An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (merchant chest) made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware with naturally acquired patina. Used by a store owner to keep business supplies, money and valuables, store business records and writing tools. The hinged security door has two small drawers of which the bottom drawer hides a secret box.

Age: Meiji Era (1880-1890)

Dimensions: 32" Wide by 35 1/4" High by 16 1/2" Deep

An antique Japanese unusual 3 section Kasane Tansu made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron fittings and naturally acquired patina. Bespoke additional 3rd section designed for additional Kimono storage. 2 small drawers behind hinged security door with secret box hidden behind the bottom drawer.

Age: Meiji Era (1880-1890)

Dimensions: 38" Wide by 53 3/8" High by 16 3/8" Deep

Chinese late Ming dynasty Wanli period kendi with a compressed globular body and mammiform spout decorated on the body in underglaze cobalt blue with flowers and scrolling foliage on a faintly blue-gray tinted white porcelain ground. Leafy peaches and ribboned lozenges decorate the spout and a band around the shoulder. The tubular neck, which flares to a wide disk shaped mouth, is painted with a stiff leaf band. The base is glazed and the foot rim is unglazed. Measures about 7 1/8" high x 6 ...

Tai Yai Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a base with gilded gold and glass.

Tai Yai is a group of tribal people living in Burma. It is difficult to find Buddha from this ethnic group.

Age: Burma, Shan Period, 18th Century
Size: Height 63.5 C.M. / Width 27.8 C.M. / Depth 15 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
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Japanese 19th C. Seto Stoneware Ishizara heavy Food Dish, Platter, with Creamy Color well potted and good color of typical Setoware Food Plate, 14" diameter 2 1/2" high, the condition is one of the best old Kiln Seto ware in Edo Period. Kanji Mark inside unglazed center on the bottom.

Burmese wooden Buddha sitting in Mara Vijaya (calling the earth to witness) posture on a lotus base.

Age: Burma, Early Shan Period, Early 16th Century
Size: Height 53.4 C.M. / Width 34.3 C.M. / Depth 23 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Pure Aka-Raku Chawan by the 9th generation Raku Ryonyu (Raku Kichizaemon IX) 楽了入 (9代 楽吉左衛門) enclosed in its originally signed and sealed wooden box. It bears Raku Kichizaemon Ryônyû’s stamp clearly impressed beside the foot ring. The bowl was made around the beginning of 19th century about 200 years ago during the Edo era.

This Raku chawan is particularly endowed with a structural power deriving from simple composition of features of a bowl - another reminis...

An ivory netsuke depicting a snail, with horn details. This work captures the moment the snail emerges from its shell. Period: Meiji late 19th century. Dimensions: 2.2 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm. Condition: Excellent. There are natural ivory streaks, typical of the material.

A Satsuma vase depicting a group of carp swimming in a stream. The scene is depicted from a shore perspective, where partially submerged tree trunks emerge and delicate flowers bloom along the banks. The base and neck of the vase feature elegant golden palmette decorations. Signature “Kinkozan” impressed under the base of the vase. Period: Meiji, late 19th century. Dimensions: 24.5 x 10 cm. Condition: Excellent.

Maekake (apron) remade from sakiori cloth, whose warps are hemp and wefts are cotton strips of vegetable indigo dye cotton. The frame cloth is also vegetable indigo dye cotton. 20th century. W:79cm, L:58cm, Cords:80cm

A pair of daisho iron tsuba of yatsu-mokko-gata (eight lobed) form. Sukashi motif of fans and gingko leaves (an interesting combination of similar shapes). Some chiseled texturing of the surfaces of the gingko leaves. Edo period, circa 1700. Good, serviceable condition with a few interrupted fan ribs on the larger. It is about 3 1/8 inches diameter. The smaller is about 2 7/8 inches diameter.

Two Chinese Ming dynasty jarlets decorated in underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground with lotus flowers and scrolling foliage. Unglazed bases. 2 3/4" diameter x 2" - 2 1/8" high each. Circa 1500. Very good overall condition. From the estate of a former American expatriate to Hong Kong and China in the 1970s and 1980s.

Pojagi made of fragments which are mainly ramie, some fragments with hand-plied warps and wefts, and some fragments with machine plied warps and wefts. Fuchsia pink fragments are cotton. The frame cloth is figured silk. Generally, in good condition. The second half of the 20th century. W:100cm, L:103cm, Belts:37cm

A fine pair of Chosho school maurugata form iron daisho tsuba. Sukashi work depicting blossoms on budding prunus branches. Strongly and well carved decoration. Edo period, 18th century. Good condition, with the nakago-ana filed larger at some point. Larger, 3 1/8 diameter. Smaller, 2 7/8 by 2 13/16 inches.

Japanese Jubako—traditional stacked lacquerware food boxes—represent not only a high level of culinary refinement, but also demonstrate the importance the Japanese place on food culture in general. These elegantly tiered containers, often adorned with intricate designs and vibrant colors, are integral to the presentation of meals on special occasions such as New Year’s celebrations and formal picnics. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, Jubako boxes like those featured...

Exquisitely painted willow branches (yanagi) on a background of jet-black traditional lacquer; this exquisite functional art object appeals not only to practitioners of the ancient art of tea ceremony but also to those who admire beauty and artistic accomplishment in all its forms.

The craftsman, 3rd generation Kawase Hyokan (b. 1964) was born in San Francisco in the US but was raised and taught the traditional craft of lacquer-work in Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan...

With a captivating color described in Japanese as “moegi” or a distinctive shade of light green, this delicately constructed flower display basin is the creation of one of Japans premier creators from the previous century. Embodying a sensitivity to form and function informed by over 1,000 years of artistic tradition; this piece, typically refereed to as a “suiban” or shallow flower display sometimes filled with water is both modern in appearance and accommodating to traditio...

Set of 5 Vintage Chinese Silver Enamel Spoon Marked

Each is 4.8 inches (12.3 cm) in length by 0.98 inch (2.5 cm) wide. Total weight is 90.3 gram.

They are tarnished and has surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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