Antique Lao hand woven silk panel (possibly the end of woman’s shaman head scarf). The top depicts mythical elephants, the center shows an ancestral spirit under a roof with nagas erupting from above, below are more spirits and mythical beasts. This has a simple palette only natural dyed black, maroon and gold(ish) hand spun raw silk threads. I acquired this about 35 years ago from a friend who had just returned from Laos, and it was old at the time I got it so an age of 60 to 80 years...

Charming small antique carved and lacquered panel depicting three Immortals and a crane in garden. Either an architectural or furniture element. Excellent condition. L: 19.5cm/7.8in and W: 7.3cm/2.9in.

Mounted Painting of Prince Shōtoku with Inscription

Ink and colors on silk
Dated Meiji 14 (1881), Japan

A finely executed devotional painting of Prince Shōtoku (574–622), one of the most revered figures in Japanese history, shown as the devout supporter and promulgator of Buddhism during the Asuka period. Above the figure is a classical inscription (gasan) praising Shōtoku’s defeat of false views and the establishment of the Buddha’s Dharma.
The inscrip...

HEAVY STONE

Natural stone used as a canvas for an anonymous painting of a woman’s face in the style of a Noh female mask (“Waka-Onna”), Japan, date and maker unknown. Approx. H 17.5 × W 21 × D 11.8 cm (6.9 × 8.3 × 4.6 in). Natural age-related wear and weathering.


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A cluster of grapes before a single drying leaf by Buddhist Nun Oishi Junkyo enclosed in a period wooden box. Ink on paper in a silk border patterned with pine needles extended with beig and terminating in wooden rollers. The scroll is 57.8 x 127 cm (23 x 50 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Junkyo’s life is a triumph over tragedy. Born into a low family, she was sent to a tea house where she became an apprentice Geisha. In a famous incident, the Tea House owner in a drunken rag...

A striking geometric pattern of hammered gold is inlayed into the metal surface of this silver lined fresh water jar for use in the Japanese Maccha Tea Ceremony by Kashima Kazuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shosei Senmon Tetsu Mizusashi. It is 17.4 cm (7-1/2 inches) diameter, 23.7 cm (9-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Nunome Zogan (Textile Pattern Inlay) is a metal inlay technique where fine vertical and horizontal grooves are engraved into a base metal u...

A dramatic flower vessel by Mino legend Hayashi Shotaro in his signature crispy-colorful glaze enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manyosai Uzumaki-mon Kaki. It is 27 x 15 x 21.5 cm (11 x 6 x 8-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. Although initially entering regular employment upon graduating high school, in 1967 he returned to Toki city to help his brother Kotaro. Very quickly within...

Artist: Not knowm
Depicting Shiba Zojo Temple in Snow
Date: ca. 1920s to mid-century
Size: Chuban. 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
A chirimen (creped) Japanese woodblock print.
Round seal at the lower right corner of the image.
Condition: Fading color. Paper remnant at back corner.

Elegant Six-Panel Japanese Folding Screen with Deer and Kin-sunago Gold Sprinkled Background

A refined six-panel Japanese folding screen (byōbu) featuring a pair of deer set within a serene landscape, rendered against a delicately sprinkled gold-dust (kin-sunago) background.
The composition evokes a quiet elegance: the deer stand poised among soft grasses, their presence gentle and meditative. The kin-sunago technique—where finely ground gold foil is lightly scattered across...

The figurine depicts a bijin (beautiful woman) wearing a richly embroidered kimono. The hairstyle is characteristic of the late 17th century, but the figurine was made in the Kutani kilns around 1900, during the Meiji period. Beautiful glazes; firing imperfections due to porcelain expansion are visible on the underside and one side of the base. The unglazed portion of the base shows tiny brown spots caused by iron oxide present in the insufficiently purified clay, a common characteristic of old...

A Rare Korean White Glazed Cylindrical Jar with Poem Written: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 18th / 19th century Lovely Korean white glazed ceramic Jang Gyeong Byeong vase with calligraphy throughout the body in a black iron ink. Jang Gyeong Byeong - meaning long neck and larger globular lower body shaped bottle would be used for drinks or oils. Condition: Old repairs to rim, pitting to the glaze else in overall good condition. It measures 20.2cm h. x 13cm d. weight- 1026 grams

A Very Rare/Fine Korean "서방소호지군(西方少皡之君" in "오방오제위도-五方五帝位圖" Buddhist Painting- Korea, Joseon dynasty, 18th /19th century. “The painting is one of 5 Buddhist paintings (오방오제위도 (五方五帝位圖):서방소호지군(西方少皡之君 of 5 Buddhist paintings: (동방대호지군(東方大皡之君),남방연제지군(南方炎帝之君),북방전욱지군(北方？頊之君),중방황제지군(中方黃帝之君).서방소호지군...

A Very Fine/Beautiful Korean White Glazed Jar/Cover: Korea, Joseon dynasty, 15th century. The sturdily potted, oviform body, tapering to recessed ring foot, a short neck with a converted rim, decorated evenly blue tinged white glaze, the flattened, two-tiered cover surmounted by a knob finial white glaze even. It’s in very good condition, it measures 16.5cm x 15cm.

Very finely carved lively tea house scene inside a pagoda. There is a lot going on in this piece- on the ground floor there are three female, musicians (pipa, er hu and, castanets and drum), an woman having a smoke and woman who just seems to be enjoying the music. The first floor has three more people and the roof top has the classic longevity gourd flanked by two fish- usually seen on the top of temples dedicated to a Taoist deity. From the first half of the 20th century the gold lacqu...

Rare wood carved and lacquered image of Lei Gong- God of Thunder. Antique/Vintage first half of the 20th century, the base has mother-of-pearl chips inlaid in the base, Excellent condition. : H: 28cm/11in.

This piece is fine and very rare, made at early Jingdezhen kiln. The character of white porcelain made in Jingdezhen is blueish color. YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePnJksIWY0I Certificate: written by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antiques in Japan. Size(body): 13cm(D)/15cm(H)

This piece was made at Longquan kiln famous for fine celadon ware, carved lotus flower. Cup with stem was liked by nomadic people like as Mongolian people named 馬上盃(cup on the horse). YouTube movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxHaNdVGBRc Size: 9.0cm(D)/8.5cm(H) Certificate: written by Noriki Shimazu the famous researcher with Asian antiques in Japan.

A fabulous ash encrusted flask by Ohmae Satoru (also Omae Satoru) enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Tokkuri. The rough clay and textured ash juxtapose with the delicate rim and dainty size. It is 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) diameter, 11.5 cm (4-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Ohmae Satoru was born in Osaka in 1972. He began decorating Kenzan style pottery in Kobe in 1991 with his brother. It was in 1994 he began making Nanban style unglazed pottery. His first sol...