A beautiful vase by Long Term Japanese resident and pottery Richard Milgrim enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Mimitsuki Hanaire. It is 10.5 x 11 x 25 cm (4 x 4-1/4 x 10 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Richard Milgrim (b. 1955) of White Plains New York graduated Antioch College in 1979 following a year travelling in Japan and internship at the Fogg Museum of Harvay rd...

A colorful study of ceramic plate designs by female ceramicist Shigemori Yoko mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink and vibrant color on paper mounted in dark cloth with ceramic rollers, it is 46 x 195 cm (18-1/4 x 76-3/4 inches) and in excellent condition.
Shigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima...

A thatched farmhouse stands guarded behind a wall of green leaves, perhaps grapes or are they morning glories? Pigment on paper in a green patterned silk border extended with beige and featuring ivory rollers (These will be changed for export) enclosed in the original signed wooden box (modified as it appears to have originally framed) and dated 1922. It is 46 x 132 cm (18-1/2 x 52 inches) and is in overall fine condition, with some pale age spots in the border material...

A pair of Edo period temple guardian ornaments made to support the roof beams carved of Japanese cedar or cypress wood, their fierce expressions meant to ward off evil and protect the holy Buddhist teaching. Each is roughly 19 x 39.5 x 20 cm (7-1/2 x 16 x 8 inches) and are in excellent condition. Very cool as built in architectural elements in a home.

The vase is decorated with polychrome medallions depicting dragons, phoenixes and butterflies on dark and red background. It has a bulbous body elevated on three small feet. Overall, very good condition 7.25" x 5 / 18.5 x 12.5 sm

The figure is a Hakata Doll (Hakata Ningyo), a traditional Japanese clay doll from Fukuoka. This statue depicts Bodhidharma, also known as Daruma in Japan. He was a 5th or 6th-century Buddhist monk credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China and the first Chinese patriarch. In this iteration Daruma is depicted with eye lids cut to aid his meditation...

The 19th C vase features a detailed, raised relief of rooster and chickens. The bottom is signed with what was translated as Ryūkō (龍高) next to a stamp featuring a dragonfly. Good condition with an old restoration on a side. 11.5" x 4.5 / 29 x 12 sm

An antique Japanese Tokoname "Dragon" bottle vase, typically dating from the late 19th-century Meiji period. Redware (unglazed red clay) pottery vase with a bulbous body and a tall, slender neck. It features a highly detailed, raised relief carving of a dragon winding around the body and neck of the vase. Produced in Tokoname, Japan, one of the country's Six Ancient Kilns known for its high-quality red clay ceramics...

LANDSCAPE

Anonymous vintage abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Japan, circa 1970s (one related work from the same source bears a handwritten date of “1973” on the reverse). Approx. 38 × 45.5 × 2 cm (15 × 17.9 × 0.8 in)...

LANDSCAPE

Anonymous vintage abstract painting. Oil on canvas. Japan, circa 1970s (one related work from the same source bears a handwritten date of “1973” on the reverse). Approx. 32 × 41 × 2 cm (12.6 × 16.1 × 0.8 in)...

A bold calligraphy work by eclectic Zen Priest Hashimoto Dokuzan enclosed in the original signed double wood box (niju bako). Ink on paper mounted in rough silk with red lacquered rollers, the scroll is 33 x 215 cm (13 x 84-1/2 inches). There is light foxing throughout the image...

A haunting 18th century bottle shaped vase with flaring rim covered in pale, blue-tinged white glaze decorated with a band of flowering vines from the Southern kilns of Arita. It is 13 cm (5-1/4 inches) diameter, 25 cm (10 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Imari porcelain, also known as Arita ware, has its origins in the early 17th century and is one of Japan's most renowned ceramic traditions...

Silver and gold fronds decorate the clouded surface of this large vase by Yasuda Zenko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 17 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter, 26 cm (10-1/4 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Yasuda Zenko (Tomohiko) (1926-2004), Studied under Kiyomizu Rokubei VI. His work was first displayed nationally at the Nitten, 1950 where he would exhibit consistently later serving as a juror...

The Process of Wood-Block Color Printing
A woodblock-printed accordion book demonstrating the process of creating Kanbara by Hiroshige Ando from key-block to finished woodblock print.
Each of the 21 pages is woodblock print or color block. There's also an explanatory text page.
Date: 1963 or earlier.
Likely to have been offered by M. Nakazawa at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
Size: 6.25 x 4.125 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

WOMAN

Oil painting on board depicting a young woman captured in a fleeting, youthful gesture. Japan, Shōwa–Heisei period (late 20th–early 21st century). Approx...

A horse cover made of handspun cotton which is vegetable indigo and benibana (safflower) dyed. It has chain stitched owner's trade name. From Tohoku district. Late 19th to early 20th century. W:46cm, L:120cm

BURL

Naturally sculptural wooden burl, once displayed as a Japanese okimono in a tokonoma alcove. Shōwa period (20th century). Approx. 49 × 14 × 12 cm (19.3 × 5.5 × 4.7 in). Stands on its own. Age-related wear consistent with time, as seen.


selected by Pottari




* Please understand that EMS shipping fee is additionally charged, and also confirm our Sales Policy before purchase, since your order will...

Hanko-tanna, which is cotton cloth worn at a field for covering a face for insect repellent and sunshade. It is originated in Shonai region in Yamagata prefecture from Edo period, and it is worn during rice planting these days. It is made of cotton dyed with vegetable indigo with shibori. With some mending patches and a hole. 20th century. W:34.5cm, L:1m75cm