Chinese Yixing zisha teapot. 18 cm wide from spout to the handle. 12 cm body diameter. 8 cm high. Condition : teapot in good condition. Two chipped and short hairline at inside the lid. ( please see on the photos )

Chinese Yixing zisha teapot. 18 cm wide from spout to the handle. 12 cm body diameter. 8 cm high. Condition : teapot in good condition. broken at inside the lid. ( please see on the photos )

Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
Cherry Blossoms by the Gate
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1951. Pencil-signed first edition.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition. Excellent. Upper left margin corner bend.
Notes: I've included photos of Toshi Yoshida's vintage envelope and the collector's notes of the previous owner, both of which accompanied this group of Yoshida prints. The collector's notes will be included.

The warrior’s armor and helmet, samurai sword, spears, banners and paper carps (later cloth) in the sky are all tools used to showcase boy’s day in Japan. This tradition started early Edo period (1603-1868) by samurai families wishing their son’s good health and studies to be honorable samurai.

This set is made in Kyoto, Japan and is called “Kyo-armor”. Kyoto had been the capital of Japan for over 1000 years. The culture there was developed to serve the best for the emperor...

An antique statue of the lucky god Han Xiangzi holding a Chinese flute, carved from a large bamboo piece with nice patina. One of the eight immortals of the Chinese Taoist pantheon. Condition: headgear with a hairline, maybe the flute shortened. Dimension: c. 35 cm high. Please compare to item # 1434476, item #1434720, item #1435291 for another carvings of the same group.

A powerful work of Shino pottery by one of the veterans of Mino ceramics. Vibrant lines of white feldspar contrast sharply with the iron rich clay and glaze to bring out this abstract depiction of field grasses swaying in the breeze. The technique used to produce this work is over 400 years old and was nearly lost to the ages before being revived by several well-known artists in the mid-20th century.

Born in 1941 in Taijima, Tamaoki began his studies at a very early age; apprentici...

A very fine design of 100% handwoven IKAT SILK from Thailand. 2-ply, size: length 2 yards x width 39"

Sodenashi (vest) with very fine sashiko　which is from Shonai region in Yamagata prefecture in Tohoku district. It is made of two layers of cotton dyed with vegetable indigo. In good condition. The first half of the 20th century. 48cm(hem) x 68cm

Very unusual figure of the Kigyo Kishimojin, standing with a baby in her arms, holding up a pomegranate in her right hand. In this form she represents the protector of children.
Almost abstracted wooden figure with dark patina. The mouth painted red, the eyes inlaid with glass or crystal painted with gold in reverse technique, the pomegranate made of a red kernel.

This is a very rare appearance, a kind of in-between form between the child robbing and devouring monster and the transfor...

Buddhist shrine containing a sculpture of Shichimen Daimyojin in sitting pose, one leg crossed over the other. She sits on the summit of mount Shichimen, one of her shoes by her side, holding a (golden) jewel in her left hand. In the right hand she hold another object, likely a key that is now missing.
Wood decorated with gold and mineral colors. Gilt metal mandorla behind her head, decorated with flaming jewels.
The baldachin above the figure is decorated with auspicious symbols in ...

Toshi Yoshida
Autumn in Hakone Museum
Date: 1954.
Signed and sealed in Japanese. Signed in English. Size: Oban. Approximately 16.25 x 10.5 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Soft corner margin creases.
Notes: I've included photos of Toshi Yoshida's vintage envelope and the collector's notes of the previous owner, both of which accompanied this group of Yoshida prints. The collector's notes will be included.
- The pencil signature ...

19th century Pair Chinese Rosewood Wall hanging Brackets, folding Wall Display Shelves, Ca. 1900 - 1920, 9 1/2" high, 7" wide, 3 3/4" deep, carved marking "China" on the back lower area on both, wide open carved polished Rosewood of the fruit like Buddha's Hand and continuing vines with leaves, folding flat supported by brass hinges, and brass hanging hook in the back on top. It is very difficult to find as a pair for this kind of quality wide open polished Rosewood Wall hanging Display Shelves...

This is a Japanese antique indigo dye cotton Shonai Sashiko noragi boro hanten jacket. A slightly thin indigo-dyed cotton cloth with two threads in one, and hand sashiko. Cotton cloth is a thin hand-spun cotton. It is an item around the end of the Meiji era. The shade of indigo dyeing is beautiful and it is a little thin, so it is ideal for wearing. There are 3 holes that have been fixed. There are light stains, but they are not noticeable. Size: Length 82 cm / 32.28inch ...

METAL WALL BAMBOO

Hanging aluminum wall ornament of auspicious red bamboo. Late 20th century, Japan. In used condition as is. approx. 50.5 x 37 x 0.5cm (19.88 x 14.56 x 0.19in).


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Chinese incense burner bronze censer with wooden stand. Xuande mark, Qing dynasty. 10,5 cm mouth diameter. 11,5 cm from handle to handle. 8 cm high. Censer in original condition except has smooth dent at the body. please see on the pictures.

Clog-shaped chawan, tea bowl to be used in the tea ceremony. Over a whitish fine clay a silky black glaze and crackled white slip over which a decoration of interlocked diamonds and rings in iron brown.

Seal impressed in bottom/underside: Juzan. Refers to the Oribe potter Mizuno Juzan.

Mino ware, Oribe style, Japan. Showa era, 1950s

H 3 x W 4.25 in.

Perfect condition

There are at least two generations of Mizuno potters going by the name Juzan. The seal most likely ...

Ema (pictorial offering) with a pair of "Aka Oni and Ao Oni"(red and blue ogres) which is hand-painted. It is an offering at Kijin Shrine in Saitama prefecture next to Tokyo which is the one of four shrines worshipping ogres in Japan. In good condition. The first half of the 20th century. 14cm x 8cm x 0.8cm

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Teahouse in the Night
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.625 inches.
Date: pre-1936.
Artist's seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
No. 564 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-57 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.