GHOST UNDER THE WILLOW TREE

Hand-drawn Japanese yurei-ga ghost painting on silk mounted to hanging scroll (paper). Early 20th century. Length 143 cm x Width without roller ends 37 cm (56.29 x 14.56in)...

The deity is presented standing with his hands together in a position probably of prayer. It is carved in a piece of solid wood, lacquered in black and gilded with gold leaf. The crown and jewels are in cut and embossed copper, there are traces of mercury gilding in inaccessible places. Glass paste beads hang from the crown. The eyes are made of rock crystal, mica or glass. It is difficult to date these Japanese sculptures because the styles have to little evolved for centuries...

A beautifully formed earthen flask made of Karatsu clay. The flask can be used as a Tokkuri bottle to serve sake wine or with a little flower as a wabi arrangement. It was made 200 years ago during the Edo Period (1603 - 1868) and comes with a custom made wooden box.

Karatsu ware embodies the ethos of wabi-sabi, celebrating imperfections and simplicity, resonating with collectors who appreciate the aesthetic of rustic charm and natural authenticity...

BANNER TEMPLATE WITH PROTECTING EMBROIDERY AGAINST EVIL

Very rare type with various embroidery of 'jufu' (talismans), early 20th century, Japan. 128 x 14.5 cm (50.39 x 5.70in)...

AT THE FIELD

Early Japanese impressionist oil painting on wooden board, titled ‘At the field’, by Shichitaro Shimizu (1889-1967), Iwate prefecture, February, Taisho 13 (1924), 33 x 23.6 x 0.5 cm (12.99 x 9.29 x 0.19in)...

Exceptional vase in copper alloy inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi. The decoration represents two pairs of mandarin ducks at the edge of a river under a hundred-year-old pine covered in snow. The cast is excellent and the finishes perfect. The inlays are in solid metals, there is no gilding, only gold which is exceptional, this kind of work in mixed metals are almost always or largely simply gilded. The inlays, chiseling and engravings are of surprising perfection...

(After) Ito Shinsui (1898-1972)
Depiction of Lion Dance
Dated Sunday, 27th February, 1938.
Size: 7.875 x 5.25 inches (20 x 13.4 cm).
A cover of a menu of the N.Y.K. Line passenger ship, Katori Maru.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print...

Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled "Honmon Temple, Ikegami" by Kawase Hasui (1883-1957) dated in the lower left margin Showa 6 (1931). The artist's black ink signature and red seal are at the lower right corner of the image. The 6mm circular seal of the publisher Watanabe (used 1946-1957) is at the lower left corner. Paper: 15 1/8" x 10 3/8" (image: 14 1/4" x 9 7/16"). Good overall condition with full margins. The back is slightly toned across the top and narrowly down the sides...

Antique Japanese okimono of a skull. Made of ceramic with a dark brown finish. Realistically sculpted with details of every process and suture. And with a single porcelain tooth. Comes with tomobako.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 5" high x 5 1/2" long

One of such rare antique Hagi Chawan with wonderful glaze and aesthetically pleasing patina from the mid 19th century (Edo Period 1603 - 1868).

It comes together with its antique wooden box and rare authentication and appraisal of the 5th Kohitsu Ryōchū 古筆了仲 (1820-1891).

Like many of the great Japanese ceramic traditions of western Japan, Hagi originated with Korean potters...

Ido glaze chawan was translated from Korea in 16th century, Japanese tea masters has been loved Ido chawan very much just as one of them has been registered as a National treasure. So ido glaze is liked by many potters in Japan, however it's too difficult to make, especially about "Kairagi" crinkled glaze. Sugimoto has completed Ido wares challenging to antique Ido pieces...

The great master in Japan pottery art scene Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been challenging and made up new works celadon pieces at 88 years old. He has boosted 4 types of celadon works, this piece is one of them, celadon named "Sky blue after rain". It has very beautiful blue color just like blue sky after rain. YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfu7E4oyfck Size: 8.6cm(D)/4.5cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

Slip ware with white mud is called "Kohiki" in Japan. This piece is made of very interesting clay that makes changes in firing, so it's not only white but also complicated color. Firing is made by charcoal, YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMD6XUAmAdQ Size: 9.2cm(D)/ 12.8cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

INCOMPLETE LION HEAD

'Shishigashira' (Lion Head) used for 'Shishimai' (Japanese Lion Dance) just carved roughly from a single piece of log in such unfinished condition as is with no lower jaw part. Taisho-Showa period, early 20th century...

The great master in Japan pottery art scene Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been challenging and made up new works celadon pieces at 88 years old. He has boosted 4 types of celadon works, this piece is one of them, named "Ice crack celadon". It has very beautiful patterns just like as ice crack. YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOFUK2DLgIc Size:9.8cm(D)/13.3cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

The great master in Japan pottery art scene Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been challenging and made up new works celadon pieces at 88 years old. He has boosted 4 types of celadon works, this piece is one of them, white porcelain named "Tusk white" . It has very beautiful white color just like tusk of elephant YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEcqCVPQY4g Size: 8.8cm(D)/4.5cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

The great master in Japan pottery art scene Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been challenging and made up new works celadon pieces at 88 years old. He has boosted 4 types of celadon works, this piece is one of them, celadon named "Sky blue after rain". It has very beautiful blue color just like blue sky after rain. YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfu7E4oyfck Size: 8.6cm(D)/4.5cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

A Poem card box of straight grained paulownia wood signed Tetsuro decorated with a rabbit in worked lead applied among long lacquered grasses dating from the mid 20th century enclosed in the original signed wooden box accompanied by a label from the Yamagata Museum dated Showa 34 (1959). It is 26.5 × 29.5 × 4.5 cm (10-1/2 x 12 x 2 inches) and is in excellent condition. The storage box is of cross-cut Jindai-sugi cedar, a highly prized grain. The box contains a shikishi poem card by the artis...