An ultra-modern hanging vase in ivory white porcelain by Matsumura Jun enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 34 cm (13-1/2 inches) long and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Matsumura Jun was born in Chiba Prefecture on the outskirts of Tokyo in 1986. He graduated from the University of South Alabama in 2010, and graduated the Tajimi Municipal Ceramics Research Facility in 2015, then went on to the Utatsuyama Research Facility in Kanazawa, leaving there in 2018...

Artist's black signature not read
Lake Biwa
Date: 1930s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.625 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seal lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Playable Antique Japanese Buddhist temple hanging lacquered drum. Gold and black lacquer with deer skin hide. Base is secure with four indepenent feet. A round gold gilt flaming archway ascends above the trum. Black lacquer over wood. With hand forged iron nails neatly holding down the tight skin.

Age: Meiji Period 19th Century

Dimensions: 55" high x 26" wide

(After) Hiroshige Ando
Fireworks at Ryogoku on the Sumida River
Date: Monday, May 9, 1938.
Size: 7.5 x 5.25 inches (19 x 13.5 cm).
Note: Menu for the passenger ship Katori Maru on the N.Y.K. Line.
Publisher: Likey Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved blocks...

This is absolutely rare:

A 16th century Momoyama Period Wa-Nari shaped Kuro Mino Chawan with a rounded brim and a 'wandering' lip, 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. A wonderful tong mark is still visible (please see picture number 3).

In the style of Kuro Oribe bowls this bowl was covered with a black glaze...

Takahashi Shotei
Shrine by the River
Date: 1930s. This edition early postwar.
Print size: 5.625 x 3.625 inches
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's seal at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to 7 x 4.75 inch original blank card.
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Condition: Excellent.

Low Japanese rectangular table made of 100% hardwood. Very well made it strong joints and heavy wood. Dark warm tones.

Age: Mid Century 1950's

Dimensions: 59" Long x 35" wide x 13 1/3" high

A mirror image pair of Japanese Meiji Era bronze vases with a bird hovering over flowers on both sides, and foo lion handles. Signed on bottom, these have excellent detailing and very good weight to them. Measure 13.75 inches high.

Japanese Showa period cloisonne enamel vase decorated with two prominent cattleya orchids set against a pale yellow wireless ground. The counter enamel at the interior mouth and base is pale yellow and in the interior of the vase is purplish brown. Chrome rims. No mark but likely produced by the Ando Cloisonne Company. 9 3/4" high x about 6" diameter at the shoulder. Very heavy for its size. Circa 1945-1960s. Very good overall condition.

A very sophisticated Kuro Raku Hira Natsu Chawan made by the IX generation Raku Kichizaemon Ryonyu (9代 楽吉左衛門) made around the beginning of 19th century about 200 years ago during the Edo era.

His seal is engraved beside the foot ring and - rarely seen - also his Kao, written with red lacquer, which underlines the importance of this bowl for the artist...

Mid-18th Century, Japanese Mixed Materials Three-case Inro, Kyoto ware Ojime, and Manju Netsuke This is Mid-18th Century, wonderfully carved Three-case Lacquered Inro inlaid with Porcelain. The inro is contained within a dark brown frame. The porcelain is inlaid in a Mokume bacground, and it depicts the figure of Lao-Tze on the front, and a couple of sages on the back. The white and brown Kyoto ware ojime depicts Daikoku, and is impressed with the seal of Eiraku Tokusen...

Antique Japanese hand carved wooden temple carving of a dragon amongst the swirling clouds. Beautifully carved of heavy keyaki (zelkova elm) wood with nice original details. The large dragon clasps the sacred wish-granting pearl in one claw. Around him are billowing rivulets of clouds. Gold and ink detailing can be seen for the eyes.
In Japan, they are thought to be tide gems, which cause the sea to ebb and flood, and are one of the primary treasures of Ryujin’s palace...

Antique Japanese Samurai meadate (samurai helmet decoration) of a gilt dragon made of hand carved wood with dry lacquer with metal details on tail/whiskers. Whimsical flowing hair and long eye lashes. Mounted on a custom antiqued bronze metal/walnut stand for presentation.

Age: Mid Edo period (1603 - 1868)

Dimensions: 11″ High x 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2"

Crystal standing six sided obelisk. Custom mounted with a brass and walnut base.

Age: Contemporary

17" High x 3" wide x 2 1/2" deep Points and obelisks have strong healing properties just because of their shape. They increase vitality, can make pain disappear...

Wonderful pair of bronze roe deer with small horns, standing in a naturalistic pose. Roe deer are indigenous to Europe, from Scotland to the Caucausus. Very good detail, delicately rendered and condition with dark patination.

Circa 19th century, 1900s

Each measures 26" High x 26" Long x 7" Deep

Antique Japanese gunbai, war fan belonging to a high ranking samurai officer. Made of lacquered wood with shell inlay and with 2 large cut outs. This fan would have been used to shade from the sun and to signal troops. Though this shape of fan was not used as a weapon, it could have come in very handy in battle and there are legends of samurai heroes fighting with nothing but their war fans. The art of fighting with a war fan is called tessenjutsu...

Mounted antique Japanese 16th century carved hardwood temple fragment from Japans old growth forests. Depicting a pair of herons, king fishers, sparrows, fish, and front sitting amounts the blooming lotus flowers at waters edge. Mounted and ready to be enjoyed. Excellent original condition with patina consistent of age.
The herons symbolizes long life and is considered a sacred animal...

Wooden netsuke of a standing Dutchman figure with his mouth open, leaning forward. He is wearing a long curly wig, a ruff and a long coat tied at the waist...