Post war, Showa period. The mask is one of a pair and seems as a “female”. It is decorated with a movable jaw and ears, eyes inlayed with 2 colored metal, golden colored metal fangs and a tuft of gray hair on the back. The ball on top of the head is moveable. This mask is likely a “hand” mask used during Kabuki play. Karashishi, also known as a "Chinese lion" or "lion-dog". These mythical guardian lions are a common motif in Japanese and Chinese art and temple architecture, symbolizing...

20th century. The stone is well-weathered, light color rock and of an irregular shape rising vertically from a narrow base. It allows one to look through and around the rock from every angle, creating an ever-shifting sense of movement. 3 ½ ” tall with stand. Without stand 3 ¼”x 3”x 2”.

Naturally formed, dark greenish stone with red inclusion. 3 ½ ”x 1”x 1¾” without stand.

The bamboo is intricately carved with temples in a lakeside setting. The base and top rim are carved from boxwood. The artist masterfully carved out his decoration, going to great lengths to completely remove certain high-relief sections from the background, notably the temple pillars and some tree branches (see photos). The figure slowly and painfully climbing the path is an old man bent over by the years; the artist was able to express this with two snips of the scissors. He did not sign his w...

The teapot is shaped like a peach. It is made of beige stoneware. The handle and spout are modeled from the same stoneware of the same color, covered with a dark brown slip, imitating wood. The body of the peach is speckled with rust, probably also from blown-on slip projections. However, all the leaves are modeled from another dark green stoneware and glued with slip. A rare and elegant model, with two signatures, one under the peach and the other under the lid. Chinese work from the Qing perio...

The deity is cast in bronze using the lost-wax method. It is probably Aiyanar, the protective god of fields and villages in southern India. She holds weapons in her four arms. Pronounced patina and wear due to handling and the fervent caresses of worshippers. The rider separates from his mount, to which he is attached by a long bronze tenon. This type of bronze deity was produced in southern India from the 17th to the 19th century. Without an engraved date, it is impossible to date them accurate...

Glaze drapes about the finger scored surface of this Sake flask by Atarashi Manabu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Chossen Karatsu Tokkuri. It is 9.5 cm (roughly 4 inches) diameter, 15 cm (6 inches) tall and in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Atarashi Manabu has been growing in popularity as one of the leaders in the Iga pottery tradition since the first time I saw his work nearly 20 years ago when visiting the family showroom in Iga village. Bor...

A jaunty thick wood lid sits astride this simple ceramic form covered in random earth tones and dramatic strokes of black by Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original singed wooden box titled Mizusashi. Drops of spilled ink and a bit of blank canvas (raw earth) varying from white to gray are deeply scored, wth washes of red tinged Ki-seto yellow glaze like a minimalist painting from the 1950s. Up one side runs a series of blank dots where it was supported on its side in the kiln. The lid is hand chi...

Two pair sleeve bands with yellow silk ground. One pair finely embroidered in Pekinese stitch and few details in satin stitch and couched metal threads, showing young ladies in a landscape. The second pair with birds among colorful flowers in satin stitch and few Peking knots. Condition: traces of usage, shortened, slightly soiled. Dimension: c. 9.4 x 53 cm and c. 10.9 x 54 cm.

A bag handmade of vegetable indigo dye hemp strings which is for backpack. It has hand-carved wood cord fastenings. In excellent condition, no cuts or breaks. The second half of the 19th century. L:73cm

Chinese Qing dynasty 17th - 18th century bronze censer incense burner. With a four-character seal, Yutang zhenwan ('precious plaything of the Jade Hall'). Good condition with only some scratch on the patina and old labels mark has been released. (please see on the pictures). 17,3 cm wide. 7,2 cm high. 1338 gram weight.

Chinese Qing dynasty bronze censer incense burner with stand, Xuande mark. Good conditions. 13 cm diameter. 1645 gram weight.

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white dish decorated with single Phoenix at the center and surrounded by lotus flowers. Small chipped at the rim ( please check at the pictures ) Free from any restoration. 25 cm diameter.

Strikes of an iron loaded brush cross the organic white surface of this large basin by Nakagawa Jinenbo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled E-Kohiki Karatsu Hachi. It is 34.5 cm (13-3/4 inches) diameter 10.5 cm (4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Nakagawa Jinenbo (1953-2011) was always fascinated with Karatsu ware, and studied under the great Inoue Toya from the age of 24. Several years later he returned to his hometown to establish a climbing kiln of his own, which...

An 18th century Zen image of the Bodhidharma seated in meditation dressed in red robes, eyes aflame, the gold irises gleaming in the shadow of the Zendo hall, his countenance stern as he contemplates the mysteries of all and nothing. He is seated on the original wooden stand. Writing inside the diaper indicates it likely belonged to a temple called Jorakuji. It is 45 cm (18 inches) tall seated on the stand. The stand itself is 33 x 26.5 cm (13 x 10-1/2 inches). There is much loss to the origi...

Pencil-signed Japanese mid-century sosaku hanga woodblock print titled "Moonlight Night" depicting a sleeping owl by Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965) dating circa 1950 to early 1960s. The artist's pencil signature and red seal are at the lower left section of the image. Paper: 11" x 16 1/2" (image: 9 1/4” x 14 3/4”). Very good overall condition with full margins. There are a few short soft creases at the lower left and there is a small scuff mark above the red seal. The margins are slightly dis...

BORO SANDALS

A pair of waraji sandals, uniquely woven from straw and strips of well-worn cloth. Japan, early 20th century. Approx. H 5.5 × W 10 × D 24 cm (2.2 × 3.9 × 9.4 in). Firmly constructed, slightly stiff. Time has left its traces — straw, dust, and the memory of use.


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BLESSING

Mixed media on canvas. Korea, 2024. Approx. 52.5 × 45 × 2 cm (20.7 × 17.7 × 0.8 in). By Jung Hye Rin, a painter known for reimagining traditional Korean motifs with warmth and quiet humor. A traditional bowl, inscribed with “happiness", full of rice, rises upon a horjokban (tray table with tiger-shaped legs), full in form — blessed.


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