Rare Chinese "Compagnie des Indes" porcelain plate, dating to the early Qianlong period, beautifully painted in enamels, ironred, underglaze blue and gold. The well decorated with a botanical scene showing flowers, caterpillars and a butterfly, a theme after the Swiss-Dutch botanist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). The rim with a interlaced floral ribbon design. Please note: A similar example is illustrated in David Howard's, "China for the West", Volume I, p. 304, no. 298. Condition: gilding s...

Absolutely stunning Iga ceramic wood-fired tea ceremony 'mizusashi' with kintsugi on the lid. H:18cm x W:19cm. Gorgeous glazes from the long kiln firing. Late Taisho Period. With Original signed box. Ask for shipping quote from CA warehouse.

Dreamy color washes delineate a house among the trees flying a carp-shaped wind sock by Hirai Baisen enclosed in the original signed red lacquered double wood box titled Nara no Gogatsu (May in Nara). A tiled pink wall climbs the trail, a dilapidated companion on your journey to the distant home. Pigment on silk in a superb patterned silk border with solid ivory rollers, it is in excellent condition. The rollers will be changed if exporting.
Hirai Baisen graduated the Kyoto Municipal Scho...

A frighteningly thin celadon bowl with Karakusa vine designs by Imperial Household artisan Suwa Sozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seiji Yomon Hachi and bearing the Teishitsu Gigei-in seal beside the title. It is 19.5 cm (roughly 8 inches) diameter, 7.5 cm (3 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Suwa Sozan (1852-1922) was born in Kutani country, present day Ishikawa prefecture, where he initially studied before moving to Tokyo in 1875. Over the next 25 years he wou...

A fabulous white gold glazed Guinomi by Inayoshi Osamu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hakukin-sai Kurinuki Guinomi. It is 7.5 cm (3 inches) diameter, 5.5 cm (just over 2 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Inayoshi Osamu was born in Aichi prefecture, the heart of Mino country, in 1976. He completed his initial training in the plastic arts at the Seto Pottery School in 2002, garnering an award that same year at the 56th Seto City Art Exhibition. In 2007 he established ...

A humorous image of colorful birds by female ceramicist Shigemori Yoko mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink and color on paper mounted in a field of dark cloth with ceramic rollers. It is 47 x 195 cm (18-3/4 x 76-3/4 inches) and in excellent condition.
Shigemori Yoko (1953-2021) was born in Kagoshima. Yoko came to Kyoto where she initially studied painting at the Kyoto Tankidai Art College, then moved to ceramics at the Kyoto Municipal Art University where she studied traditional pottery tech...

Thai Buddhist Devata Hanging

A finely painted Thai Buddhist temple hanging depicting a Devata, a celestial attendant in Buddhist tradition.
Executed in the late Rattanakosin style, the figure stands gracefully upon a Yaksha guardian, symbolizing spiritual protection.
Painted on linen canvas with delicate detailing and balanced coloration, this work reflects the refined aesthetics of early 20th-century Thai religious art.

Period: Taisho era, early 20th century (191...

A finely potted Chinese earthenware storage jar, Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD), with a well-proportioned globular body, short collar mouth, and subtle incised decoration encircling the shoulder. The clay fires to a tan/buff tone with areas of darker surface bloom and earthen deposits, consistent with age and long burial. Measures approximately 8.5" H x 9.75" diameter. Age wear and surface encrustations, worm tracks, throughout; minor rim abrasions and small scattered pits/old firing irregula...

This exceptional gold Tenmoku tea bowl stands as a luminous dialogue between historical memory and modern mastery, uniting the ceremonial gravity of Momoyama-period tea culture with the refined technical sensibility of late-20th-century Japanese ceramics.

At first encounter, the bowl’s presence is defined by its pure, restrained form. The silhouette follows the classical Tenmoku lineage: gently rising walls that curve inward with calm assurance, culminating in a softly rounded rim...

Fine Chinese 18th Century Blue & White & Enamelled Porcelain Bowl - Nanking Cargo

This sizeable porcelain bowl was made around 1750 during the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty. The underglaze blue decoration around the outer wall features a riverside scene and includes houses, trees and rocks. In addition to the underglaze blue decoration, there were originally additional floral decorations in coloured enamels. However, these enamels have mostly been lost due to long submersion in seawater...

Fine Chinese 18th Century Blue & White Porcelain Dish - Nanking Cargo

This fine dish, or shallow bowl, with a foliated rim was made around 1750 during the Qianlong reign of the Qing dynasty. The underglaze blue decoration features pagodas as well as geometric and floral patterns. Around the edge is an iron-brown wash to prevent "fritting" of the glaze during firing. In addition to the underglaze blue decoration, there were originally additional floral decorations in coloured enamels. However...

Fine Large Chinese Kangxi Imari Porcelain Dish

This fine-quality porcelain dish with attractive floral pattern in underglaze blue, red enamel and gilding, was made during the Kangxi reign (1662 - 1722) of the Qing Dynasty. Around the rim edge is an iron-brown wash to help prevent fritting of the glaze during firing.

It is quite large with a diameter of 27.5 cm. It is a lovely example in fine condition with no restoration or repair and a good ring when tapped.

A second example that wo...

Extremely rare blue and white dish decorated with three Dragons among flowers scroll and underside with two Dragons. Total is 5 Dragons. Ming Dynasty six characters Da Ming Xuan De Nien Zhe and of the period. Possibly came from the last journey or the seven the last one of Admiral Chengho to South East Asia and survived till now. Please also see the similar piece on The National Palace Museum Taiwan with the same decoration but even slight smaller with diameter 19,3 cm. Found recovered at Indone...

A belted form draped in dark ocher over which flows pale glaze by Nakazato Tarouemon XIII enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Tataki Chosen Karatsu Mimitsuki Mizusashi. It is 21 x 18.5 x 16.5 cm (roughly 9-1/2 inches diameter, 6-1/2 inches tall) and is in excellent condition complete with the ceramic lid as well as an alternate custom-made lacquered lid.
Nakazato Tadao (1923-2009) was born the first son of the 12th generation of Nakazato Tarouemon in Karatsu City. He grad...

A large and very early landscape strictly following traditional Nanga tenets by Shirakura Niho signed with his abbreviated given name Kinro dated 1919 and enclosed in the original wooden box signed with his artist name Niho. This work dates from the time after a popular sojourn in oil painting and shortly after his return to Japanese style painting the year he received the name Niho from his teacher Hattori Goro. The teachers influence is clearly evident in the young artists brushwork and compo...

A serene wood carving of a frog on a leaf in a lilly filled pond by Kawahara Masashi mounted in an artist carved frame enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Suiren. The natural wood grain forms the ripples of the pond water brushed by a breeze, with light accents of gold throughout as if everything were reflecting the sunlight. The carved wooden panel is mounted in a frame of clear grained wood, the tiny chisel marks creating an orange-peel like texture attesting to the great skill o...

A collotype print depicting a beautiful woman (bijin) holding a cat on a leash, accompanied by a young woman, likely her servant or daughter. A fine impression, enhanced with white, gold, and silver pigments. Japan, Meiji or Taisho period. 192 x 391 mm. Mounted on cardboard. Good condition.

A Chinese Famille Verte Dish .The petal moulded dish decorated with two birds One perched the other in flight among flowering prunus. Within a border of floral sprays and butterflies on a seeded green enamel ground. Kangxi 17/18thC. Diameter; 8 7/16" (21.4 cm). Condition; very minor frits