A good, Chinese moss agate snuff bottle. Color variegation ranges from from a milky pale aubergine to a dark mossy green with areas of earthy red inclusion and structure. Natural, pleasant, minute pits appearing lightly placed on the surface. Ever so slightly convex, level foot. Similar concavity to the top. Light green quartz stopper. Bottle height, nearly 2 1/4 inches. With stopper, 2 3/4 inches.

Large copper samovar chiseled with flowers and Islamic characters. Ottoman, possibly Balkan. 19th century or earlier. One wooden handle replaced. Traces of tin soldering. In working condition with embers. 66 x 47 cm.

A fine, small, late Qing dynasty agate snuff bottle. Mostly shades of white with subtle warm earth tones appearing within variegated structure. Well defined foot, very slightly concave top, well hollowed interior. A malachite stopper top. Ex Don Elder. 2 inches high bottke only, 2 1/2 inches with the stopper

A Chinese sancai (three color) decorated biscuit figure of Li Bai - an historical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. The colors, on famille verte palette, adorn the figure in repose, leaning on a wine pot. The group functions as a brush washer that would have been used on a scholar’s table (appropriate to the subject). Probably Kangxi period - late 17th century. With later stand. Length, at longest span, about 6 inches. Condition is good for the period and intended use, with only a small chip o...

Square-shaped vase covered with a deep blue glaze. Damaged. All damages are visible in the photos. Height: 35 cm, Width: 16 cm

An Edo period lacquered wood yosegi-zukuri scale model utsushi (honorific copy) of the original, Kamakura period sculpture of Kūkai (A.D. 774 - 835) enshrined as a manifestation of Maitreya Buddha in the Kongobu-ji shrine in the Okuno-In temple. Kōbō Daishi (so named posthumously), was the founder of esoteric Shingon, Vajrayana Buddhism in Japan. Weathered but fair condition. Ex H. I. Gates collection. Height, 9 1/2 inches

Three Shin Hanga Japanese Woodblock Prints
Hiker in Mountains, Two Figures with Umbrella in Rain, Boat and Willow
Date: 1910s-1930s.
Size: Ko-tanzaku. Each 9.5 x 2 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock prints.
Condition: Excellent.One has marks in upper right sky.

Eishosai Choki (1760s-1800s) Hand Mirror
Size: Oban 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Date: ca 1790. This edition pre-1923 published Watanabe Shozaburo (sealed).
Side light reveals a beautiful pattern in the embossed black fabric. See photo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Such hooks were traditionally used in wealthy farmers houses and were suspended from the ceiling over the traditional iron hearth.
Beautifully carved from Keyaki wood (Japanese Zelkova) , perhaps most desirable hard wood in Japan, known for its strength and beautiful grain. A very beautiful patination on wood surface developed over the years of usage and constant smoke from the hearth.

Age: Meji period , 19 th century
Size :46 cm x9 x10 cm ( 18.1 x 3.5 x 3.9 inch ) <...

Pair to Large Japanese Six-Panel Folding Screen with Cranes

A large six-panel folding screen (byōbu) forming a pair with the previously presented crane screen.
This screen features a striking composition of cranes: one with wings majestically spread in flight, accompanied by two cranes resting gracefully on the ground. The artist’s meticulous brushwork captures both the elegance and vitality of these auspicious birds.

Together with its companion screen, the ...

A nicely blue and white bowl with a figure character of Guan Yu to the interior center and some molded incised of Chinese characters inside and outside. A Thian mark to the base. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Qing Dynasty 18th-19th Century or possibly earlier. Diameter: 20,8 cm and Height: 9,2 cm.

Rare 4.9cm/1.9in Thai stoneware bowl from the Sankampaeng kiln circa 15th/16th CE with two fish in the center and scalloped cavetto, there is well done repaired chip on the inner rim noted last enlargement. This is a classic and definitive piece for the Sankampaeng kiln as the incised/impressed fish motif is only found on ceramics from this Thai kiln. There are some blue flambé highlights in the center, probably accidental but quite attractive. D: 21.5cm/8.2in and H: 5cm/2in.

Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white dish. 20 cm diameter. Dish has two small chipped at the rim.

Chinese Song dynasty cover box qingbai. 12 cm diameter. top part have to hairlines and has been cut to make it fit the bottom part. (please see on the pictures).

Chinese Song dynasty foliate shape small dish qingbai. 11,2 cm diameter. Dish has restoration at the rim (please see at the last two pictures).

A radical red tea bowl, the sides scored by Koie Ryoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Chawan. It is 13.5 cm (5-1/2 inches), 8 cm (3 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Koie Ryoji (1938-2020) was born in Tokoname and graduated the Tokoname industrial school before moving on to work at a tile factory in 1957, where he would lose two fingers in an industrial accident. Faced with this handicap, he entered the City Ceramics Research Facility in 1962 where he furt...

A humorous image of blind men trying to describe an elephant, a scene from popular Zen lore, by Okada Kakyo enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is Ink on paper in a silk border featuring porcelain rollers. The scroll measures 55 x 206.5 cm (21-1/2 x 81 inches) and is in overall fine condition.
A group of blind men once came upon an elephant, each wishing to understand what sort of creature stood before them. One reached out and grasped the trunk, declaring, “Ah, it is like a...

Antique Japanese pottery Oribe vase. 4 ½ ” tall and about 3” wide. Rim with a few chips (see images).