TABI PAPER PATTERNS

28 pieces set of ‘tabi’ (Japanese socks) patterns made of reused old paper originally used for sericulture (so that some pieces glisten under the sunlight), dated back to Meiji 41 (1908), Japan. Large: 29cm (11.41in), Small: 20cm (7.87in). Rare find...

Japanese ivory and Shibayama inlaid okimono depicting an elephant finely decorated with floral motifs. Meiji period late 19th century Sizes: 4 x 5.4 x 3.1cm. Condition report: Good condition

A Japanese ivory okimono depicting a Geisha standing with an octagonal table lantern. Completely carved from a single block it is finely engraved along the kimono with floral motifs...

SHRINE

House of Shinto god so-called 'zushi' (household shrine) in traditional Japanese wooden architectual design with sereneness and depth succeeded the techniques of 'miyadaiku' (shrine carpenters). Contemporary work in used condition as is...

Futonji with two faces which are made of hand-spun cotton. One is katazome with chrysanthemum motif, dyed with bengala (red iron dioxide) and the other is checks dyed with vegetable indigo. Both sides have mending patches, breaks and holes. The first half of the 20th century. 144cm x 146cm

A small hemp cloth whose warps and wefts are hand-plied. It is used for steaming. The first half of the 20th century. 64cm x 60cm

A small hemp cloth with mending stitches, whose wefts and warps are hand-plied and dyed with kakishibu (persimmon tannin). The first half of the 20th century. 55cm x 50cm

Deer prance about in abbreviated Art-Deco windows on this large vase by Okamoto Tameji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hakuji Asobu-Shika-zu Kabin (Vase in pale porcelain decorated with playing Deer). It is 33.5 tall, 32.5 cm (roughly 13 inches) diameter and in excellent condition. Stylistically it is consistent with his works from the early 1930s...

A fabulous work of white porcelain by one of the top sculptors in Japan, Nakashima Harumi, in his signature blue-dot style. It is 38 x 50 x 60 cm (15 x 20 x 24 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist. It is signed and numbered beneath 2017.
Nakashima Harumi was born in Gifu prefecture, home of a long ceramic tradition, in 1950. He studied at the Osaka University of Art and Design, graduating advanced studies there in 1973...

A Japanese fascinating metal vase with cloisonné enamels with a pastel green background with floral motif decoration with irises カキツバタ and peonies in enamels held by a thin silver wire. Some unopened flowers, worked in the ginbari technique, create, with the transparency of the translucent enamel, a remarkable depth and three-dimensionality. Ginbari is an ancient enamel technique developed by Japanese artists...

A Japanese large Satsuma ceramic plate depicting a Phoenix 鳳凰 as it is about to take flight with its wings wide open and long feathers fluttering, finely decorated with gold and enamels in relief. Signed ‘Satsuma-yaki Shōzan ga’ 薩摩焼 祥山画 (Satsuma ware, painted by Shozan). The Phoenix is one of the emblems of the Japanese Empire. They call it Ho-o (Ho-ou), which means the immortal bird...

SHUNGA

Hand-drawn comical 'shunga' (pornographic picture) scroll like cartoon, Showa period, 20th century, Japan. Open: approx. L 230cm (90.55in), Close: approx. L 14 x D 3cm (5.51 x 1.18in)...

A quintessential Art-Deco vase by innovative artist Ito Suikko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hakuseiji Kabin (White-blue Porcelain Vase) dating from the 1930s-1940s. It is 30 cm (12 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Ito Suiko (1894-1980) was born in Kyoto and studied under Imperial Art Academy artist Ito Tozan, establishing his own kiln in 1931...

An image of Kannon in celadon robes, the revealed flesh in raw clay by Suwa Sozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 18 cm (7 inches9) tall and in excellent condition.
Sozan I (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishikawa prefecture, where he initially studied before moving to Tokyo in 1875. Over the next 25 years he would gravitate between Tokyo and Kanazawa, working at various kilns and research facilities...

Scrafitto dots surround a pool of crackled glass deeply impressed into the ovoid form of this ko-tsubo by Yagi Kazuo enclosed in a wooden box signed by his son Yagi Akira. White slip appears haphazardly slapped on the body as with a wide brush, creating a vigorous dynamic, combined with the pointilized circle and abstract form, there is a tension which draws one into the belly of the work, certainly reflecting the best this important artist had to offer...

In the format and style of the furosaki, the screens for the tea ceremony, on a background of gold leaf and polychromy of natural pigments, it represents a scene from the famous novel by Dame Murasaki-Shkibu "The Tale of Genji" or Genji Monogatari. Edo period early 18th century. Dimensions : 162 x H 67 cm.

An expressive small figure of the long-haired Gama Sennin dressed in a leaf apron, standing on a plinth, with a small toad. Carved from boxwood, the eyes of the immortal are inset in glass. Unsigned. Condition: back with a large and few smaller age cracks (top of the head, arm sleeve), few tiny rim chips. Dimension: c. 15.5 cm high.

Japanese Pine wood Arm rest, Meiji Period 1880, 24" wide, 17" high, 8" wide, can be used for the writing table, or hanging shelf, thick solid Pine wood, the condition is good.