Chinese Neolithic Twin-Handled Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC)

This twin-handled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. It is made from a pale buff-coloured pottery that is quite highly-fired, having an almost "metallic ring" to it when tapped. It has a burnished surface, very smooth to the touch. The handles have very lightly-incised vertical lines. It has a s...

Chinese Neolithic Twin-Handled Pottery Jar - Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC)

This twin-handled pottery jar was made around 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), from what is now eastern Gansu province, China. It is fairly "heavily-potted" and made from quite a high-fired grey pottery, having an almost "metallic ring" to it when tapped. It has a burnished surface that is smooth to the touch. The handles have lightly incised vertical lines.

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A Buddhist statue with serene expression, wearing Bodhisattva garments. Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, holding the hands in dhyanamudra. Made of hardwood with gilt lacquering and little paint. Condition: little wear, a short crack on one shoulder (see photo no. 6) and traces of age. Dimension: c. 31.5 cm tall, weight: c. 1.5 kg.

Fine Chinese Han Dynasty Pottery Jar (206 BC - AD 220)

This attractive-shaped pottery jar was made some two thousand during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from quite a high-fired grey pottery, wheel-made and with a nice smooth burnished surface. The marks to the flat base show where is was removed from the potter's wheel with a wire. The surface has a slight silvery sheen to it, caused by microscopic pieces of mica within the clay (as can be seen when viewed with a magnifying ...

A bold calligraphy work by eclectic Zen Priest Hashimoto Dokuzan enclosed in the original signed double wood box (niju bako). Ink on paper mounted in rough silk with red lacquered rollers, the scroll is 33 x 215 cm (13 x 84-1/2 inches). There is light foxing throughout the image. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hashimoto Dokuzan was a leading figure in early twentieth-century Zen Buddhism, serving as abbot of the major monastery Shokokuji in the city of Kyoto and served as chief, ka...

A haunting 18th century bottle shaped vase with flaring rim covered in pale, blue-tinged white glaze decorated with a band of flowering vines from the Southern kilns of Arita. It is 13 cm (5-1/4 inches) diameter, 25 cm (10 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Imari porcelain, also known as Arita ware, has its origins in the early 17th century and is one of Japan's most renowned ceramic traditions. Porcelain production in the Imari region began around 1616 when Korean potters, brought to...

Silver and gold fronds decorate the clouded surface of this large vase by Yasuda Zenko enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 17 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter, 26 cm (10-1/4 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Yasuda Zenko (Tomohiko) (1926-2004), Studied under Kiyomizu Rokubei VI. His work was first displayed nationally at the Nitten, 1950 where he would exhibit consistently later serving as a juror. H received the prestigious Japan Ceramic Society award in 1958, the same ye...

The Process of Wood-Block Color Printing
A woodblock-printed accordion book demonstrating the process of creating Kanbara by Hiroshige Ando from key-block to finished woodblock print.
Each of the 21 pages is woodblock print or color block. There's also an explanatory text page.
Date: 1963 or earlier.
Likely to have been offered by M. Nakazawa at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
Size: 6.25 x 4.125 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Rare Example of Chaekgeori Scholar's Objects Painting with Musical Instruments (Gayageum, Haegeum, and Flute). Chaekgeori literally translates to "books and things," and the things are scholar's accoutrements. The rare addition of musical instruments in this painting lends a unique personal touch to a work of art that clearly belonged to a music-loving scholar. The plum blossoms are an ancient symbol of courage because they bloom early, when winter is not yet finished. The characters for happine...

Rare Geese and Reeds Painting (Noando) by Korean Royal Court Painter Yang Ki Hun aka Seokyeon (1843-1897) from Pyeongyang, signed Seokyeon, on fine silk with a floral silk mounting. Yang Ki Hun's signature 'boneless' style (painting without outlines, using ink washes) beautifully captures light and shade. The literal meaning of 'noando' is reed and geese painting, but it is a play on a homonym, as 'no' means both reed and old, and 'an' means both geese and comfort ('do' means painting). 'Noan' c...

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Oil painting on board depicting a young woman captured in a fleeting, youthful gesture. Japan, Shōwa–Heisei period (late 20th–early 21st century). Approx. 24 × 33 cm (9.4 × 13 in). Age-related wear consistent with time, as seen.


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A horse cover made of handspun cotton which is vegetable indigo and benibana (safflower) dyed. It has chain stitched owner's trade name. From Tohoku district. Late 19th to early 20th century. W:46cm, L:120cm

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Naturally sculptural wooden burl, once displayed as a Japanese okimono in a tokonoma alcove. Shōwa period (20th century). Approx. 49 × 14 × 12 cm (19.3 × 5.5 × 4.7 in). Stands on its own. Age-related wear consistent with time, as seen.


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Hanko-tanna, which is cotton cloth worn at a field for covering a face for insect repellent and sunshade. It is originated in Shonai region in Yamagata prefecture from Edo period, and it is worn during rice planting these days. It is made of cotton dyed with vegetable indigo with shibori. With some mending patches and a hole. 20th century. W:34.5cm, L:1m75cm

You rarely see 19th Century Korean tiger paintings offered for sale anymore. The last time we had one was 15 years ago, and it will probably be at least that long until we have another to offer. So it is quite an occasion for us to now have two on our website for your consideration. When they do come up in auctions now, they sell for more than we are asking here. That's because there is nothing anywhere like Joseon Era Korean tiger folk paintings. Tigers in Korean paintings are not ferocious. Th...

An antique Tibetan door once belonging to an offering cabinet or tantric torgam. The door is painted with a ferocious scene of a wrathful being holding a knife in one hand. In the background, a figure is being disemboweled by wild animals. Various other body parts and auspicious objects decorate the negative space. The painting combines tantric imagery with wrathful iconography and is meant to strike fear into hindrances while assuring divine protection to practitioners.

Age: 18th to 1...

A breathtaking fresh water urn in clear Sea Green capped with a gleaming gold final by Kato Shoji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Ryuhyo no Etsu Mizusashi. The crackled Green is shot with fissures, all glistening with gold like sunlight reflecting off the sharp edge of broken ice. It is 17 cm (6-1/2 inches) diameter roughly the same height, 16.5cm tall and in excellent condition.
Kato Yoji was born in Toki city, the heart of Shino-Oribe ceramic ware, in 1953, and studi...

A new radical cup deeply scored by the fingers of Murakoshi Takuma as he raised it on the wheel, half covered in so much texture and variation in color it is a pleasure to both hold and view enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shunju Shochu Nomi.. It is 10 x 12 x 10 cm (4 x 5 x 4 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist.
Murakoshi Takuma is one of those enigmas who simply lives to work with clay. He does not seek to make a living through pottery, but th...