Japanese Kyo-yaki Stoneware Suzuri (Inkstone) Mid. 19th. century, Edo Period
Diam. 13 ins. (33 cms) This remarkable piece is quite the largest suzuri we have ever seen! It is typical of the Kyoto wares heavily influenced by the 17th. century pottery of Ninsei. The two diametrically opposed panels show two cranes with bamboos on one side an ...click for details
Japanese Woodblock Printed Shunga Erotic Book. Toyokuni 1st. Ca. 1800
8 1/2 x 6 ins. (21.5 x 15.3 cms) Like most shunga books this work is not signed but is reliably attributed to Toyokuni 1st. and printed ca. 1800. There are 5 double sheet + 2 single sheet colour illustrations & 6 pages of monochrome text. The covers appear to be ori ...click for details
14 x 9 3/8 ins. (35.5 x 23.8 cms) This striking design is from Yoshitoshi's most celebrated series, Tsuki hyakushi (A Hundred Views of the Moon), published between 1885 and 1892 by Akiyama Buemon. This design is no.36. Takakura moon (Takakura no tsuki). After having plotted against Taira no Kiyomori in the year 1180, and having been found out, Prince Mochihito - brother of the deposed emperor Takakura - and his companion Munenobu flee from the Takakura mansion disguised in women's travel ...click for details
A Fine Japanese or Ryukyuan Lacquer Panel. 19th. century
6 x 6 x 5/16 ins. (15.2 x 15.2 x 0.7 cms) This beautifully executed panel has a design of a bird perched on fruit tree branch depicted in raised lacquer. This is the same design as one of our other listed panels but executed in a different technique. Areas of the leaves are executed i ...click for details
A Fine Japanese or Ryukyuan Lacquer Panel. 19th. century
6 x 6 x 5/16 ins. (15.2 x 15.2 x 0.7 cms) This beautifully executed panel has a design of a bird perched on a vine with leaves and seed pods depicted in flat and raised lacquer. This is the same design as one of our other listed panels but executed in a different technique of "mi ...click for details
A Fine Japanese or Ryukyuan Lacquer Panel. 19th. century
6 x 6 x 5/16 ins. (15.2 x 15.2 x 0.7 cms) This beautifully executed panel has a design of a bird perched on fruit tree branch depicted in flat and raised lacquer. This is the same design as one of our other listed panels but executed in a different technique of "mitsuda" lac ...click for details
A Fine Japanese or Ryukyuan Lacquer Panel. 19th. century
6 x 6 x 5/16 ins. (15.2 x 15.2 x 0.7 cms) This beautifully executed panel has a design of a bird perched on a vine amid leaves and seed pods depicted in raised lacquer. The style is very much that of the Ryukyu Islands the art of which is, as a consequence of their history, often a mi ...click for details
A Rare & Unusual Japanese Lacquer Box. Style of Ritsuo. Edo period 18th. Century.
10 1/4 x 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 ins. (26 x 17.2 x 8.3 cms) The ground of this box is simulated wood grain which appears to be achieved by applying layers of reddish brown lacquer, carving the wood grain to a remarkable similarity to deeply etched, weathered wood a ...click for details
A Rare Boxed Set of Five Satsuma-Yaki Chawan. Edo Period
Box 6 x 6 x 2 1/4 ins. (15.3 x 15.34 x 5.3 cms) Diam. of cups 1 3/4 ins. (4.6 cms) Although these cups appear at first sight to be sake cups they are, in fact, tea cups used to drink the rarest and most expensive leaf teas. The inscription of the lid reads "Sencha. Chawan. (Sench ...click for details
A Fine Large Japanese Carved Oak Signed Portrait of a Lady. 1920/30s.
Ht. 17 ins. (43.2 cms) This unusual and powerful piece is carved from a solid block of oak. The piece is signed but we have been unable to identify the carver. The "mon" or crest of the kimono is probably that of the Kanamori family, an ancient Daimyo family des ...click for details
