Japanese antique lacquered bento box. A carrying outer case with bronze handle opens on both the front and back. Inside is a set of four covered boxes of differing sizes. All are decorated with sprays of wild flowers and grasses, bamboo and birds in gold maki-e lacquer and shell inlay. The inside of the boxes are lacquered red except for the largest box which has a rich gold leaf finish.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 8 1/4" high x 8 1/4" wide x 5 1/4" deep

Set of two hexagonal dishes made of cream-colored stoneware with slightly everting sides. The clay on the inside is lightly structured with a cloth impression. Each dish is decorated with three double-chrysanthemums in iron brown, covered in a clear glaze with very fine crackle, over which the typical green glaze of Oribe ware, mottled with a blue glaze.

Unsigned. Oribe ware, Seto region, Japan, 19th century

H 1.25 x W 5 x D 4.4 in.

Very good condition

A sheer white porcelain sphere like some coral exoskeleton found dried on the beach pierced with a cylindrical vase for a single flower by Kato Yoshiyasu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Skeletal Work Vase. It is 13 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 19.5 cm (8 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist this year.
Born in Aichi Prefecture in 1985, Kato Yoshiyasu graduated from the Department of Craft and Design at Kurashiki University of Science and the Art...

Pair of 19th Century Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Tea Caddy with Flower and Bird

Each is 7.7 inches (19.5 cm) tall by 5.3 inches ( 13.5 cm) wide. Total weight is 3.5 Lb.

They have dark spots, skip glaze and surface wear (as seen in the photos).

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LARGE Pair of Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Earth Spirits with TL Tests

This exceptional pair of "earth spirits" was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). They are made from a high-fired creamy-white pottery that has been "cold-painted" in various different coloured pigments, good traces of which still remain. It was the function of an earth spirit, a fantastical horned creature, standing at an entrance or in a doorway, to ward off evil and malevolent spirits. These are particu...

Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Female Rider

This fine and attractive model of a horse & rider was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from quite a high-fired pale pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. The horse stands upright and alert with its mouth open, its head turned a little to its left. The rider sits upright in her saddle wearing a long-sleeved robe, her left hand held against his chest. Note also the rider's hairsty...

Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse & Male Rider

This fine and attractive model of a horse & rider was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from quite a high-fired pale pottery that has been "cold painted" in various coloured pigments. The horse stands upright and alert with its mouth open. The rider sits upright in his saddle wearing a long-sleeved robe, his left hand held against his chest. Note also the rider's unusual head gear.

This is a good-sized exa...

1900's Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Vase by Meizan from Yabu Meizan's workshop

It is 4.9 inches (12.5 cm) tall by 2.4 inches (6 cm) wide. It is 0.3 Lb.

It has minor rubbing of gold and paint, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1940's Japanese Wood Carved Netsuke Boy Figure Marked

It is 2 inches (5 cm) tall by 1.02 inches (2.6 cm) wide. It is 18.6 gram.

It has hairline cracks and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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Fine Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Jar (Dragon)

This exceptional painted pottery jar was made over two thousand years ago during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from quite a highly-fired fine-grained grey pottery that has been elaborately "cold-painted" in various different coloured pigments.

Although possibly not immediately obvious, the main decoration in the wide band around the jar is a stylised dragon (look for the dragon's head).

Height 36 cm (...

19th Century Chinese Export Blue and White 'Bleu de Hue' Bowl with Phoenix Marked

It is 2.4 inches (6.2 cm) tall by 4.7 inches (12 cm) wide. It is 0.5 lb.

It has firing dark spots, hairline cracks, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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