The great master in Japan pottery art scene Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been challenging and made up new works celadon pieces at 88 years old. He has boosted 4 types of celadon works, this piece is one of them, named "Ice crack celadon". It has very beautiful patterns just like as ice crack. YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOFUK2DLgIc Size:9.8cm(D)/13.3cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

The great master in Japan pottery art scene Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been challenging and made up new works celadon pieces at 88 years old. He has boosted 4 types of celadon works, this piece is one of them, white porcelain named "Tusk white" . It has very beautiful white color just like tusk of elephant YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEcqCVPQY4g Size: 8.8cm(D)/4.5cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

The great master in Japan pottery art scene Sadamitsu Sugimoto has been challenging and made up new works celadon pieces at 88 years old. He has boosted 4 types of celadon works, this piece is one of them, celadon named "Sky blue after rain". It has very beautiful blue color just like blue sky after rain. YouTube movie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfu7E4oyfck Size: 8.6cm(D)/4.5cm(H) Accessary: wooden box signed by artist

A fabulous chawan by Inayoshi Osamu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hikidashi Guro Chawan featuring dark glaze spilling over the rim and running through the stone textured clefts. The bulk is covered in earthy green with raw clay at the base. Osamu is very low production, and very selective of what he allows out into the world, and I am proud to be able to offer this. It is 12 cm (5 inches) diameter, 10.5 cm (4 inches) tall and in excellent condition, directly from the artist. ...

A Poem card box of straight grained paulownia wood signed Tetsuro decorated with a rabbit in worked lead applied among long lacquered grasses dating from the mid 20th century enclosed in the original signed wooden box accompanied by a label from the Yamagata Museum dated Showa 34 (1959). It is 26.5 × 29.5 × 4.5 cm (10-1/2 x 12 x 2 inches) and is in excellent condition. The storage box is of cross-cut Jindai-sugi cedar, a highly prized grain. The box contains a shikishi poem card by the artis...

The thatch roofed studio of potter Mashimizu Zoroku by Shibata Banyo dating from the Taisho to early Showa period. Pigment on silk in a red lacquered wooden frame. It is 190 x 170 cm (74 1/2 x 67 inches) and is in overall fine condition with some light foxing and minor handling marks typical of age. For another example of this scene by Banyo see:Rokasensuiso to Yamamoto Shunkyo (2022, Otsu City Historical Museum) page 14.
Shibata Banyo (1885-1942) was an influential artist born in Otsu. Af...

Large 19th Century Painted Wood Sculpture of a Benevolent Scholar Administrator. Large-scale antique Korean wood sculpture is rare. This one is beautifully rendered with splendid attire and the compassionate face of the idealized scholar administrator. This is the type of sympathetic official written of in ancient fables and that one hoped to face when they had to plead their case. It is a wonderful example of emotion elicited from wood and paint by a talented anonymous artist. He is holding a p...

Painting of Peaches by the Last Korean Princess Yi Bangja, one of Korea's most revered artists and beloved humanitarians. The peach is an ancient longevity symbol in Korea. The fruit of the mythical Heavenly Peach tree ripens only once every three thousand years and is eaten by the immortals when they gather for their feast at Yao Lake at the the abode of Seowangmo, the Queen Mother of the West. You now have the rare opportunity to own a beautiful work of art and an important piece of Korean his...

Painting of Camellias by the Last Korean Princess Yi Bangja, one of Korea's most revered artists and beloved humanitarians. The camellia is a symbol of faithfulness and, according to tradition, they have been used in Korean weddings since 1200 BC. The large rock in the painting is a longevity symbol. When the camellia is depicted with the rock the combination gives the ancient symbolic meaning of eternal adherence to principle and is a poetic representation of undying faithfulness. You now have ...

Rare Calligraphy by the Last Korean Princess Yi Bangja. Here she renders in thick, vibrant brushstrokes the characters Ik and Su, which combine to give the meaning of "Peace of Mind means Long Life." Known for her painting and ceramics, this is a rare work of calligraphy created by one of Korea's most revered artists and beloved humanitarians. You now have the rare opportunity to own a beautiful work of art and an important piece of Korean history created by the last member of the royal househol...

Rare Calligraphy by the Last Korean Princess Yi Bangja. Here she renders in dreamy, languorous strokes the character Han, which means Unhurried, or Relaxed. Known for her painting and ceramics, this is a rare work of calligraphy created by one of Korea's most revered artists and beloved humanitarians. You now have the rare opportunity to own a beautiful work of art and an important piece of Korean history created by the last member of the royal household to reside in Korea's royal palace. Prince...

Rectangular suzuribako (writing box) decorated in black and gold takamaki-e with a wide pewter band, representing a bridge pontoon above boats in the waves. Waka poem in chirashi-gaki (scattered writing).

The inside of the lid is decorated with reeds and fireflies near a waterhole in takamaki-e on a black background. The inside of the writing case is made of black lacquer, with an ink stone and a copper water bucket on the left side.

The waka poem was written by Minam...

An extraordinary and handsome underglazed- red altar vase, decorated with rich flowers motif to the neck is lotus, chrysanthemum, peony and rose flanked by lotus petals and lotus panels, two horizontal animal handles to the neck with diaper pattern above and ruyi/fungus surrounded to the foot rim. Condition is perfect with no any crack, no any chips and free from any restoration. Early Ming Dynasty Hongwu period. Circa 1368-1398. Height: 33,5 cm

(After) Toshikata Mizuno (1866-1908)
Geisha and Cherry
Dated Sunday 8th, May 1938.
Size: 7.875 x 5 inches (20 x 12.6 cm).
A cover of a menu of the N.Y.K. Line passenger ship, Katori Maru.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print. The traditional means of woodblock print creation was employed for all steps through inking of the carved blocks. Then, ...

A collection of 40 different Tibetan and Mongolian woodblocks. Mostly double sided. Largest 31x25 cm. Good condition. Undated, estimated to be mostly 20th century, some possibly earlier. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.

Burmese alabaster seated crowned Buddha, or sometimes known as 'King Buddha', wearing diadem-crowns and ornaments of kings instead of ordinary monk's robes.

Crowned Buddha represents the Buddha's role as a universal sovereign.

Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Size: Height 54.5 C.M. / Width 32.5 C.M. / Depth 18 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: ...

CHOCOLATE PARFAIT

Retro Showa-style chocolate parfait of 'Food sample' (Food model or Fake food) handmade by the Japanese craftsman. Heisei period. H 18 cm (7.08in). Made of silicone except plastic bottom part.


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An exquisite work by great artist Nakajima Yasushi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The clear white Kyo glaze certainly is like moonlight and the inside of the tea bowl offers a view of a glaze that looks like the enchanted surface of a mountain lake.

Nakajima Yasushi 中嶋 靖 (1938-2017) was born in Hyogo prefecture and graduated from the Kyoto Municipal University of Art in 1962.

While still at university he was accepted into the Mainichi Kogyo Design ex...