An antique Japanese sewing box called Haribako in the traditional form made of Toneriko (Ash) and Kurinoki (Walnut). The main body features 5 drawers of varying sizes where sewing accoutrements were stored. The neck supports a storage box with hinged top hiding a pin cushion and a small drawer for additional storage. The top of the neck has a slot where the textile ruler called Shaku was stored and the small hole at the inverted shoulder used to hang a clip considered the third hand.

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1920's Chinese Solid Silver Enamel Censer with 3 Goats on Wood Carved Stand Marked "Beijing Bao Hengxian yinqi xing zu wen" 北京寶恒祥銀器行足紋

It is 8.5 inches (21.59 cm) tall by 7.5 inches (19.05 cm) wide measured without stand. It is 872.5 gram measured without stand.

It is tarnished and has dents, enamel bruising, enamel cracks, missing enamels, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Exceptional Pair of Tall Chinese Western Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Jars (Fang Hu)

This outstanding pair of painted pottery jars was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). They are relatively highly-fired and have been made from flat slabs of pottery that have been luted together in imitation of an archaic bronze vessel. Their form is unique to the Western Han period and is known as a "fang hu". Both jars and covers have been elaborately decorated in various cold-painted pigme...

Lovely set of 3 nesting Meiji Period Ca. 1900 Imari bowls with original wood box. Very good condition. Ask for shipping quote.

OHARAE KATASHIRO

Traditional Japanese Shinto paper doll as the substitute for a person, used as the target for a prayer or curse called 'Katashiro', used in the great purification rituals called 'Oharae' (ref. https://www.kamigamojinja.jp/en/rituals/nagoshi-no-oharae-purification-ritual/). This is an old dead stock set with no written name or age as unused. Showa period, 20th century. Katashiro - 12.2 x 8 cm (4.80 x 3.14in) each. *Wooden box was attached in the ...

Fine & Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Inscribed Pottery Jar with Oxford TL Test

This very rare and fine-quality pottery jar was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is skilfully potted, made from a fine-grained pale grey pottery that is quite highly-fired and has a very smooth surface. It has a wide, almost semi-spherical body with a short neck and flared mouth. The wide base is flat with a bevelled edge.

To the shoulder is an inscription in red pigment, the characters being in th...

Fine & Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Inscribed Pottery Jar

This very rare and fine-quality pottery jar was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is skilfully potted, made from a fine-grained pale grey pottery that is quite highly-fired and has a very smooth surface. It has a wide, almost semi-spherical body with a short neck and flared mouth. The wide base is flat with a bevelled edge.

To the shoulder is an inscription in red pigment, the characters being in the traditional/archai...

Fine & Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Inscribed Pottery Jar

This very rare and fine-quality pottery jar was made during the Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 220). It is skilfully potted, made from a fine-grained pale grey pottery that is quite highly-fired and has a very smooth surface. It has a wide, almost semi-spherical body with a short neck and flared mouth. The wide base is flat with a bevelled edge.

To the shoulder is an inscription in red pigment, the characters being in the traditional/archai...

Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Buddhist Pottery Zodiac Jar

This interesting pottery jar was made during the Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279), or possibly the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368) and has been been excavated from a Buddhist site in Yunnan province.

Various decorative methods have been applied to this jar. Strips of clay have been applied to the outer wall to form four lotus leaves. Within the lotus leaf panels there are appliqués of human figures. Around the lower body there are appl...

A wooden tray carved in the shape of a lotus leaf which seems to be almost as thin as the real thing, and amazing feat for the artist. It is 31 x 30 x 1 cm (roughly 12 inches diameter) and in excellent condition dating from the early 20th century and enclosed in a period wooden storage box titled Hasunoha-gata Kashibon.

1900's Chinese Solid Silver Carved Turquoise Coin Shaped Bracelet Marked with Box

The box is 0.98 inch (2.5 cm) tall by 8.27 inches (21 cm) long and 1.85 inches (4.7 cm) wide. The bracelet is 6.89 inches (17.5 cm) in inner circumference by 1.3 inches (3.3 cm) wide. The bracelet is 35.5 gram. The total weight is 0.2 Lb.

It is tarnished and has chips, a hairline crack and inclusions at the turquoise, and surface wears and scratches. The clasp will not stay closed (as seen in the photos)...

1930's Japanese Imari Arita Studio Porcelain Vase Marked Genroku Tominaga 富永源六

It is 7.5 inches (19 cm) tall by 5.3 inches (13.5 cm) wide. It is 1.8 Lb.

It has skip glazes, glaze burst at the lip, glaze crazing at the bottom, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Chinese Yuan Longquan Celadon Small Jar

It is 2.5 inches (6.4 cm) tall by 2.9 inches (7.4 cm) wide. It is 0.3 Lb.

It has skip glaze, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1930's Chinese Porcelain Imitation Bronze Dragon Fish Statue 独占鳌头 with Wood Stand

It is 5.7 inches (14.5 cm) tall with stand and 4.7 inches (12 cm) tall without stand by 9.4 inches (24 cm) wide. Total weight is 4.9 Lb.

It has mild rubbing paints, dark spots, skip glaze, excess clay at the bottom, chip at the tail, hairline crack at the beard, surface wear and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Chinese Cultural Revolution Serpentine Carved Korean Girl

It is 5.55 inches (14.1 cm) tall by 2.75 inches (7 cm) wide. It is 0.6 Lb.

It has small chips at the leaves, inclusions, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1920's Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Plate with Samurai and Geisha Figures Signed Seikozan

It is 0.78 inch (2 cm) by 5.9 inches (15 cm). It is 0.7 Lb.

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

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Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has been quite highly-fired to an attractive orange-red and has a smooth surface making it a pleasure to handle as well as to view! It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form sometimes referre...

Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Siwa Culture (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery jar dates to the Siwa culture (c. 1350 BC), one of the later Chinese Neolithic cultures overlapping the Bronze Age. It has been quite highly-fired, mostly to an attractive orange-red although, interestingly, in places the surface has fired to a grey colour.

It has a wide body with a relatively small flat base. There are two loop handles joining the shoulder to the mouth which is of the form somet...