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German Late 19th C. Porcelain Figurines X 4 (set) Antiques: Decorative Art: Ceramics: German: Porcelain: Pre 1910 item# 747351
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $800
Offered here are a set of four (4) porcelain figurines, decorated with over-glaze enamels. Each depict a Chinese man in a different poses: hear no evil; speak no evil; smell nothing bad and eat nothing bad. Their poses are each different. They were probably made in the Thuringia area of Germany at Eckert & Co. in Volksted between (1890-1900), or at Aelteste Volkstedter Porzellanfabrik AG (1900-1936). The under glaze mark on the bottom of each of the figures (see photos) is similar to marks ...click for details

Korea, Choson Dyn.,19th C.,Three CAKE STAMPS, porcelain Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Ceramics: Pre 1900 item# 747348
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $225 for three pieces
Offered here are three Korean, 19th century, porcelain Rice Cake Stamps. Each has a different design and all are in perfect condition. They measure 3" in diameter and 1 1/2" in height.

Helen Hyde 1910 Woodblock print, AN APRIL EVENING Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1910 item# 733387
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $425
Offered here is a color woodblock print by Helen Hyde (1986-1919). Hyde was one of the best known and most successful American printmakers of the early 20th century. She found her identity in Japan where she lived for almost 15 years between 1899 and 1914. This print, entitled by the artist in pencil in the lower right, is AN APRIL EVENING. It was printed in 1910, as evidenced by the "Copyright" printed within the border in the upper right. It is signed in pencil by the artist bel ...click for details

Japanese 18/19th C. PAIR of ARITA Painted BOTTLES Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1800 item# 711784
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $820 for the pair
Offered here are a PAIR of well-painted porcelain bottles. They were made at the Arita kilns during the late 18th or early decades of the 19th century in a style one might call Kutani (due to the colors). The primary palette of the over-glaze enamel decorations is an orange-red, together with green, yellow, blue and magenta. Two of the four sides are painted with the same motif; a standing Geisha and a spray of flowers against a white ground. The shoulders and necks of the bottles are entire ...click for details

Japanese, Painted Wooden Temple Ceiling Panel, 19th C. Antiques: Decorative Art: Religious Artifacts: Buddhist: Pre 1837 VR item# 711740
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $175
Offered here is a single decorated panel (two others listed separately) of a painted BIRD from a temple ceiling in Japan. It was probably painted about 1800-30. Typical of such paintings, the artists first prepared the wood with a gesso-like layer (only under the painted area), on which they sketched the subject in black ink, then painted in the details with a colored tempera-like pigment. This painting of a BIRD is done with multiple colors; a green head, a gray back and a white breast. The ...click for details

Japanese, Painted Wooden Temple Ceiling Panel, 19th C. Antiques: Decorative Art: Religious Artifacts: Buddhist: Pre 1837 VR item# 711725
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $175
Offered here is a single decorated panel (two others listed separately) of a FLORAL SPRAY from a temple ceiling in Japan. It was probably painted about 1800-30. Typical of such paintings, they first prepared the wood with a gesso-like layer (only under the painted area), on which they sketched the subject in black ink, then painted in the detail with a colored tempera-like pigment. This painting is of a floral spray, probably PINKS, done in green, red and white. The panel measures 18 3/4&quo ...click for details

Japanese, Painted Wooden Temple Ceiling Panel, 19th C. Antiques: Decorative Art: Religious Artifacts: Buddhist: Pre 1837 VR item# 711712
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $175
Offered here is a single decorated panel (two others listed separately) of a LOTUS PLANT from a temple ceiling in Japan. It was probably painted about 1800-30. Typical of such paintings, they first prepared the wood with a gesso-like layer (only under the painted area), on which they sketched the subject in black ink, then painted in the detail with a colored tempera-like pigments. This painting of a lotus plant is done with mutiple colors, but from a distance the primary color seen would be ...click for details

Japanese, HOTEI sculpture, Bizen kiln, 19th C. Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art: Pre 1900 item# 697660
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $ 825
Offered here is a very good stoneware ceramic sculpture of HOTEI, one of the Seven Gods of Fortune in Japan. He is shown in a relaxed posture, resting upon his bag of treasures, with a fan in his left hand and the top of his bag in his right hand. He was hand-carved and fired at the Bizen kilns, famous for their dense, fine, reddish clay, sometime during the first half of the 19th century. A carefully impressed stamp on the back of the piece reads "Bizen". No glaze was applied to thi ...click for details

Japanese 19th C. Two Panel Screen with Phoenix Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Folk Art: Pre 1900 item# 655927
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $4,750
Offered here is a great work of Japanese folk art. It is a four panel futon cover mounted as a two-panel folding screen. The fabric of the cover is 100% home-spun cotton with a rice paste resist and painted design (tsutsugaki in Japanese) of a large colorful Phoenix (Hoo) landing on a paulownia tree. The multiple colors of the Phoenix are highly decorative and almost amusing in their patterns. Obviously the maker had fun making this piece. I had the screen made in Kyoto nearly 25 years in o ...click for details

Japanese late 18th C. Seto MIZUZASHI (fresh water jar) Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Stoneware: Pre 1800 item# 648664
click for details		Mellott, Richard Antiques 415-924-7182 $550
Offered here is a fine, late 18th century MIZUZASHI, or fresh water jar, used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It was made in Seto, as is clear from the iron brown glaze and the dark buff-colored stoneware body. The shape is extremely well done, with a strong profile of slightly in-curving sides that flare a bit toward the top. Cut from a hump of clay after throwing, a detail thread-cut pattern can be seen on the unglazed base. Also visible on the base is a deep cut to one side where the thread ...click for details

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