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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 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 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 Fine Peking Glass Bud Vase - mid 20th Cty. Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Glass: Pre 1980   item# 927479 (stock# ICHI 2201)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $250.00  This is a very sweet small Peking glass bud vase from the mid 20th century, circa 1950s-1970s. The base glass is a milky white opaque glass - there is then an applied royal blue handle in the shape of an elongated leaf. The vase measures 6 1/8" high and is 3" diameter at its widest. A fine addition to any studio glass collection. An Purple Glazed Small Double Gourd Vase - late 19th Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1930   item# 919009 (stock# ICHI 1176)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 175.00  A nice little double gourd vase with a light purple colored glaze. It has a metal ring as a rim, which would indicate that the vase once had a taller neck. Obviously the former owner valued it enough to have the cracked part of the upper neck trimmed and then have the metal rim installed. The vase measures 3 5/8" high and is 2" d ...click for details A Chinese Woodblock Carving of a Recipe-Ginger Soup Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Wood: Pre 1950   item# 917301 (stock# ICHI 1760)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $395.00  This is one of the most unusual pieces we have ever had in our collection. It was purchased from a dealer here in the US who later moved to Indonesia. The piece is a single piece of a rather hard wood (hard to scratch with a razor). On the upper surface is a very intricate set of hand carved characters arranged in nine vertical columns. A thin border of Greek key designs and a stylized floral border at the top surround these columns of characters. ...click for details A Japanese Crackle Glaze Leaf Shaped Pouring Bowl Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1960   item# 909069 (stock# COLL 9044)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $135.00  A sweet Japanese pouring with a small red pouring spout - the balance of the dish is in a light crackled celadon glaze. There is an impressed design of a leaf and the shape of the dish is of a broad leaf. The underside is also glazed in the pale celadon with some glaze not applied inside the foot ring. The dish measures 6 1/4" diameter and is 1 1/4" deep. Because it is of so shallow we cannot figure out what would have been used in the dish that one could pour. We date it to the mid 2 ...click for details A Chinese Blanc-de-Chine Kwanyin - late Qing Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1930   item# 906948 (stock# ICHI 987)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $175.00  A fine small Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of a seated Kwanyin, the Goddess of Mercy. This position is known as that of Royal Repose. The figure dates from the late Qing dynasty,circa 1890s - 1915. The Kwanyin is 3 3/4" high by 2 1/2" wide by 1 1/2" deep and is in excellent condition. There is kiln grit on the base which is typical in the earlier blanc-de-chine pieces. On the back there is an mark in the shape of a gourd - meaning not known. Lovely face and graceful posture. I com ...click for details A Chinese Cloisonne Bowl – Flowers in Net Design Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre 1940   item# 904524 (stock# ICHI 1862)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $150.00  An interesting cloisonne bowl with a design of red and white flowers – possibly peonies – surrounded by a net of tan net like design and a border of green half moon figures. The rim and foot are gold colored. The sides of the bowl have two more floral sprays which are also surrounded by the tan net like design. The interior of the foot has a grainy dark blue/turquoise color. The bowl is in excellent condition with no chips, hairlines or restorations. The bowl measures 5” diameter at the top and ...click for details A Shino Hanging Bowl with Landscape Design – Meiji Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Stoneware: Pre 1940   item# 890169 (stock# COLL 9032)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $595.00  An unusual Japanese Shino glazed stoneware bowl with two holes near the rim on opposite sides for attaching small ropes for hanging the bowl – probably for a hanging floral arrangement. The interior of the bowl has a cobalt blue underglaze design of a village scene on two opposite sides of a river where small boats are sailing. The rim is bordered with a band of round connected circles. On the sides of the bowl a fierce dragon encircles the entire bowl - a Greek key band forms a border on the u ...click for details A Soapstone Carving of a Sage in a Temple Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre 1980   item# 853634 (stock# ICHI 2656)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $125.00  An interesting nicely carved soapstone piece dating from the mid to later 20th century, circa 1940-1980s. The carving is of an old sage or lohan seated inside of a rectangular high enclosure. The enclosure is reticulated on the front and back in a lattice work design. It is hard to imagine how the carver managed to carve away all of the inside except the old man - then provide such good details to the old man's face. ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5