A small Japanese porcelain footed dish. Chrysanthemum sprays in the cavetto, issuing from the rim. Butterflies further adorn the bowl. Probably late 19th century Koransha production. Some Nabeshima characteristics are used including the deep form of the dish, the tall foot with comb pattern, precious objects decoration around the outside, partial blue underglaze decoration in the bowl finished with polychrome enamel, and cash motif along the flattened rim...

The small, scalloped bowl with persimmon, light teal and yellow floral decoration with red and black outline. A molded decoration of dragon with jewel in the center. A nicely executed chocolate brown rim consistent with tradition. The verso plain and exhibiting impurities and open bubbles in the white glaze. Raised on a ring foot exposing a relatively refined clay...

Slightly distorted Ao-Oribe Chawan with a rounded brim, made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potter's knife in its lower part around the foot ring.

The foot ring is typical for Oribe bowls produced around 1610 at the Motoyashikiki and other kilns. The kamajirushi '<' kiln mark beside the foot ring underlines this once again. Such old and spectacular Oribe bowls are usually only viewable in museums...

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Prewar Japanese oil painting on canvas by Tokio Fujii (1901-1994), May, Showa 12 (1937), 45.5 x 38 x 2 cm (17.91 x 14.96 x 0.78in), in the style of wabi-ozu-sabi.


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Japanese Silver Gold Samurai Helmet Imperial Presentation Bonbonniere Box Signed Miyamoto Shoko

It is 1.96 inches (5 cm) tall by 2.55 inches (6.5 cm) wide. It is 103.6 gram.

It is tarnished and has missing bead and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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19th Century Japanese or Chinese Makie Maki-e Wood Carved Lacquer Stack Box

It is 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) tall by 5.8 inches (14.7 cm) long and wide. It is 1.3 lb.

It has small chips, stains, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1900's Japanese Arita Kakiemon style Censer with Silver Lid

It is 2.8 inches (7.1 cm) tall by 2.83 inches (7.2 cm) wide. It is 151.3 gram.

It has dark spots, skip glaze, tarnished silver and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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A ripened Persimmon, symbol of the season changing from autumn to winter, sits like a fat Daruma in red robes surrounded by a poem by Nomura Seiroku enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The poem reads: Furusato Ha Itsumo Mandara, Fuyu no Kaki (In my hometown the eternal Mandala, winter Persimmons). Ink and light color on paper with green fabric border featuring wood rollers. It is 37.5 x 124.5 cm (15 x 48-3/4 inches) and is in excellent condition...

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Book: Geisha Girl (62 pages) by Aisaburo Akiyama (including two Hasui woodblock prints).
Date: June 1933 (July 1933 edition).
Book size: Approximately 8.25 x 5.5 inches.
Hasui signature and seal at lower right.
Cover woodblock print: Geisha Girl, 6 x 3.25 inches.
Frontispiece woodblock print: She Looks Out the Window, 6.75 by 3.75 inches.
Condition: Both woodblock prints excellent...

A vintage Japanese iron lantern depicting an outdoor teahouse. Spring loaded door and built-in votive candle holder.

Age: Mid Century

Dimensions: 8 1/4" Square by 9 1/4" High excluding hanging loop.

Flying Geese and Moon
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.375 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right. Title unread.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toning visible at front left. Paper residue on back.
Note: Found together with our very rare Koitsu819.

Antique Japanese set of iron and lacquer samurai armor in the Saiga school style. Tetsu Kuro urushi nuri 2mai dou Saiga gusoku. The kabuto has special iron-cut gilt eyebrows. Unique shikoro, Oie's mempo, large tare, hollow nose. Very thick torso, armpit ribs, Bishyamonten style kote.

Age: Early Edo Period (1603-1868)

Unusual antique Japanese open top caged catch all with bottom single pull out drawer. Original hand forged hardware. Complete and original finish.

Age: Edo period (1603 - 1868) circa 1750's

Dimensions: 15 1/3" long x 8 high x 7" wide

A vintage iron Japanese garden lantern depicting a fantail Demekin goldfish (telescope goldfish). Reticulated body with removable votive candle holder at base.

Age: Mid Century

Dimensions: 12" Long by 6 1/2" High

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Maiko Beach
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal at lower right.
Sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-84
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Toning at back is only slightly visible at front. A couple of marks in sky to upper right of ship.
Listed as "very rare" in the Koitsu catalog.

Very rare original 18th C. Edo Polychrome Japanese Oni devil oni boxwood statue. Original mineral pigment is intact, overall condition is very good and wear consistent of age. Bone inlay, very well carved. Small shrine compartment opens with figure inside. Wrapped in a swirling water dragon. Water dragon reveals a lotus pod reliquary above the head.

Provenance: Collectors Seal Tomkinson collection #266
Kevin Page, London UK
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Antique Japanese wood and lacquered with gilt gold stand. Carved detail of playful fu dogs and flowering peonies. Golt gilt over dark lacquer. Hand carved, complete. Sturdy and ready to be enjoyed today.

Age: Late Edo period circa 1800's

Dimensions: 34" wide x 13" deep 14" high

A ceramic fired bowl with red clay.
The diverse peoples of Papua New Guinea maintain some of the most unusual and distinctive ceramic traditions found anywhere in the world. New Guinea ceramists gather clay in the hills or swamps surrounding their villages and form it into wares that range from superbly functional cooking and storage pots to highly esoteric sacred figures...