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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years - age and health issues tell us it is time. We still have over 1,100 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE. At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased. We reserve the right to require a 15 % re-stocking fee in cases where the reason for the return is suspect. With thanks for your years of patronage, we look forward to serving you until the last items are sold.

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A Metal Japanese Boys Day Sword – Showa Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1970   item# 955180 (stock# COLL 9098)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 195.00  This is a nice 20th century metal toy samurai sword that would be presented to a boy on Boys Day – traditionally held on March 3rd. The sword was intended to imbue in the boy a sense of honor and strength as shown by the samurai of old. This miniature sword is made of metal and is intricately made with simulated sharks skin handle, a tiny sword guard (tsuba) and a decorated scabbard with a relief dragon going down the side. The sword itself is thin steel. The entire combination measures 12 ¼ “ ...click for details A Kyo Yaki Chawan w/ Colorful Irises – Meiji - Showa Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1960   item# 955024 (stock# COLL 9097)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 395.00  This is a handsome Kyo-Yaki chawan – tea bowl – that is covered in a thick enamel design of irises. The irises are dark purple and white on golden enamel crackle glazed ground and are further highlighted with bright emerald green leaves. The piece measures 4 ¾” diameter at the top and is 3 5/8” high and is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. There is an incised mark on the base that translates as “Kutani Toho”. We date it to any time between 1910 and the 1950s. A striking colorful pi ...click for details A Modern Japanese Studio Double Gourd Vase – Signed Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1970   item# 954330 (stock# ICHI 1490)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 250.00  This is a handsome Japanese double gourd porcelain vase with a soft turquoise to lime green glaze and a carefully controlled drip pattern of golden yellow glaze flowing down from the top of the vase. The vase measures 8” high – the top bulb is 3” diameter and the bottom bulb is 4 3/8” diameter. There is a two character impressed mark on the base that translates as “DOKAN”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or restorations. We date it to the early to mid 20th century, circa 1930 ...click for details A Miniature Japanese Satsuma Teapot – Meiji to Showa Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1950   item# 952406 (stock# COLL 9094)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 325.00  This is a sweet small Satsuma teapot that has a mark on the base that translates as “Kyomizu-yaki (ware). It is rare find Satsuma with such a mark as it differs quite a lot from the traditional Kyomizu-yaki pottery. The teapot has a design of a round basket filled with chrysanthemums – another mum is seen on the lid. The teapot measures 5” from the tip of the spout to the back of the handle – the body is 3 ¼” diameter and the piece is 2” high. It is in excellent condition with no chips or crack ...click for details A Modern Peking Glass Vase – Cameo Cut Blue Flowers Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Glass: Pre 1960   item# 951982 (stock# ICHI 2201)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This is a fine early to mid 20th century Peking Glass vase with an opaque milk white ground and beautiful cobalt blue flowers and butterflies in the cameo cut overlay. Earlier examples of Peking glass had more variegated glasses as the base color. The earlier pieces also showed signs of hand carving of the second layer which left the edges of the design softer. This vase has sharp edges to the overlay blue glass that has been cut away to reveal the design thereby showing that the design was cut ...click for details A Fine Studio Tokkuri in the Style of Shoji Hamada Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1960   item# 951122 (stock# ICHI 1351)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 595.00  This is a very handsome square tokkuri that is totally in the style of the master potter, Shoji Hamada. Hamada himself never signed his pieces saying that his work would identify itself. He also said that there would be dozens of pieces made that would be taken as by him, but that his would stand alone. That being said, we think that the ...click for details An Imari Dish – Three Friends of Winter Design Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1950   item# 950810 (stock# COLL 9091)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 150.00  This in an unusual Imari dish in that it combines both a transfer design and overglaze enamel painting. In the center of the dish is a blue transfer design of the Three Friends of Winter. Around the edges is an overglaze enamel design rather sloppily painted. The dish measures 6” diameter and is 2” high. It is in excellent condition. We date it to the late Meiji to early Showa period, circa 1910-1940s. ...click for details A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Girl with her Dog - late Qing Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre 1950   item# 950103 (stock# COLL 9089)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  Thus is a charming late Qing dynasty blanc de chine sculpture of a young girl sitting next to her dog. She holds a Sheng (The Chinese sheng (Chinese: 笙; Pinyin shēng) is a mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting essentially of vertical pipes) in her right hand. The details are quite well defined and the young girl's face is a picture of youthful innocence. The girl sits on a rocky outcrop and there is a wrapped package sitting next to her. ...click for details A Rounded Wine Bottle Marked - VOC Trademark Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Southeast Asian: Ceramics: Pre 1950   item# 947388 (stock# ICHI 3397)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  This is a nice wine bottle with an underglaze cobalt blue design that reads VOC inside a floral wreath and that trademark is repeated on the base of the bottle. The bottle measures 6” high and is 4” diameter at its widest. The bottle is in excellent condition. It is possible that it actually dates from the 16th-17th century; however, there have been so many clever fakes and reproductions that have been made that we cannot validate such a date. To be conservative, we will date it as having been m ...click for details A Set of Seven Lacquered Mukozuke - Taisho/Showa Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Tea Articles: Pre 1950   item# 945133 (stock# COLL 9082)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 195.00  A handsome set of seven Japanese red and black mokuzuke - the tops done in shiny black roiro and the bottoms done in red lacquer. On the bottom of four of the bowls there is a design in makie gold of a bamboo shoot. The seven dishes measure 4 1/2" diameter and are 1" high. The dark black would have been a lovely contrast to the raw fish normally used in the mokuzuke serving. We date these to the mid Taisho to early Showa period, circa 1925-1950s. They are in excellent condition. ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  25