Cotton kimono with shibori (tie-dye), called Shirakage-shibori (White Shadow). It is made of hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. In good condition except for a tiny stain in the middle of the back, near right side. The first half of the 20th century, W:128cm, L:120cm

Five fragments of Kumano-zome which are hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo and Bengara, pigment dye. Kumano-zome is stencil-resist dye (katazome) and produced in Bizen (okayama prefecture). In good condition. Meiji period (1868~1912)

ASSORTMENT OF NATURAL TANZAKU PAPER & STRING

Handmade Japanese washi tanzaku paper with natural-fiber strings. Japan, early 20th century. Wider sheets: approx. 9 × 45 cm (3.5 × 17.7 in), stack height about 7 cm (2.8 in). Unused deadstock; some dust may fall due to storage.


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BIPHALLUS

Carved wooden phallic figure made from an extremely hard, fossil-like hardwood. Japan, Shōwa period, 20th century. Approx. 21 × 3 × 2.5 cm (8.3 × 1.2 × 1 in). No chips or losses.


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Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Pottery Jar - Caiyuan Culture

This rare pottery jar was made over 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Caiyuan Culture (c. 2600 - 2200 BC) and comes from the Ningxia Autonomous Region in the north of China. It is finely-potted and quite highly-fired. It is of an attractive form with its wide body, neck, wide mouth and single handle giving it the form of a ewer. The surface has fired to an attractive orange and has been burnished to a very smooth finish making it a ...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Painted Pottery Jar - Xindian Culture, Tangwang type

This very rare pottery jar is of the Tangwang type and dates to the Xindian Culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age.

It is made from a buff-coloured pottery, the surface colour varying in places, even to small areas of black. It has a wide body, two wide handles and a flared mouth. It stands on a small footrim with a recessed...

Fine Tall Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Burnished Black Pottery Jar

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted", has high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base. The surface is burnished smooth making this jar a real pleasure to handle as well as to look at! The unusual varying surface shades are ...

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Black Pottery Jar with Pattern (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted", has high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base. The surface is burnished smooth making this jar a real pleasure to handle as well as to look at.

Most known exampl...

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

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite highly-fired, has high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base. The surface is burnished smooth making this jar a real pleasure to handle as well as to look at.

This form of Siwa pottery jar is usua...

Rare 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 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 referred to as "saddle-shaped". The varying surface colours are due to uneven firing conditions during manufacture.

Most known Siwa j...

Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod

This pottery tripod vessel was made over 3,000 years ago during the Chinese Neolithic or early Bronze Age. It is not always easy to determine exactly which culture such vessels come from as similar vessels were made by various Chinese cultures. This example was excavated from Gansu province in the northwest of present-day China and we date it to possibly the early part of the Xindian culture (c. 1250 BC) or as early as the Qijia culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC). ...

Chinese Neolithic Pottery Tripod

This pottery tripod vessel was made over 3,000 years ago during the Chinese Neolithic or early Bronze Age. It is not always easy to determine exactly which culture such vessels come from as similar vessels were made by various Chinese cultures. This example was excavated from Gansu province in the northwest of present-day China and we date it to possibly the early part of the Xindian culture (c. 1250 BC) or as early as the Qijia culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC). ...

Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Cord-Impressed Single-Handled Pottery Jar (4,000 Years Old)

This rare pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), in the north of China, what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes.

It is made from a pale pottery that is quite highly-fired for its type. It is nicely proportioned and has one loop handle j...

Chinese Neolithic Qijia Culture Cord-Impressed Twin-Handled Pottery Jar (4,000 Years Old)

This unusual pottery jar was made some 4,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Qijia Culture (c. 2050 - 1700 BC), in the north of China, what is now eastern Gansu province. They produced a variety of pottery vessels including cord-impressed pottery of many shapes and sizes.

This example is quite heavily-potted and made from a buff-coloured gritty pottery. It is nicely-proportioned and has two w...

Large Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Painted & Incised Pottery Buddhist Jar

This rare pottery jar was made in the 12th / 13th century 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.

It is made from a buff-coloured pottery and is of globular form standing on an integral foot. Around the cover and lower body are bands of "pie crust" decoration, as well as ridges around the mouth and e...

Rare Large Chinese Song / Yuan Dynasty Painted Pottery Buddhist Lotus Leaf Jar

This rare pottery jar was made in the 12th/13th century, during the Dali Kingdom (AD 937 - 1253), corresponding to 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.

It is "heavily-potted" and made from a grey pottery, fairly highly-fired, having a distinct ring when tapped. The wall of the jar is decorated with ...

Antique Japanese solid keyaki (zelkova Elm) wood sliding-door chest featuring striking quarter-sawn panels that display the dramatic swirling grain patterns—known in Japan as tamo-mokume or keyaki-itame—highly prized for their depth and movement. The chest wide front panels showcase the natural rich color variation that occur when keyaki is cut on the quarter, revealing its iconic “flowing water” pattern.

The frame is constructed from the same solid hardwood with clean, mitere...

Five carved hardwood panels from an antique piece of furniture or an architectual element. The pierced one carved probably from boxwood, showing a deity riding a qilin among clouds. The other four carved with two figural scenes or flowers. Condition: traces of usage and age, the pierced one with cracks on the backside, the one with peony with some small losses. Dimension: bright one: c. 17 x 10.1 x 1.7 cm, c. 14.5 x 26.4 x 1.2 cm.