Chinese Qing dynasty basin decorated in underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground. The center roundel features a carp leaping high above the waves at Dragon’s Gate and transforming itself into the four-clawed dragon in the rapids below. This motif signifies a scholar passing the civil service exam to become a high official. Two butterflies are among leafy foliage on the cavetto and a band of heart forms encircles the slanted rim. Three leafy sprays are on the exterior edge. Slightly con...

Chinese Ming dynasty Longquan celadon bowl with molded upturned lotus petal decoration extending around the exterior. The unglazed portions of the base have burnt orange from firing. 5 3/8" diameter x 2 5/8" high. Circa 14th century. Very good overall condition with only some typical minor glaze degradation. From a Las Vegas, Nevada collection.

An exquisite and rare blue and white Yuhuchunping, decorated with beautiful detail and powerful three claws Dragon swirling to the body chasing flaming pearl and when we see it, it will make us immediately hold our breath for a moment because it is so wonderful I have ever seen. Condition is excellent with no ny chips, no any crack and free from any restoration. Late Yuan Dynasty 14th Century. Height: 28,8 cm. Found at West Java from unknown collector, it's like a miracle happen.

RUSTIC PHALLUS IN ZUSHI SHRINE

Wood. Showa period, 20th century, Japan.

Zushi: H 22.5 x W 19.8 x D 14 cm (8.85 x 7.79 x 5.51in)
Phallus: H 20 cm (7.87in)

Damage like cracks at the top part of zushi and wormholes at phallus or so on as is.


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MAN OF DRIED LACQUER

Dried lacquer statue like a Nio (Guardian god) or Samurai with wooden plate, by a Japanese artist (as cartoonist and lacquerer), Michihiro Hori. H 17 x W 6.5 x D 3.5 cm (6.69 x 2.55 x 1.37in).


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Very Rare 19th Century Korean Painted Wood Mother (Kkokdu). These are so rare that it has been twenty years since we last had one for sale. Kkokdu were guardian figures that were believed to accompany the deceased in the afterlife. Most of these figures did not survive. There are a few kkokdu museums in Korea that have acquired just about all of the remaining kkokdu. So don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a vital piece of Korean Joseon Era culture. Height: 10.25 inches, 26 cm.

The gunbai (gunbai-uchiwa) is a type of signal baton and Japanese war fan. Once held by military leaders (such as daimyō) and priests in the past, it is used in the modern day by umpires in sumo wrestling. Lacquered in black with swirling clouds, and moon with sun shown on both sides.
Gunbai, from the Sino-Japanese roots meaning "military-apportioned [fan]", were a specialized form of fan used by samurai officers in Japan to communicate commands to their troops. Unlike regular fans, gun...

Joichi Hoshi (1911-1979)
High Treetop (Red) (Takai Kozue - Aka)
Date: 1976.
Sheet size: 8.875 x 6.625 inches (22.5 x 16.2 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Faint matte toning visible outside the image.
Notes: We've added both photos and scans, one of which shows the lovely metallics.

Large cast bronze vase. Relief decoration of Tao-Tie masks. Chinese work from the Qing period. Imposing, powerful but with a pleasant, very elegant shape, this large vase is made of lost-wax cast bronze. The walls are very thin, which is technically very difficult to achieve. The decoration is in the Chinese archaic style, in slight relief, we can distinguish the traditional Tao-Tie (tiger) masks, birds, dragons facing each other and cicadas all stylized as well as masks of fantastic creatures ...

A tripod censer with well balance potted standing on the three legs decorated with dominant red splashes color on Qingbai glazed, very rare seen, condition is very good with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Yuan to Ming Dynasty possibly Jun ware. Height: 7,5 cm and Diameter: 10 cm.

A Superbly and rare blue and white conical bowl with moulded into well ten sides, decorated with a pair of dragons flight among the clouds and supporting by lotus panels in bottom part. The interior center with fruit within double circle and surrounded by ten day lily blossom heads to inner rim. Da Ming Xuan De Nien Zhe six characters mark within double circle to the base and possibly of the period. Condition is no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Diameter: 18,5 cm.

Very rare poetic Setsu-getsu-ka Shino Chawan, formed and engraved by hand by Katō Sōsetsu ( 1834-unclear ). A potter born in what is known as the Edo period. Subject bowl is hand shaped, made without use of the potter’s wheel. A ceramic technique called kurinuki in Japan.

Setsu-getsu-ka (Setsugekka 雪月花, lit. 'Snow, Moon and Flowers') is written on the tea bowl (the other characters are hard to identify).

Beside the foot ring is written: kaki-yubi Sosetsu 72 S...

A set of Gohon glazed dishes decorated with Akebi mountain fruits by Komatsu Kin (Hitoshi) fired at the Fuki Kiln enclosed in the original signed and compartmentalized wooden box also decorated inside the lid with the same hanging fruit. Each dish is roughly 16 cm (6 inches) diameter and all are in perfect condition.
Komatsu Kin (Hitoshi, 1902-1989) was born as the son of Buddhist priest Komatsu Baiyu, Head of Enmeiji Temple in Yamagata prefecture. At the age of 16 he went to Kawasaki Ci...

Hiroshi Yoshida
The Acropolis at Night (Moon Light in Acropolis).
Date: 1928. First and only edition.
Image size: 5 x 3.25 inches (12.8 x 8.2 cm).
Paper size: 10.125 x 7.125 inches (25.8 x 18.3 cm). Pencil signed in margin. Signed "Yoshida" in the image along with red "Hiroshi". This design was never issued with a jizuri seal.
Reference: Abe catalog #116.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Paper is faintly foxed.

Small, 4 inches in diameter, Chinese Kangxi period blue and white porcelain plate or dish made for export. A great piece for the collector. Dates late 1600's. Excellent condition save one small chip. See last photo.

A Very Fine Korean Thin Potted Celadon Foliate Rimmed Bowl-12th C.: Korea, Koryo Dynasty, 12th Century: $1,300 The wide bowl set on a short ring foot and incised a single ring on the interior and decorated with 6 foliage (scalloped rim) on the mouth rim, applied evenly with a beautiful thin celadon glaze overall, ring foot unglaze with 4 earthen marks. It is very good condition without any cracks or repairs but some small tiny dots on interiors (see photo #2). It measures 6cm h. x 17.7cm d...

Title: Mountain Temple and Snow
Artist: Not known.
Print size: Approximately 5.75 x 3.5 inches.
Date: 1950s-60s
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Print is tipped along its top edge to original blank card.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

A pair of inkstones was well preserved.
For one piece, there are three bear-shaped feet were decorated.
It was a characteristic decoration for wares of Han Dynasty.
And the grind stone was also decorated on the surface with geographic patterns which representing the daoist astronomy。

For another piece, it was in plain form without foot.

Diameters with feet: 18cm,(another 12cm) Height:4.3cm,(another 3.3cm).

Date :Han Dynasty, (206 BCE – 220 CE)