An antique Japanese Shinto Shrine (also known as a Kamidana, Yashiro or Omiya) housing the deities Ebisu and Daikoku. The shrine was made from Hinoki (Cypress) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) while the deities were hand carved from Tsugenoki (Boxwood).

Ebisu is characterized by the lucky Sea Bream (Tai) fish that he holds under his arm. Sitting on a rocky shore, he looks to the water as a protector of fish, fisheries, seafood, fishermen, sea merchants and anything else that is related. Daik...

A classic Gu vase of exquisite white porcelain by Miura Chikusen enclosed in the original signed double-wood box. It is 13-1/4 inches) tall, 19 cm (7-1/2 inches) diameter at the rim and in excellent condition. This type of Sinophile work was very popular throughout the Meiji and Taisho periods, and Sencha steeped tea had a profound impact on Japanese culture at the time. For more on that see the book ‘Tea of the Sages: The Art of Sencha’ by Patricia Graham (1998).
Miura Chikusen I ...

Large Chinese Republic period Canton enamel on copper fluted charger raised on three shaped bronze alloy feet finely painted in the interior well with three elegant beauties and a child in a garden setting. The interior cavetto is decorated with leafy flowering scrolling vines and lotus flowers on a cobalt blue ground. The exterior edge is similarly decorated and set against a white ground. A four-character blue Qianlong mark on the white enamel base is set between blue confronting cloud-form...

Not quite the Easter Bunny, but perhaps close to an Easter Egg, the design on this vase is both classical and modern, reminiscent of Kenzan and his use of patterns and colors, surmounted by a sometsuke underglaze blue dragon among roiling cobalt clouds. The pot dates from the late 19th to early 20th century, classic Meiji period but for the unusually bright and cheerful rows of yellow, blue and green florals on red. The dragon blends with the clouds, with a single gold line delineating his bod...

Figure of a leopard or panther or other cat species, in faceted, abstracted technique, emphasizing the movement and specific features of the animal. Bronze with green brown mottled patina. Signed with abstracted single character: Sou for Saegusa Soutaro. Japan, Showa era, 1950s.

Length 13.5 in.; height ca. 6 in.

Few minor abrasions and tiny dents on the back of the sculpture, all in all very good condition

Saegusa Soutaro (1911-2006) was a well known artist. During his workin...

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Yotsuya
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Date: 1936. This edition 1950s.
Print size: 5.75 x 3.75 inches. Card size: 7.5 x 5 inches.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-DH-111.
Tipped along top edge to original blank card.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Print is excellent. Card itself has a few foxing spots.

A Japanese Arita Polychrome Dish. Decorated around the rim with a squirrel among vines growing on a trellis. E18thC. Diameter: 7 3/4" (19.6 cm). Condition: some light wear to enamels.

A Blanc de Chine Libation Cup. Of rhinoceros horn form on one side with a tiger seated below flowering prunus whilst looking up at a Dragon. The other with a deer below pine and a stork. Chinese 18thC. Height 7.2 cm. Length 13.7 cm. Condition: there is a shallow glaze flake 0.4 cm and 0.3 cm to the rim (See last image) and a small flake in the foot.

A beautiful Chinese stone carving in the shape of a tripod censer on a fitted pedestal, the exterior with high relief of lotus flowers and a pod. Carved from agate, a grey stone with some brownish and green inclusions. Condition: fine. Dimension: total height: c. 11.2 cm, diameter: c. 11 cm, weight: 1145 g.

A pair of cotton tabi with sashiko and a pair of kokake. Tabi is made of hand-spun white cotton and has nice sashiko for strength. Soles are machine-woven. Kokake is also made of hand-spun cotton and dyed with vegetable indigo and has fine sashiko for also strength. Kokake has no soles and it is worn over zori (Japanese sandals) for warmth and waterproof in winter. Both are in excellent condition. The first half of the 20th century. Tabi L22.5cm, W10cm, H13cm Kokake L26cm, H14cm

DESCRIPTION Chinese Carved Hardwood Two Door Cabinet. {60 1/4 x 36 x 16 inches (153 x 91.4 x 40.6 cm)}.

Meditating Child Painting by the Buddhist Monk Won Gong Sunim (born 1941). This contemplative composition rewards extended and repeated viewing. The child sits in a lotus blossom while he holds a luminescent Buddhist rosary and meditates. The lotus blossom is an ancient symbol of rebirth, because it rises above the muck of the pond to show its face to the Sun. Ink and color on paper. 18 x 14 inches, 45 x 35 cm.

Set of 8 18th Century Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Tea Cup

The largest cup is 1.7 inches (4.4 cm) tall and 3.5 inches (9 cm) wide. The smallest cup is 0.4 inch (1 cm) tall and 2 inches (5 cm) wide. Total weight is 0.7 Lb.

They have dark spots, chips, and surface wears and scratches . Second largest cup has a crack. (as seen in the photos).

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1930's Chinese Canton Enamel Water Wash Basin with Dragon Marked

It is 2.8 inches (7.4 cm) tall by 12.2 inches (31.1 cm) wide. It is 1.4 Lb.

It has loss of enamel, enamel cracks, stains, chips to the enamel, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos)

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1930's Japanese Wood Lacquer Totai Bark Tree Cloisonne Koro with Phoenix

It is 6.8 inches (17.2 cm) tall by 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) wide. It is 380 gram (0.8 Lb).

It has hairline cracks at the 4 corners and one handle, chips, peeling of lacquer and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Chinese Kangxi Period (1661-1722) Wucai Vase with Turtle

It is 5.5 inches (14 cm) tall by 2.3 inches (6 cm) wide. It is 0.5 Lb.

It has dark spots, skip glazes, rubbing gold and paint, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

Some of the photos were taken under the sun.

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A small lotus form moulded porcelain saucer dish painted centrally with a man on horseback bordered with eight radiating lotus leaves and flowers and above each is a stylized crane with opened wings.

A larger dish bordered with similar crane motifs on a diaper ground see item 2234 (page 1032) "Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum" Istanbul VOL 3 by Regina Krahl with John Ayers (1986) This item was made in China, for export, in the Late 17th / early 18th Century.

Condition: exc...

A tall celadon vase by Minegishi Seiko complete with shiroi and Shifuku enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Suiseiji Shinogite Somimi Hanaike (Crystal-Celadon Faceted Two-Handled Vase). It is 26.5 cm (10-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Born in 1952 in Saitama, Minegishi Seiko studied under various masters in Nagano, Tochigi and Ibaragi, going solo at the young age of 22. He worked in Kohiki ware initially, but moved to celadon, and is considered one of a select ...