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 | Fine quality Ohi Ware Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura |
 | Antique Tibetan painted wood image of Green Tara Bodhisattva |
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 | An Edo Period Takatori Kataguchi Bowl with Warabaiyū Glaze |
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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #725561
(stock #197)
Eighteenth century, most likely from the Yongzheng or Qianlong period.
Very well potted porcelain body of Meiping shape with a two coloured Teadust resp. Iron - rust glaze.
The darker part of the glaze shows the darkest kind of Teadust glaze.
The last image shows a selection of different Teadust resp...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1477288
(stock #EW3240)
EastWest Gallery
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A bowl, hachi, of kiku-gata, moulded Chrysanthemum form, decorated to the interior with low relief kiku-mon, stylised chrysanthemum flower heads. The narrow panels partly painted in underglaze blue with a gilt lozenge diaper pattern inset with swastikas, and brocades inset with various contrasting motifs of kiku-mon, hanabishi-mon, and matsu-mon (a view of the end of a Pine branch). The remaining four double panels with kiku-mons and Peony and Chrysanthemum sprays...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1800
item #1392364
(stock #1-1117)
Finely cast statue of bodhisattva Shadakshari Lokeshvara, sitting on a double lotus throne, wearing diadem and formal attire with jewels, with his four arms, two in front in praying posture, the other two on the sides with left hand holding a lotus and right hand holding a necklace. Copper, with nice age patina. Tibet, early 19th century. Height: 8.7 cm. Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #686076
(stock #0129)
William-Cozart, Inc.
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1700s
Small beehive-form pot is covered in a rich, lustrous copper-red glaze that drains to a pale celadon tone on one side. The interior is glazed white with the glaze crackles being highlighted by ink staining from long term use. The copper has drained from the mouth leaving the often seen attractive white ring. The glaze stops at the beginning of the foot which though left unglazed has burnt a pale orange tone in the firing...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1800
item #1448974
(stock #273)
18th Century, Japanese Boxwood Netsuke: Recumbent Dog
18th Century, nicely hand-carved Boxwood Netsuke depicting a recumbent Dog that appears to be pleasantly resting. Very nice stylized touches characterizes this netsuke made during the EDO Period of Japan. Unsigned. A bit larger than most netsuke of this type, with large himotoshi, common of carvings made during the 18th century, and beginning of the 19th century....
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1800
item #1404442
(stock #4551)
Hawkes, Asian Art
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A fine old ceremonial sake pourer, hisage, hand made from copper and decorated with shochikubai (pine, plum and bamboo), minogame and cranes. Also present are two prominent Tokugawa family crests and on the handle three 16 petalled chrysanthemum crests and another on the rear handle mount. 19th century or earlier. Fine work.
The body of the pourer has probably been raised from one sheet of copper...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800
item #1244637
(stock #1-0850)
Jeweler's mould, used to make gold or silver jewelry, decorated in relief inside to represent a dancing Hindu female deity ("deva"). Bronze with nice green and reddish patina. India, early 18th century. Diameter: 2 4/8" (6,7 cm). Very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1297353
(stock #2848)
EastWest Gallery
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A very unusual dish decorated in somenishiki-de style with a fanciful landscape featuring a Namban figure, a Portuguese perhaps rather than a Dutchman, accompanied by a servant with parasol, walking to and from some sort of compound in the background with a curious barrel shaped tower. The well of the bowl and the exterior decorated in underglaze blue with a Shou symbol, Kotobuki, and three pussy foot Dragons to the exterior of the bowl...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #979570
(stock #0200)
William-Cozart, Inc.
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1700s
Painted in a rich cobalt blue under the glaze with rapid brush strokes in a zenga-like manner, depicting a scholar in his studio. The literatus leans against his table on top of which is placed a brush pot and incense burner. Part of his garden is visible in the background and a six-character poem is seen penned on the upper-left...
Japanese Art Site
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Extremely Rare Edo Period Isho Ningyo Pulling a Wagon with a Crane. Early 18th Century Ningyo like this very rarely come up for sale. This Isho Ningyo is
special, as it resembles a Karakui (mechanical) Ningyo. This important Ningyo has a classic face with painted features,
sumptuous embroidered textiles, and is pulling a cart that has a crane inside. It stands on a lacquered base. A similar example is in the Homa Museum in Japan. 14.5h x 9.5w inches, 37h x 24w cm.
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Two pokerwork drawings on paper showing birds in flight and rabbits. Later seals. 40x33 cm. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
Zentner Collection
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An antique Japanese Buddhist temple freize wooden carving of waves centered by a Hoju sacred jewel. Carved from one solid block of Keyaki (Zelkova) wood. Professionally mounted on an iron stand.
Age: Edo Period (1750-1800)
Dimensions: 32 1/2" Wide by 17 1/4" High by 5" Deep
Age: Edo Period (1750-1800)
Dimensions: 32 1/2" Wide by 17 1/4" High by 5" Deep
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Hand coloured print of Marquis Cornwallis receiving the 2 sons of Tipu Sultan as hostages after the battle and seige of Seringapatam in1792. Pub. by Haines, London 1796.35 x 25 cm. mounted on card. Can be viewed in central London and shipped worldwide.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Lacquer : Pre 1800
item #1473812
(stock #397)
Conservatoire Sakura
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Writing box in lacquer imitating an ink stone. Fun and very rare item. The box in the shape of a gourd with its stem, its leaves and its flower, it is in green, brown and golden brown lacquered wood. The interior has a small receptacle representing a red gourd. The details are of high quality as can be admired on the perfect execution of the leaves. It is a very rare object of which we do not know of any other specimen. Chinese work probably from the 18th century. No mark...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1107916
(stock #364)
A very decorative vase. Nice very well potted Gu shape, the white glazed body finely and brightly enamelled with a leafy floral decoration.
Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period ( 1723 - 1735 ) H : 24,2 cm.
Condition : One very old chip to the base which can be seen on the last enlargement and there is a re-paint to the pink colored rim ( maybe to cover a insignificant rim fritting). Further is the piece in perfect condition ( no crack, nice glaze and enamels )
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Dolls : Pre 1800
item #896778
(stock #R293)
Japanese Art Site
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Exceedingly Rare 18th Century Japanese Karakuri-Ningyo (Mechanical Doll) of a
whimsical figure from the early Edo Period, classic in its form. This figure is
moved by strings and pulleys operated by three men hidden out of site. This
one was part of a festival float, possibly for the Gion (New Year) Festival. This
Ningyo has a fantastic face of the period. He is wearing a gorgeous costume of the
finest textiles and sumptuous brocades...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1800
item #1489855
(stock #TRC240225)
Oribe is a visual style named after the late-16th-century tea master Furuta Oribe (1544-1615). Typically, black or green glazes are applied to the bodies of these works and light-colored windows are created using feldspar. These high-contrast areas then act as a canvas upon which abstract, minimalistic, and often naturalistic themes are painted in rather exaggerated fashion...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1800
item #1448377
(stock ##1220)
Particularly rare Netsuke representing a dutchman holding a hen.
Edo period (18th c.).
Delicate patina and wear.
Ivory.
8,2 x 3 x 1 cm.
(No exportation)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1800
item #1305382
(stock #87)
This a Kioto School Netsuke, carved in Late 18th century, that depicts a seated and laughing Hotei. His robe falling open to reveal a large belly. The robe with incised leave branches. Hotei's hand and feet unsually large.
Large, faithful time-period chimney himotoshi. Wonderful two-tone patina.
Netsuke measures 1.55 inches (3.9cm) wide, and 1.45 inches (3.7cm) tall. It has some age hairlines, common to netsuke this old, but, it is solid, and otherwise, in excellent condition.
This is the one in the middle of Edo period. (1603-1867) Tsutsugaki textile of very valuable museum class. Tsutsugaki textile of museum class Rare
It used it in the buddhist temple at the ceremony. Please look at the leaf of the lotus. The expression of the technology of the shadow is very wonderful. Moreover, it is very difficult to express the picture only of this in hemp. It is because hemp is not dyed easily. Tsutsugaki to make good use of this advanced exact technology is very rare. Plea...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1800
item #1370947
(stock #1-1063)
Gilt iron plate, of rounded triangular shape, finely cast in openwork, to represent a dragon in relief in clouds. Four coral inlays enhance the beauty of the plate. This plate is likely to have been part of a saddle decoration. Tibet, 18th century. The plate is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Length: 15.6 cm. Height: around 9 cm. Oxydation at the back due to age, otherwise very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1278960
(stock #603)
The cups very thinly potted, the rounded sides rising from a straight foot to an everted rim, finely decorated around the exterior with a profusion of multi-coloured 'flower-balls' arranged asymmetrically and scattered throughout, freely floating, all carefully enamelled in soft pastels against a white ground, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a Qianlong ( 1736 - 1795 ) six-character seal mark and of the period. Diameter : 6,4 cm. H : 3,8 cm.
Condition : One of the cups in perfect con...
Zentner Collection
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Beautifully carved Chinese seated buddha, made of wood with red and gilt lacquer, wonderful details and elegant expression, Ming Dynasty.
Size: 22 1/2" high x 14 1/2" wide x 11 1/2" deep.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1400427
(stock #EW3119)
EastWest Gallery
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An interesting Japanese Arita saucer form dish decorated in a transitional style incorporating elements of the Kakiemon style, notably the asymmetric elements within the reserves to the outer rim of the dish, with Katamono style motifs dating to the late 17th century or early 18th century and made for the domestic market. For a more sophisticated version of this type of design in Katamono style dated 1680-1700 see Shibata Volume II no 422. The dish probably date from the period 1690-1710.
The ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1800
item #1243568
(stock #1-0846)
Statue of God Khandoba (an avatar of God Shiva), riding his horse, with his spouse Parvati on his left side, holding his sword with his right hand. Strongly eroded bronze. India, 18th century or earlier. Height: 6 1/2" (16,5 cm). Good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1178572
(stock #TC195)
C.P.Sheffield
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Pair of Chinese Blue and White Rectangular Trays. Each decorated with a tied bunch of flowering peony and other plants. Qianlong C1760/70. Diameter 23.3cm. Condition: excellent, one 0.15cm frit to rim, a little light glaze crazing to one tray.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1370940
(stock #EW3061)
EastWest Gallery
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A high quality crisply cast Japanese mirror. The reverse of the mirror decorated in high relief with a conventionalised representation of the utopian Isle of the Immortals typical of the Edo period integrating into the design the auspicious Takasago twin branched pine tree with a pair of flying cranes and a Minogame in the left hand corner. All set against a crisp granular ground. Probably late Edo period, or possibly slightly earlier.
The mirror is inscribed with four kanji characters reading...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1434175
(stock #4610)
Hawkes, Asian Art
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An unusual Arita blue & white porcelain plate, circa 1700 - 1750. A smaller dish with similar moulded and gadrooned edge and border of spiky foliage is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. FE.66-1970. An identical dish, dated from the first half of the 18th century is kept at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
The base with an apocryphal Chinese Ming Chenghua reign mark and 5 spur marks.
Approximately 21.2 cm diameter. Perfect condition.
Please study the photog...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1276653
(stock #5628)
Abacus Asian Art
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A fine and well balance potted dish, decorated to interior with incised a pair of aubergine dragons surrounded a shou medallion in the center, the cavetto sides with five clouds. The exterior with a pair of dragons chasing pearl on yellow ground glaze. Yongzheng six characters mark on the base within double circle, probably of the period. Condition is excellent. Diameter: 19cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1220427
(stock #YFM1102)
Ascot Court Antiques
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ca. 1730s, early 18th century
Yongzheng - early Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
D: 22.7 cm
Perfect condition with no chips, hairlines, or any other damage.
From a Belgian collection
Early 18th century export wares are often quite exceptional in quality. This plate is an engaging example with its brilliant & fresh enamels, confident painting workmanship, and innovative design (notice the leaf-shaped cartouche bord...
Yongzheng - early Qianlong Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille rose enamels
D: 22.7 cm
Perfect condition with no chips, hairlines, or any other damage.
From a Belgian collection
Early 18th century export wares are often quite exceptional in quality. This plate is an engaging example with its brilliant & fresh enamels, confident painting workmanship, and innovative design (notice the leaf-shaped cartouche bord...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800
item #1320180
(stock #0280)
Momoyama Gallery
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Elegant and sophisticated Shino Chawan, wonderful dialogue of brown and cream Shino crackle glaze, made during the early to the mid Edo period.
It is decorated outside with the Imperial Seal of Japan, the Chrysanthemum Seal and inside with two stars. This design I have never seen on other tea bowls before.
No cracks or repairs, just aesthetic inborn kiln cracks. Gorgeous and rare.
Box and shipping included.
Size: 2,8'' height and 5'' in diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Lacquer : Pre 1800
item #1154298
(stock #0232)
William-Cozart, Inc.
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Ca. 1600s / early 1700s
The deep red lacquer is thickly applied to a wooden base and carved in high relief. The slightly domed lid is carved with a garden scene consisting of pavilions and scholars in a landscape of thick foliage, trees, various rocks and a small bridge. The sides of the box are carved all around with a repeating floral design and the base is carved overall with diamond shaped florets. Minor cracking from age is present on the lid and around the sides of the box often seen...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800
item #1436139
(stock #0486)
Momoyama Gallery
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Slightly distorted cylinder shaped (hanzutsu) tea bowl made of fine, light, unrefined Mino clay, containining a little iron oxide. Shape and style make it appear contemporary with the late Oribe bowls. The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical black oniita engobe inside and outside - with the exception of the bottom - over which a white, feldspatic Shino glaze has been poured. Just the foot ring and its immediate surrounding was left unglazed. The decoration was scratched into the ...
The Kura
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An incredible Mishima Chawan dating from the Edo period with a wide repair to the rim in dark lacquer decorated with golden grasses in gold maki-e lacquer designs. It comes in an ancient dilapidated silk pouch with cotton buffer enclosed in an age darkened kiri-wood box titled Mishima Chawan. The bowl is 5.5 cm (2 inches) tall, 12.5 -13.5 cm (5-1/2 -6 inches) diameter and in fine condition. Mishima ware refers to different types of imported and adopted Japanese pottery. Mishima originally ref...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1800
item #326179
(stock #2154)
Bamboo Grove
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This very well designed and carved wood (boxwood) netsuke is 1 ¾” high, 2” wide and 1 ½” thick. It depicts three pods of a Japanese lantern plant (some people call it a Chinese lantern). Two big lanterns and one small lantern are arranged along a stem with a curly leaf which has a few insect bites. It is dated late 18th century and it is not signed. It is in excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1412283
(stock #EW3164)
EastWest Gallery
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The dish is in “Ko Sometsuke” style. It is decorated entirely in underglaze blue with an Island Scene shrouded in auspicious ruyi form clouds which recedes into the background, three geese Kari occupy the mid ground (a seasonal motif associated with Autumn) and in the foreground Arumi rough waves crash over kaisou, water weeds, and Conches, horagai and Scallops, hotategai.
The abalone form, awabigata, was considered especially auspicious, as noshi, dried awabi strips, were formally pres...
