A large Oil Spot tea bowl ranging from shiny metallic black to rust red to perfectly offset the whipped green Maccha Tea by master of the genre Kimura Morikazu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tenmoku-yu Chawan. It is 12 cm (5 inches) diameter, 9.5 cm (just less than 4 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

Intricately woven bamboo basket used in tea ceremony to hold the charcoal used to heat the tea water. Meiji Period. Excellent condition. Ask for shipping quote from California. Height: 12cm x Width: 23cm x Depth 23cm With original box.

Ota Shumin (1884-1950, Japanese)
View of Mt. Fuji (given title).
Date: 1930s.
Size: Oban. 11.25 x 4.75 inches.
Signed "Shumin" by the artist.
Medium: Japanese watercolor.
Condition: Matte line in image.

A very unusual design of white rabbits, ears erect among the horse-tail grass against an autumn dusk color background from the Ando Shippo Cloisonne Studio of Nagoya. It is performed in silver wire cloisonne, with a silver rim and base ring, signed on bottom with the Ando seal. The vase is 15 cm (6 inches) diameter, 30.5 cm (12 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

A beautiful bright yellow porcelain vase decorated with blue tinged florals by Living National Treasure Inoue Manji enclose in the originals signed wooden box. It is 17 cm (6-3/4 inches) diameter, 25 cm (10 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Inoue Manji was born in Saga Prefecture on the southern Island of Kyushu, home of Arita and the port of Imari, the first porcelain production center in Japan...

Flying off the handle here with the young perfectionist Usami Kensuke and this darling tea pot in pure blue-green celadon enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kyusu. It is 10.5 x 9 x 12 cm (4 x 3-1/2 x 5 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist...

"Chikusei" (竹清) is the artist name of Watanabe Chikusei (born 1932), a highly distinguished Japanese bamboo basket maker and was based in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, a city renowned for its bamboo craftsmanship tradition...

28 PAPER MASKS

Deadstock set of 28 vintage paper masks, Japan, Shōwa period (20th century). Approx. folded size: 21 × 12 cm (8.3 × 4.7 in). Each mask was individually hand-folded and assembled, originally made as a children’s toy and designed to be worn. Traces of elastic remain on the reverse; however, due to age-related deterioration, the elastic has fully degraded and may crumble into powder when the masks are opened...

The body of the cups is done with his characteristic technique of grooving the surface with a needle and then rubbing iron into the grooves and splashed with thicker white glaze; top part and the inside of the cup in white crackled glaze technique, masterly done, creating large cracked pattern. It is pleasantly smooth to the lips when drinking from it. Signed on the bottom. Measurements: H 7 x 9,5 cm ca. Perfect condition. Tanoue Shinya (b. 1976)...

A theatrical image in vibrant color by Shigemori Yoko featuring precipitous crags dotted with pavilions, deep gorges spanned by bridges, soaring birds and contorting trees populated by myriad characters. This is one of several ink and colored sketches we received from her estate and had mounted as scrolls. Blue ink on paper, it has been freshly prepared in a cloth border terminating in ceramic rollers. The scroll is 46.3 x 196 cm and is in excellent condition...

Mori Keiko exhibited at the 51st Nihon Dento Kogeiten (National Traditional Crafts Exhibition in 2004 enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iro-e Nadeshiko Mon Tobako. Inside the lid that artist has affixed a signed paper placard denoting the exhibition history and it comes with the original catalog. The box is decorated with Nadeshiko, a delicate flower native to Japan., on white porcelain. It is 22.5 x 20 x 15 cm (9 x 8 x 6 inches) and is in perfect condition...

A large flaring vase decorated with archaic symbols by Kato Keizan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hakuji Sonshiki Kabin. It is 23.5 cm (8-1/2 inches) diameter, 33 cm (13 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Kato Keizan I (1886-1963) was born in Tajimi city, Gifu, a pottery center in its own right, however came to Kyoto to apprentice under Kiyomizu Rokubei IV...

An elegant bowl in Picasso grey with a belt of jewels floating in a river of gold by pioneering glass artist Ishii Koji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tefuki Garassu Chawan, It is 12 cm (5 inches) diameter, 8 cm (3 inches) tall and in excellent condition...

Japanese carved boxwood scepter intricately carved in the shape of a skull. The shaft features some natural, knotty texture and additional carved characters further down the length. It is adorned with dark green cord and matching tassels. The characters below the skull are 乾隆作 (Qiánlóng zuò). This translates to "Made during the Qianlong era" or "Made by Qianlong"...

Japanese lacquered letter box, traditionally known as a fubako (文箱 or 文筥)...

The 19th C vase features a bulbous body and a slender, tapering neck. It is decorated with inlaid silver and gilt depictions of wading herons (cranes). The use of mixed metals and detailed inlay is characteristic of the high-quality craftsmanship of the Meiji era. It is in good condition and has some wear consistent with an antique item. 9 x 3.75 inches (23 x 9.5 sm).

19th C Japanese ceramic reclining goat, Bizen ware, dating from the late 19th century. The piece features a distinct artist's signature or mark on the back. The style is consistent with the Meiji-era in Japan (1850-1899). In Japanese culture, the goat represents "greatness" and "excellence". It is in good condition, a firing, artist repaired firing flaw at the back. Framed 10 x 6.5 x 5 inches (25 x 17 x 14 sm).

KO-KARATSU SAKE CUP

Reborn sake vessel reassembled from fragmentary shards of Old Karatsu stoneware dating from the Momoyama period to the early Edo period (late 16th–early 17th century), joined using gin-tsugi (silver repair). Approx. diameter 6.5–7 cm (2.6–2.8 in), height 4.0–4.5 cm (1.6–1.8 in). Rough furimono (kiln grit) remains in the mikomi (interior well); it does not hinder use and instead becomes part of the vessel’s keshiki—the “good sc...