An early signature, ceramic piece by renowned ceramic artist Kenji Gumi (b. 1978 in Chino, Nagano Pref.). As is common for his works, the piece has been made in two sections to form a whole sculpture. The surface is covered in a dull, mottled bluish, lighter and darker greyish colour with a velvety touch to it (saido utsuwa, coloured clay vessel ). This decorating technique comes from letting the clay, rice husks and ashes react with the firing process. The piece is unsigned as is Kenji’s prac...

A Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting. Titled 'The Shepards Boy' after a European painting. The boy sitting against rocks and playing a pipe. Original frame. Chinese C1800. Height including frame; 9 1/2" (24.2 cm). Condition; Excellent. The frame has been over 'gilded' with bronze paint. The form of the scene is reminiscent of 'The Shepherd Boy' By Thomas Gainsborough

Pair of Chinese carved boxwood mirror frames, 19th century. Each frame is finely carved with birds, figures, and symbols against a floral background. Beveled mirror. 19th century. Height: 34.8 cm. Condition: one frame has a diagonal repair.

A powerfully sculpted vase with a large, diamond shape opening on an ovoid body, decorated with geometric pattern in deep green and transparent glaze. Enclosed in original inscribed and signed box. H 19 cm. From the middle of the Showa period. Good condition. ****** Kawai Hirotsugu (1919-1993), in 1946 he married Ryo Kawai, Kawai Kanjiro’s only daughert, and was than adopted by Kanjiro as his son and heir.

Burmese wooden Buddha standing on a lotus base with gilded gold.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size excluding black stand: Height 112.5 C.M. / Width 45.5 C.M. / Depth 19.5 C.M.
Height including black stand: 128.7 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee...

Laos bronze gong, a kind of Laos musical instrument which produces a loud and sonorous sound. Gong stick is included.

Age: Laos, 19th Century
Size of gong only: Diameter 41 C.M. / Thickness 5.3 C.M.
Height including stand: 61.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping f...

A pair of Burmese bronze bells with clapper inside with stand.

Age: Burma, 19th Century
Size of bells only excluding stand: Height 9.5 - 9.7 C.M. / Width 7.4 C.M.
Height including stand: 24.3 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

TOKYO 1867

Hanging scroll mounted with an old woodblock-printed map of Edo (present-day Tokyo), meticulously depicting the city layout centered around Edo Castle at that time. Originally published by Suharaya Mohei, one of Edo’s most established publishing houses, in 1867 (Keiō 3, late Edo period). Approx. 96 × 104.5 cm (37.8 × 41.1 in), including the hanging cord and wooden roller ends. Age-related wear, including a hole, creases, and stains, consistent wit...

Rare Southern Song dynasty longquan celadon lotus bowl with carved lotus leaf motif at the exterior covered with good bluish green celadon glaze, good condition with crack line at the rim please see picture for detail good crackled at glaze surface size: 15 cm diameter.

Rare Southern Song dynasty longquan celadon lotus bowl with carved lotus leaf motif at the exterior covered with good green celadon glaze, good condition small glaze imperfection at the rim please see picture for detail good crackled at glaze surface size: 15 cm diameter.

A pair of rare Six Panel Screens opposing calligraphic verse with a bamboo stand in white on red by Fukuda Kodojin Published p. 230-231 No. 70 The Art and Life of Fukuda Kodojin (Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2023). Not only is a pair of screens by this artist rare, but this, depicted in white on paper dyed with Kakishibu Persimmon oil in a deep, burnt red color with a red frame, is unprecedented. Seen in dim light, the works appear almost as negative calligraphy, inscriptions of light on darkne...

This monumental hanging scroll by Fukuda Kodōjin dated early winter 1915 presents a lofty mountain landscape enveloped in drifting mists, a consummate expression of his mature literati ideal. Combining the monumental grandeur of Chinese Song and Yuan prototypes with the delicacy and introspection of Japanese Bunjin taste, it reveals Kodōjin’s unique capacity to merge spiritual vision with expressive abstraction. The composition ascends dramatically from the foreground to towering peaks that ...

A rare bamboo tea scoop carved with a brief verse hailing Riku-u (Lu Yu) by Fukuda Kodojin enclosed in the original wooden box titled Sago.　It is 4.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm (1-3/4 x 5-1/2 x 3/4 inch) and is in excellent condition.
Lu Yu (Japanese: Riku-u）was an 8th-century Chinese tea master and writer, best known as the author of the The Classic of Tea, the world’s earliest and most influential monograph on tea. Active during the Tang dynasty, he systematized tea cultivation, preparation, ...

A window glows pink with warmth in the hermitage lost in the pair of vast winter landscapes by Fukuda Kodojin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sekkei Sansui So-Fuku. In the first composition, jagged, snow-covered peaks rise into an empty sky, their stark forms rendered with Kodōjin’s distinctive textured ink wash—alternating dry brush and delicate rubbing to create both monumentality and ethereality. At the foot of the mountains, a modest thatched hut nestles into the snow....

Mount Fuji rises majestically beyond a blossoming plum, and a scholars studio displays a fine assortment of natural objects in this complimentary pair of paintings by Fukuda Kodojin and female artist/Poet Miura Eiran with calligraphy by Kokufu Seito. The poems read:
1: The mountains connect, draped in eternal snow; From the land of the sages, one branch brings forth spring.
2: From whence comes the crane, seeking rest? Moss spreads thick upon the earth, ever deepening.
The ink ...

The burgeoning moon filters through the needles of an ancient pine on this powerful image by Fukuda Kodojin enclosed in in the original signed wooden box titled Gekka Oimatsu Zu date the sumer of 1923. Ink on silk in a green satin border patterned with soaring geese with bone rollers, it is 53 x 202 cm (20-3/4 x 79-1/2 inches). There are a few scattered marks typical of handling and age.
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) an eccentric self taught artist, his status as a poet, calligrapher and lit...

A lightly brushed ink image of a boatman under a poem signed Haritsu (poetry name of Fukuda Kodojin) reading: Natsu yanagi Tsuri dogu uru koya ari (Beneath the summer willows, there is a hut selling fishing gear supplies). Ink on handmade mulberry paper with green silk border, dark wood rollers. It is 12-1/2 x 63 inches (32 x 160 cm).
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) an eccentric self taught artist, his status as a poet, calligrapher and literati artist has reached legendary status. Born at a t...

A set of five porcelain Sencha Tea Cups for use with steeped tea decorated by Fukuda Kodojin enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hanamasu Chasan. Each diminutive cup is uniquely decorated with an image and verse by the artist. They measure 6.5 cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter, 5 cm (2 inches) tall and are in excellent condition. Inside the box is written “made by Yamazaki of Kyoto, decorated by Kodojin.
Fukuda Kodojin (1865-1944) an eccentric self taught artist, his status as a ...