A black-lacquer Haisen bowl used to rinse a sake cup in traditional service where the cup is shared between various people. Inside the Haisen is decorated with an explicit image of a couple in the throes of passion in gold, green and red maki-e with a ring of cloud or smoke drifting around the rim. Outside Mandarin Ducks, swim together under plum blossoms. These water birds are symbols of marital bliss as it is believed the Mandarin duck chooses one partner for life. The bowl is 14 cm (5-1/2...

An unusual pair of bulb shaped vessels blossoming into flowers by Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled outside Sakebin (Sake bottle) and inside Seika Ushi Asagao (Blue and White Morning Glory). Each is roughly 15 cm (6 inches) tall, in perfect condition, with impressed seal on the base.
The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for the imperial Court by the tenth generation head of...

A black-lacquer Haisen bowl used to rinse a sake cup in traditional service where the cup is shared between various people. Inside the Haisen is decorated with an explicit image of a couple in the throes of passion in gold, silver and red maki-e with carefully placed kiri-gane gold. Outside a towel is neatly folded beside a covered tea bowl on a stand used for honored guests, and a hibachi which would have contained burning coals for both heat and lighting a pipe visible opposite the intimated...

19th Century Chinese Bronze Censer Xuande Mark with Elephant Ears

It is 6.7 inches (17 cm) tall by 15.75 inches (40 cm) wide. It is 3736 gram.

It has oxidation, rubbing of patina, pitting, cut marks, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Antique Vietnamese bronze vase with silver and copper inlay, Vietnam 19th century, Nguyen Dynasty.

DETAILS: The vase is composed of two separate parts soldered together. It is in a baluster shape and rests on a molded circular foot with a low round body rising to a tall trumpet neck.

The vase's body is inlaid with silver and copper and depicts a Vietnamese aristocrat on horseback and a man pulling a lady in a rickshaw in the countryside.

The neck is silver inlaid with the two longev...

First edition Japanese Meiji Period woodblock print titled "The Curtain and the Announcements" from the series "The Calendar of Events in Edo Theater" co-designed by Adachi Ginko (1874-1897) and Torii Kiyosada (1844-1901). Three editions of this series are known. This print is from the first edition and contains the publisher's information and date of Meiji 30 (1897) 1st month 11th day in the left margin. Ginko's red seal is on the bottom of the curtain. This series is unusual in that it depi...

1930's Chinese Jadeite Carved Bowl

It is 1.77 inches (4.5 cm) tall by 4 inches (10.2 cm) wide. It is 211.9 gram.

It has inclusions, flea bite chips and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Antique copper alloy Sino-Tibetan Buddhist ritual bell Ghanta and Vajra, 16th -17th century, Ming Dynasty, Tibet.

The ghanta is cast in two parts: a silvery metal bell decorated with a band of vajra symbols and the shoulder adorned with sacred syllables in a written lantsa script.

The bronze handle is formed by the Bodhisattva's head, crowned by nine-pronged dorje below the thumb ring.

The clapper's interior is decorated with a six petals lotus flower head.

The accompanying nine-...

1900's Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Flower & Bat

It is 2 inches (5.2 cm) tall by 1.4 inches (3.5 cm) wide. It is 25.6 gram.

It has skip glazes, flea bite chips and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1900's Japanese Bronze Urn with Relief Elephant

It is 8.85 inches (22.5 cm) tall by 13.2 inches (33.5 cm) wide. It is 11 lb.

It has oxidation, pitting, holes, chips, casting cracks and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1900's Japanese Chinese Style Zitan Wood Lacquered Carved Box with Flower

It is 2.4 inches (6.2 cm) tall by 1.6 inches (4.1 cm) wide by 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) . It is 84.3 gram.

It has rubbing of gilding, peeling of lacquer, hairline cracks and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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First edition Japanese Meiji Period woodblock print titled "Pubic Reading (Yomitate)" from the series "The Calendar of Events in Edo Theater" co-designed by Adachi Ginko (1874-1897) and Torii Kiyosada (1844-1901). Three editions of this series are known. This print is from the first edition and contains the publisher's information and date of Meiji 30 (1897) 4th month in the left margin. Kiyosada's signature can be found on the billboard at the upper left. This series is unusual in that it de...

Circa 1980, Philippines woven reed and bamboo storage basket crafted by the Ifugao people of the Luzon Cordillera range in the Philippines. Known for their craftsmanship in basketry both Ifugao men and women engage in basket making. Created for everyday use, head baskets like this were used in the fields to collect rice or sweet potatoes and then to store, keeping perishables dry. In excellent condition, it measures 13.5" square by 6" high.

Japanese woven bamboo flower basket with original bamboo insert. Beautifully made with a variety of different sized bamboo strips and in excellent condition, it measures 13” high, 4.75 widest, 3.5 diameter. Dates pre-1990.

Antique Vietnamese silver and copper inlay bronze censer incense burner with stand, 19th century, Nguyen Dynasty, Vietnam.

A compressed bulbous body raised on three short cabriole legs rising to a waisted neck under a galleried rim.

The exterior is inlaid with silver wire with three figures of peasants in the field carrying garden tools, and silver inlaid bands of bamboo branches separate the figures.

The bronze circular stand is supported by three scroll-form feet. The rim is inl...

A rectangular moulded vase of stoneware with a short powerful neck. The body of light grey colour splashed with iron and blue glazes. It comes with fully inscribed and signed storage box tomobako. H. 17 x 7 x 6,5 cm. Perfect condition. Made by Kawai Buichi (1908–1989), Kawai Kanjiro’s student and nephew. Buichi’s pieces, like those of his sensei, are unsigned. He began his training as a potter under his uncle in 1928 in Kyoto. In 1949 he joined the National Painter’s Association. In...

STONE JIZO WITH NO FACE

Wild Buddhist stone carving statue of ‘Jizo Bosatsu’ (Jizo Bodhisattva), Edo period, 19th century, Aichi area, Japan, approx. H 29.5cm (11.61in), in such aesthetically weathered and deteriorated condition as is as seen. Free shipping.


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MAD CALLIGRAPHY

Two old handmade notebooks (one with black-outed calligraphy and illustrated one), each with the sign of Katsujiro Takahashi (or Shojiro Takahashi) as the possessor himself and its date as late Edo period, 19th century, Japan, Illustrated: approx. 16.7 x 12.5cm (6.57 x 4.92in). Aged deterioration as is, with wormholes, rips, and stains.


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