Netsuke - A lovely and funy small monkey, standing, dressed with a robe and a scarf disguised as a lady, and holding a large cudgel in his arms. Heigth : 1.8 Inches. Japan Edo (1603-1868) end of 18th, early 19th century. A similar model, as a badger, is in the M.T Hindson collection, Netsuke by Neil K.Davey, page 317.

Japanese lacquer box, a rare and an unusual shape of melon, with gold and polychrome details of leafs, butterfly and insects. Gold sheet inside. Japan Edo, 19th century.

Antique Japanese large moon handle basket for ikebana flower arranging. Split bamboo is twisted and woven into an openwork star pattern. Dramatic looping handle made of wide, layered split bamboo.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 16 1/2" high x 18" long x 11" wide

A gold japanese urushi lacquer Inro, with 5 cases, showing a very fine model of japanese blinds sudare and autumn foliages. Techniques of hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and harigaki and kirigane on a hirameji background. nashiji lacquer inside. Height : 9 cm. Japan Edo (1603-1868) 18th century. Closed with an iron and silver Ojime with birds.

Kajikawa - A four-case inro with a horse standing in a usual attitude with his head lowered to the ground, the lunge line hung on the horse box. Techniques of takamaki-e, togidashi and mokume. On the back, a small monkey, seated and playing. nashiji lacquer Inside. Closed with an iron, brass and gold ojime. Height : 9,5 cm. Japan Edo, (1603-1868) 18th century.

Small japanese urushi gold lacquer box names komori. Decorated with mountains landscape, foliages et de chrysanthemum. Inside, Nashiji lacquer and an old label of collection with the date of 1862. 3.1 x 1.9 Inches. Japan Edo (1603-1868) 18th century. Similar boxes on the Collection of Marie-Antoinette, preserved between the Castel of Versailles, the Musée Guimet and the Musée du Louvre. Édition de la RMN, Les laques du Japon Collection de Marie-Antoinette, Octobre 2001, Paris.

Venus clam shape with shells and aquatic plants. Applied decoration of rounds shells kai to kaiso lie individually or in pairs across delicate sprays of aquatic plants. Shells executed in gold, silver and mother-of-pearl. Technique of nashiji, hiramaki-e, brown and black takamaki-e. Nashiji lacquer inside. Back with hirameji ground. Size : 5 x 7 cm. Japan Edo (1603-1868) 18th, early 19th century. The motif chosen, known as Kai to Kaiso (shells and eelgrass) first appears in 16th century became v...

It is decorated in gold, silver and polychrome hira and taka maki-e lacquer, and kimpun on a background of ro-iro black lacquer. Three gardeners stand, with their tools, under a torii, pine, bamboo, cherry blossom and a maple tree in autumn colors. Clouds are suggested on the upper and lower ends of the inro by Nashiji lacquer and gold kirikane. In the background a pavilion, obviously of an important figure, with its terrace is on the other side of the inro. Signed in gold lacquer Jitokusai Gyok...

Kogo in Japanese lacquer urushi, decorated on maki-e with a dog playing with a fan. The interior is Nashiji. Diameter : Inches. Japan Edo (1603-1868), End of 17th, early 18th century.

A five-case japanese gold urushi lacquer Inro, with an early koban shape of a fantastic landscape, with rocks, pagodas, stream and pine trees. Technique of hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kirigane on a gyobu-hirameji ground. Size : 8,5 x 4,7 cm. Japan Edo (1603-1868) 17th century, early 18th century.

A small Ryoshibako shape. Japanese gold lacquer. Landscape with mountains, butterflies, flowers. Brush pot and an ink stone, calligraphy instruments, Rusu moyô (decoration without character). Gold lacquer and Nashiji inside. Japan Edo - 19th century

Netsuke - chestnut and a plump mushroom. Japan Edo 19th.

Cotton kimono with shibori (tie-dye) pattern which is paulownia flower motif. All hand-tied and dyed with vegetable indigo. In excellent condition. Mid 20th century. 126cm x 140cm

A silk kesi fragment consisting of half of a Ming dynasty sutra cover. A phoenix is flying in a background of clouds and flowers, with a trefoil border. dimensions: 7.25 x 8.5 in. (18.5 x21.5 cm.)

Antique Japanese uma-jirushi, flag standard for battle. This uma-jirushi is a large inverted gourd surrounded by smaller gourds. The great daimyo, Hideyoshi Toyotomi (famous for being the second unifier of Japan) made the upside down gourd his uma-jirushi symbol. A large upside down gourd was placed on top of his flag pole and smaller gourds were added around it with each victory. Called "Sen nari hisago" or "thousand gourds". The gourd also symbolizes the 7 Lucky Gods, good luck, good...

Antique Chinese pair of porcelain figures of standing children, each holding a vase with lotus. Dressed in traditional baby clothes, the "heavenly twins" are delicately painted with enamel in a famille verte pallet. Impressed signatures on the bottoms.

Hehe Erxian, "two immortals of union and happiness", comes from the ancient story of two best friends, Hanshan and Shide, who were Buddhist monks. Joining the pantheon of Daoist immortals, they came to symbolize harmony and part...

A bottomless green pool by master of Seihakuji Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Wan. A big telltale tear drop reaches down to grasp the table, exquisite. It is 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) diameter and in excellent condition.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. However, after working some in pottery, he moved on to white porcelain, a leap from which he has nev...

Antique Japanese bronze suiban with raised designs of dragons on the front and back. Swirling mist motifs decorate the sides of the suiban and continue on the four feet it stands on. A key motif runs along the edge of the rectangular container. Four character mark on the bottom. Suiban are intended for displaying flowers (with a kenzan) or for displaying suiseki scholar stones for viewing and contemplation. Some repair to the feet.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

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