) and in fine condition, enclosed in the original black wooden frame. Uchidashi is a technique of hand hammering shapes and images into iron from behind, and is highly valued in Japan, a land where metal was extremely scarce and hand formed from iron ore up to the Meiji period. This dates from the 19th century.

Although I do not often use the term, this is a masterpiece by Iga artist Banura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Even under the glaze the texture of the clay is clearly visible, rivulets of green glass arching around the body with slashes of color over the red terracotta. It is thin walled and quite light beguiling the size. The Tsubo is 15 inches (38 cm) tall, roughly 13-1/2 inches (35 cm) diameter and is in excellent condition. Due to size the cost of shipping will be acc...

One of our favorite chawans in our collection is this large E-Shino Tea Bowl, dating from the Meiji Period.

Consider it as one of the best masterpieces of Meiji era E-Shino chawans (Pictured Shino tea bowl), molded massively in the elegant Japanized distortion and completed with aesthetic smoothness.

The immaculate glaze with yuzu-hada (lemon skin) and the dark underglaze markings are some of the beautiful characteristics of Shino ware, which have been associated with th...

This offered painting dates from the early or the mid Qing-Dynasty around the 17th. and 18th. century.

It was impossible to identify the artist, but it is obvious that he was a great painter of his time. The colours are still strong and vivid, and it is a real joy to notice the impressing details of the amazing dusk scenery.

Signature and seal: anonymous

Scroll end: wood

Technique: handpainted on paper

Size: 74,8 x 149,3 cm / 29,4'' x 58,7...

Signature and seal: Ganku

Technique: handpainted on silk

Size: 70 x 186 cm / 27,5'' x 73,2''

Ganku 岸駒 (1749 or 1756 - January 19, 1839), or more formally Kishi Ganku, was a noted Japanese painter of the late Edo period and founder of the Kishi school of painting. He is perhaps best known for his paintings of tigers.

Ganku was born in Kanazawa as Kishi Saeki, studied painting styles including those of Chinese painter Shen Nanpin ...

Burmese bronze Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with meditative facial expression, emphasized by the half-closed eyes which look downward, with original patina remaining in good condition.

Age: Burma, Shan period, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 27.1 C.M. / Width 14.8 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age including old wears). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details. <...

Burmese bronze Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base, with meditative facial expression, emphasized by the half-closed eyes which look downward, with original patina remaining in good condition.

Age: Burma, Shan period, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 25.7 C.M. / Width 16.1 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age including old wears). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details. <...

Up for sale is a large antique Chinese Qing dynasty embroidered dragon silk robe couched with nine 5-claw dragons with gold wrapped threads; clouds, buddhist auspicious symbols, bats, seawaves, and standing water ( Lishui) are executed in brick stitch; Overall is in very good condition and consistent with age, not perfect with minor flaws- Frays in the black silk ground of the collar & folding lines of the extension sleeves which have been stabilized,loose gold threads in a few places in dragon...

A spectacular Meiji period Tenmoku Chawan by Eiraku Zengoro decorated in a flamboyant style with precious metals.

A golden pine trunk rises, almost entirely obscured by the mass of silver pine needles built up both within and without the bowl. It is most powerful in comparison to the ordinarily subdued Kyo-yaki ware of the Meiji era. The stamp on the base is undoubtedly that of Wazen.

The bowl is just less than 5 inches (12.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition.

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Japanese antique Edo Era Teapot of Oribe ware.

Size 20 centimeters in height, width 16x12.5 centimeters, 570 grams in weight.

Oribe ware (¿—²¿Ÿ† Oribe-yaki) is a type of Japanese pottery most identifiable for its use of green copperglaze and bold painted design. It was the first use of colored stoneware glaze by Japanese potters.

It is one of the Mino styles originating in the late 16th century. It takes its name from tea masterFuruta Oribe (1544¨C1615...

We present a Japanese Hanging Scroll of the famous painter Kano Eisenin. This is a real poetic and romantic theme in Japanese culture - Crescent Moon.

Kano Eisenin Michinobu (1730~1790) was the 6th of Kibikicho Kano-ha.

His father is Kano Furunobu, and his son is Kano Korenobu. In 1762 he was given rank of Hogen when he was 33 years old. After he had been given the estate in Kobiki-cho, he got the larger private painting school than other Kano-ha and the students we...

This Tea Bowl (Chawan) in the style of Kenzan is decorated in white slip and underglaze iron.

It is in excellent condition, there is a tiny chip on the lip but no other damage and no repairs. It dates from the late Edo Period.

The Tea Bowl is from the Dikran G. Kelekian Collection.

Kelekian (1868-1951) was a very important dealer and collector, largely in the fields of Islamic and Modern French Art.

He had galleries in Paris and New York and was a major...

This is Chinese Official General Seal made of Bronze. It is still in good condition and usable.

It dates from the Han-Dynasty ºº³¯ (206 BC ¨C 220 AD). This Dynasty was the Golden Age in Chinese history.

Size approx. 3,5 cm x 2,5 cm

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