1900's Chinese White Glaze Scholar's Ink Round Box with Plum Blossom

It is 1.53 inches (3.9 cm) tall by 4.8 inches (12.1 cm) wide. It is 1.1 Lb.

It has fleabite chip at the inner lid and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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Pair of 17th Century Chinese Export Blue and White porcelain Plate with Phoenix

Each is 1.6 inches (4 cm) tall by 7.9 inches (20.1 cm) wide. Total weight is 1.6 Lb.

They have dark spots, rubbing paint, surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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Fine Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Kraak Porcelain Dish - Wanli

This fine and attractive "Kraak" porcelain dish was made at the Jingdezhen kilns during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern, in underglaze blue of good colour, features in its centre a duck in a landscape. Surrounding this around the cavetto are eight main panels containing peaches and various precious objects. The underside is more simply decorated with circles and lines within eight panels...

Fine Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Kraak Porcelain Dish - Wanli

This fine and attractive "Kraak" porcelain dish was made at the Jingdezhen kilns during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern, in underglaze blue of good colour, features in its centre a duck in a landscape. Surrounding this around the cavetto are eight main panels containing peaches and various precious objects. The underside is more simply decorated with circles and lines within eight panels...

Fine Large Chinese Ming Dynasty Blue & White Kraak Porcelain Dish - Wanli

This fine and attractive "Kraak" porcelain dish was made at the Jingdezhen kilns during the Wanli reign (1573 - 1620) of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern, in underglaze blue of good colour, features in its centre a bird in a landscape. Surrounding this around the cavetto are eight main panels containing peaches and various precious objects. The underside is more simply decorated with circles and lines within eight panels...

Fine Chinese Liao Dynasty Glazed Pottery Flask (with Tomobako)

This fine pottery vessel was made during the Liao Dynasty (AD 907 - 1125). Ceramics produced during the Liao Dynasty are often quite distinctive, influenced by the nomadic lifestyle in the northeast of China. This example follows the form of a leather flask. It is made from a relatively high-fired and hard pale creamy-brown pottery that has been coated in a pale slip on top of which has been applied a particularly attractive yel...

Rare Chinese Southern Dynasties Glazed Stoneware Jar

This rare and nicely-shaped stoneware jar was made during the Southern Dynasties period (AD 420 - 589). Such wares from this period are rare and quite distinctive. This jar has a flat base, a narrow neck and a saucer-shaper mouth with a vertical edge. There are two "square-cut" loop handles on opposite sides of the shoulder.

The outer surface, as well as the inner mouth, is coated in a finely-crackled glaze of a very attractive transp...

Tea bowl of tulip shape with slightly outward-curving lip, suitable for the tea ceremony. Light colored, fine stoneware, covered on the outside with dark iron brown, tan and green glazes that are dull and speckled; the inside covered in a glaze that is tan colored, with clouds of different shades of brown glazes.

Signed on bottom inside foot ring with monogram TT, for Toshiko Takaezu.

1980s

H 3.5 x diam 5 in.

Small chip on outer rim.

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Japanese antique Kyoto ware chawan tea bowl with glaze of straw yellow brown and light green glaze. Reddish orange splash using hidasuki technique. Collector's label #13.

Age: Edo Period (18th century)

Dimensions: 2 3/4″ high x 4 1/2″ wide

Provenance: From the personal collection of Frederic Cheever Torrey (1864-1935),partner of Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, interior design firm and art gallery founded in San Francisco in 1888.
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Very rare set of four small dishes of irregular circular shape. Hand-formed from whitish clay, decorated in iron brown slip and covered in a translucent glaze. Probably for serving sweets during the tea ceremony. Each plate decorated with a flower that is closely related to a certain season: Camellia for winter, chrysanthemum for fall, lotus for summer, rice for fall. There may have been a fifth dish, as four is an unusual number for Japanese sets and a spring flower is missing in the line-up. <...

Japanese antique Kyoto raku ware chawan tea bowl with glazes of straw yellow and red. A thick black glaze was applied to the interior and rim. With many gold kintsugi repairs. Collector's label #5.

Age: Edo Period (18th century)

Dimensions: 3″ high x 4 7/8″ wide

Provenance: From the personal collection of Frederic Cheever Torrey (1864-1935),partner of Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, interior design firm and art gallery founded in San Francisco in 1888.
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Japanese antique Kyoto raku ware chawan tea bowl with black and red glaze. Decorated with two kiri blossoms; one large and one smaller. The flowers are the bare clay of the bowl. The glaze has been thickly applied, resulting in a lush dripping effect. Probably by Iohiniu. Collector's label #2.

Age: Edo Period (18th century)

Dimensions: 3 1/8″ high x 4 1/2″ wide

Provenance: From the personal collection of Frederic Cheever Torrey (1864-1935),partner of Vickery,...

Japanese antique chawan tea bowl with black, red and light green glaze. Painted hoju, wish-granting jewels are painted in a mat glaze on one side. The bottom is impressed with the signature mark of Seikan. Collector's label #3.

Age: Edo Period (18th century)

Dimensions: 3″ high x 4 1/2″ wide

Provenance: From the personal collection of Frederic Cheever Torrey (1864-1935),partner of Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, interior design firm and art gallery founded in Sa...

Japanese antique raku ware chawan tea bowl. Light brown color with naturally pitted surface. Antique kintsugi gold lacquer repairs with raised kiri blossom.

Age: Edo Period (18th century)

Dimensions: 4 1/4″ high x 4 3/4″ wide

Provenance: From the personal collection of Frederic Cheever Torrey (1864-1935),partner of Vickery, Atkins & Torrey, interior design firm and art gallery founded in San Francisco in 1888.
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An ivory okimono from the Tokyo School depicting a fully articulated study of a lobster. Housed in its original tomobako storage box. Published in the volume Selezione 2024. Unsigned Height: 23 cm | Width: 50 cm | Depth: 20 cm Period: Meiji, circa 1900 An example of a fully articulated ivory lobster is recorded in the Shoto Museum of Art, exhibition catalogue The History of Ivory Carvings, Tokyo, 1996.

A large iki ningyō made of wood, gesso, and pigments with glass eyes, depicting a Kabuki theatre actor—likely Matsumoto Kōshirō VII (1870–1949)—in the role of Benkei from the Kabuki play Kanjinchō. He wears a kimono made of fabric and silk, holding the fake “kanjinchō” register in his right hand and a Buddhist juzu rosary in his left. Published in the volume Selezione 2024. Unsigned Height: 120 cm Period: Shōwa, circa 1940

An oval, egg-shaped ivory manju netsuke depicting a Tengu carved in relief. The figure appears to emerge from the surface, evoking the image of a creature breaking out of a shell. On the reverse, next to the artist’s signature, a fan is engraved. Period: Meiji, late 19th century Dimensions: 4.3 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm Condition: Excellent

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Embroidery picture attached with frame, Showa period, 20th century, Japan. 51 x 62 x 2.5 cm (20.07 x 24.40 x 0.98in). *Shot the photos without the glass for preventing reflection. *Free shipping if you don't need this heavy and fragile glass. Please let me know then. (Without the glass, please be careful with the pins that come out from the backside of frame when grab it.)


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