All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1260727
Beautiful bronze flower vase, long and cylindrical. Has a gorgeous boss relief of carp emerging from water in a delicate sweeping motion around the vase. From Meiji Period (1860-1912) Dimensions: 12" High X 4.75" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1260658
This is Shibori Kimono produced in Akita Asamai area for Edo period. As for this, a pattern is Eba-gara. A carp swims in spray like a brick. The lower part is expressed in dark indigo dyeing Shibori in Shirakage-Shibori at the upper part. This cotton is spun by hand...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1920 item #1260642
Charming Kiri (paulownia wood) lacquered Japanese Container. Inlaid on branches with mother of pearl. Decorated elegantly with blooming cherry blossoms, with bird perched on a branch. Has a pleasing deep mahogany-like lacquer finish. Taisho Period (1912-1926) Dimensions: 7.25" High X 3.25" diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1260575 (stock #1035)
A finely crafted three piece Altar garniture comprising two bronze Chinese "Gu" form flower vases and a small bronze Koro (incense burner).Condition: excellent.Vases : 9.8cm (3.9 inches) high.Censer: 4.5cm (1.75 inches) high.Total weight: 1.08kg (2lb 6oz)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1800 item #1260451
This is Sashiko Hanten which the leader of certain occupation group of Edo period wore. A technique to be called very high Sagara embroidery is used for this. This embroiders all by hand. The cotton thread used for embroidery is spun by hand. The thread is dyed with plant dye. It is clothes to identify social position promptly even if anyone looks. The part of the collar has a kanji of Toudori...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1900 item #1260340 (stock #0159)

We offer this fine antique Japanese Meiji Satsuma Kyoto lidded teapot decorated with a dragon curled between eleven Immortals and dating around 1880. This well decorated earthenware teapot stands on a narrow rounded unglazed foot with a recessed base and is of rounded shape with the dragon tail forming the handle and the neck and head forming the pouring spout. The teapot has a further smaller dragon forming the finial to the cover...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1260129 (stock #0333)
Ca. 1800

This porcelain bowl, molded in chrysanthemum form, is decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels in red, green and gold. The center of the interior is painted with a 16-petaled flower in underglaze blue, and the well is painted with various plant and landscape scenes. The exterior is surrounded with an underglaze blue floral pattern, and the base is painted with a Chinese “Chenghua” mark, as is often seen on 18th and early 19th Century Imari dishes...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1260048
Pair of Japanese antique abumi (horse riding stirrups), made of iron with silver inlay all over in beautiful designs of vines and leaves, the bottom of each stirrup is decorated with a bamboo motif, the foot areas are lacquered black, each abumi is inlaid with writing: Kaga Ishikawa Prefecture, Mori Hei Saku (artist's name and "signed by") lived in Komaki. Edo Period (18th century). Size of each: 9 1/2" high x 11 1/2" long x 5" wide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1259929
Beautiful contemporary Japanese todana tansu (shelf chest) with two sections, made from a very light keyaki wood with a nice smooth finish and attractive grain. It has two large sliding doors with open wood panes and interior shelving, two smaller sliding doors below with horizontal slats, and two sliding drawers with hirute shaped handles. Size: 74.75" height, 34.75" width, 17.75" depth
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1259683
Beautiful, yet unusual two-section tansu from the Nigata region of Japan, made from kiri wood. Reddish brown lacquer has been applied to its hardware to give it a very nice contrast to the woodgrain. It has four large drawers with gunbai style iron handles mounted upon pierced and stylized mounts, with a large fan-shaped lockplate in its center, pierced hardware along the front frame between each drawer, and quarter-circle hardware in the drawer corners...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1259133 (stock #0155)

From our Sake Tokkuri collection we offer you a very old example of oldest Oribe ware, made in the mid Edo Period, around 250 years ago.

Wonderful umanome design (horse eye) and vivid Oribe glaze.

Oribe ware, type of Japanese ceramics, usually glazed in blue or green and first appearing during the Keichō and Genna eras (1596–1624)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Ivory : Pre 1910 item #1258877 (stock #3539)
This large Japanese late Meiji (1867~1911) ivory carving is 14 ¼” high, 4” wide and 2 ¾” in depth. It depicts a smiling sage carrying a fan in his left hand and holding a long staff in his right hand. A rolled up scroll is tied to the top of the staff. Aside from a few hair line cracks due to age and size, it is in good condition. More detailed photos are available.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1258750 (stock #0153)

Today we like to offer you a very old Yuzamashi from the Edo period.

The yuzamashi is used to allow the boiled water to cool to the proper temperature before mixing with the matcha.

It is hand molded in the shape of lotus leaf.

No repairs, only natural inborn kiln cracks.

Size: 2,5'' height - 4,11'' width.

Shipping included
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1258556 (stock #TC221)
Fine Japanese Arita Bottle Vase decorated with 'banded hedge' scattered among flowering plum and bamboo. C1700/20 Height 9.0" (22.3cm). Condition; excellent with glaze frit to foot.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1258446

Japanese Silver Teapot w Side Handle Signed

Description & Size: 9.52 x 13.97 x 11.43 x 8.89 cm (3.75" x 5.5" x 4.5" x 3.5")

Weight: 220 gram (7.76 oz)

Age: Meiji Period 19th Century

Production: Handcrafted & Forged

This is a beautifully handcrafted Japanese silver teapot with side handle during Meiji Period 19th Century. The silver teapot has a maximum capacity of 400 ml/cc...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1257535
Japanese two-section Keyaki Nihonmatsu tansu with a black lacquered frame, a corner lockbox with iron plating and hinged door, four long drawers with iron hardware, warabite handles and iron locks at their center with a the image of a tsuru (crane) flying over a kame (turtle). The tsuru and kame are sacred creatures in Asian culture, each a symbol for longevity, and are said to live one thousand and ten thousand years respectively...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1257396
Very rare and unusual travel tansu with a black lacquered wooden frame and lacquered wicker front and sides, with two large hinged doors in its front. The inside is lined with paper and has four removable shelves with wooden frames. Edo period (1615-1867) circa 1850s Size: 37.5" height, 34" width, 17.5" depth
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1256976
Antique two-section Keyaki wood tansu from the Fukushima region of Japan. It has a beautiful, warm woodgrain, iron warabite handles, with cherry blossom and leaf iron decorations above and below each handle, and a corner lockbox with a flower-shaped lock handle and ring pull with flower backing. 19th century Meiji Period. Size: 45" height, 41.75" width, 17.5" depth