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Kodo Arts
Price on Request Masterpiece carved frog Ca. 1950. Zelkova (Keyaki)wood. Signed Yukihiro on the bottom. Excellent condition and patina. H:12cm x 15cm long x 21cm deep. Shipping from CA. Ask for shipping quote.
The Kura
$950.00 Taisho period Mystical landscape by Shirakura Niho; rendered in a soft, atmospheric palette, this painting depicts a solitary hillside retreat nestled among pines and weathered stone. At the center of the composition sits a humble scholar’s hut, its sliding screens partially opened to reveal a single figure resting at the window—an understated symbol of cultivated leisure and the Daoist ideal of freedom from worldly obligations. The architecture is lightly suggested rather than fully delinea...
The Kura
$1,600.00 A familial image of quail perched on thick grains of Awa (Foxtail millet). Beautifully sculpted from a firm porcelain, they are unglazed, likely from the later 19th century Kutani kilns. The back of one of the birds lifts off revealing the incense chamber. The sculptured form is one piece (excepting the lid), 12 x 12 x 12 cm (5 x 5 x 5 inches) and is in fine condition but for one slight chip in the corner of the porcelain lid. It comes enclosed in an old wooden box.
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$350.00 A charming set of 6 small sauce dishes from the Bizen kiln of Mori Toshiaki, each exhibiting unique surface effects known as Yohen enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Bizen Sara. These Yohen or kiln effects, are natural, random patterns resulting from various factors, including the placement of the pottery in the kiln, amount of ash buildup, and proximity to other pieces. This set of dishes is like a textbook study of the various effects available in Bizen pottery, each with...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$340.00 A natural ash glazed guinomi showing off fine hi-iro flame coloration on the raw clay by Tanimoto Yo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Iga Guinomi Kaze no Ne (The sound of the wind). It is 8 cm (3 plus inches) diameter, 6 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Born in 1958 the son of Iga potter Tanimoto Kosei, Yo was raised among the kilns and has always had his hands in clay. He first began exhibiting in 1982, and in 1984 moved to Europe where he studied oil pa...
Senatus Consulto
$795.00 A beautiful Chinese pottery tomb figure of a female rider / Attendant on horseback. The figure dates to Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD.
The figure is finely glazed in blue and torquoise colors. Pigmented colours in red, white and black. She is holding holding a box in her hand. She has an elaborate high headdress and was made with many finely painted details. Size: c. 37 cm. high and 28 cm. long - a massive figure! Condition: Choice, intact and in very go...
Senatus Consulto
sold A pair of decorative pottery figures of Soldiers, dating to Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD.
The soldiers are dressed in blue and tourqouise glazed uniforms with harness and helmets. Each are carrying a weapon - a halberd and a sword. They are placed on square plints. Helmets and boots in pigmented colors. Height: c. 22-23 cm. Condition: A choice pair of pottery figures with wear for age and type. Ex. Danish Private Collection and guaranteed authentic.
Senatus Consulto
$285.00 A unusually elaborate pottery figure of a female Attendant, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD.), dating to late Ming period c. 1550-1650 AD.
The lady wears a beautiful robe, glazed in green and yellow Sancai colors. She has an imposing hairdress with a scarf around it. She carries a basket with fruits or flowers on one arm, as if she was returning from the garden. The figure is placed on a square plint. Nicely painted facial details, careful thick glazing Size: c. 28 cm. tall. <...
DEVAGATI
USD $460 Japanese Noh Kotobide Mask (小飛出)
A Japanese Noh Kotobide mask (小飛出), traditionally associated with swift-moving deities or terrestrial spirits that race across the earth. The wide, alert eyes and subtly carved facial features convey a sense of speed, vitality, and an otherworldly presence. Carved in wood and finished with natural pigments, the surface has developed a warm patina through age and use. Minor abrasions and traces of wear are present, consistent with...
Haruko Watanabe
$90.00 Sheer silk gauze unlined summer kimono with checker pattern which is kasuri in blue and white. The first half of the Showa period (1930s) In excellent condition except for light brownish line in the collar cloth which is "hiro-eri", a wide collar folded in half when wearing.
W:126cm, L:140cm
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$250.00 CAST IRON BLANK A remnant iron cut from agricultural toolmaking that never found a practical use, preserved rather than discarded, and recontextualized in the present as a wall-mounted sculptural object. The attached wire allows it to be hung in either vertical orientation. Japan, Meiji–Taishō period (late 19th–early 20th century). Approx. 40 × 12.4 × 2 cm (15.7 × 4.9 × 0.8 in). Age-related wear consistent with time. selected by titc...
Objets D'Art
$1,250.00 A Mughal-style miniature painting depicting a royal lion hunt, a popular subject in Rajput and Mughal art. The ruler is identified by the halo around his head, a common artistic convention for royalty in this era. It is possibly Maharana Sangram Singh II or a prince from a related court, demonstrating valor and kingship by hunting a lion with a spear.
The style of the painting is characteristic of the Udaipur or Mewar school of painting from Rajasthan, India dating to the late 18th century. The...
June Hastings
$1,250.00 Late Qing blue and white porcelain headrest decorated in underglaze cobalt with a dragon emerging from stylized waves, a phoenix in flight above, and a flaming pearl between them. The pillow has a tapered rectangular form with paired coin-shaped apertures at the top, traditionally used for ventilation and cooling. Secondary sides are decorated with floral sprays, allowing the piece to read well from multiple viewpoints. The underside is open, consistent with functional ceramic pillows of the per...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$1,650.00 Enigmatic characters are etched like some lost language into the connected slabs of this pottery object by rising star Kowari Tetsuya which comes enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seki-reki (Traces of History) exhibited at the Hakokai group exhibition. It is hard to say if the artist is looking back in time, or at something of ours somewhere far in the future, a vision; dream of the mystery one might see looking back on the traces of our own society. It is 75 cm (30 inches) long,...
The Kura
$2,500.00 Magnificent dark ink forms a lurid summer landscape on this scroll by Irie Shikai enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated the 4th month of 1922. Ink on paper in a white cloth border with dark wood rollers. It is 54.5 x 195 cm (21-1/2 x 76-3/4 inches).
Irie Shikai was born in Fukuoka prefecture in 1862, the son of an upper level samurai retainer. He studied Nanga and Chinese style painting under Yoshitsugu Haizan and Daiju Ekizan among others. Eschewing the contemporary trend to ex...
The Kura
$850.00 A cat curled up in a sleeping position forms a small basin dating from the 1930s-1950s (Deco to Post-deco era) of solid bronze in olive patina colored gold beneath. It is 21 cm (8-1/4 inches) diameter, 7 cm (3 inches) tall and in overall fine condition, with some wear to the edges typical of handling.
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Sold PIG AND FLOWER Anonymous double-sided drawing on chipboard, Japan, Shōwa period, circa 1970s. Approx. 27 × 22 cm (10.6 × 8.7 in). Condition as shown, with age-related wear consistent with time. selected by Jinta * Please understand that EMS shipping fee is additionally charged, and also confirm our Sales Policy before purchase, since your order will be assumed to have fully acknowledged our Sales Policy u... Fine LARGE Chinese Han Dynasty Glazed Pottery Hu Jar
This fine and impressive pottery jar (hu) was made some two thousand years ago during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is made from a fairly high-fired reddish pottery and is coated in a finely-crackled green glaze covering the outer body and inner mouth, the colour of which varies in places according to its thickness. The slightly concave base remains unglazed. The body and mouth are decorated with several raised bands and groove... |
