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 | Japanese antique painting depicting Kantei and attendants. |
 | Interesting Ancestor Worship, Spirit Tablet, Dated Guangxu 1891 |
 | Rare Satsuma Model of a Bull and a Boy |
 | Japanese Antique Silver Kanzashi Hairpin: Family Crest |
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 | Antique Chinese Porcelain Cricket Cage |
 | Chinese Soapstone Carving of Fulushuo |
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1930
item #1491121
(stock #K016)
The Kura
$680.00
$680.00
A beautiful dark wood tray in the shape of an upturned Reishii mushroom, the underside taking advantage of the natural texture and grain of the wood. It is 26 x 21 x 4cm and in excellent condition dating from the later 19th to early 20th centuries.
The Reishi (Chinese Lingzhi), is the ancient "mushroom of immortality", revered for over 2,000 years. In the poetry of Ban Gu of the 1st century CE is an ode dedicated to Lingzhi...
The Reishi (Chinese Lingzhi), is the ancient "mushroom of immortality", revered for over 2,000 years. In the poetry of Ban Gu of the 1st century CE is an ode dedicated to Lingzhi...
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$225.00
$225.00
Taisho period (1920s) Japanese pottery Bizen ware chaire (tea caddy for storing powdered green tea used in tea ceremony) with tapering body. Wonderful free potting, excellent play of colors on the surface, beautiful patina, very nice sandy particles in clay, impressed mark of the potter on the bottom. Later resin lid lined with silvery leaf paper on the inside. Comes with very well made shifuku (silk brocade storage bag). Great piece in excellent condition. Height with cover 3 inches.
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$100.00
$100.00
Taisho period (1920s) wood kogo (box for incense during tea ceremony), its top decorated in lacquer with uprooted flower with leaves and roots. Elegant object in Japanese taste, the body is made out of kiri (Paulownia tree) wood, perfect lacquer work, two parts fit perfectly, beautiful surfaces, in excellent condition. Diameter 1.9 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900
item #1490980
(stock #WN433)
A rare bamboo chado tea caddy for powdered green tea, the interior covered with black lacquer. The exterior carved with the four gentlemen of winter: plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum and orchid. Subtly embellished with silver wire. Condition: lower part with a crack, silver wire partially lost, a bit dusty, traces of age. Dimension: height: c. 6.3 cm, diameter: c. 5.7 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1492
item #1490822
(stock #7505)
Abhaya Asian Antiques
$230.00
$230.00
Pair of Song Dynasty soy brown, Jian type bowls from the Dongzhang/Minho kiln in Fujian, recovered from the Lianjiang shipwreck. Good condition, no damage or repairs, there is some original kiln grit in the cavetto and a minor irregularity on the rim of one. D: 10cm/4in and H: 4.5cm/1.8in. May still be used in a tea ceremony.
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,800.00
EUR €2,800.00
Satsuma ceramic lobed bowl adorned with raised enamels and fine gold details, depicting a vibrant landscape within...
Spoils of Time
$195.00
$195.00
For the tea and cloisonne collector: A signed totai cloisonne on Kyoto ceramic cha-ire (tea jar). Decoration in red, black rose, pink, green, blue and yellow of flowers, butterfly and other motifs on blue background. The jar with both lid and cover. Late Meiji era (1868 - 1912). Good condition. Height, 3 5/8 inches (9.2 cm)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700
item #1489859
(stock #TRC240304)
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
Price on Request
Price on Request
Over the years we have taken a special interest in Raku pottery, especially in pieces made by the original Raku family (16 generations) and by a branch kiln known as Tamamizu—started by the illegitimate son of the potter Ichinyū, whose work we see here. Approximately 350 years old, this piece displays a beautiful red glaze and has a shape known as “tsutsu” with high walls and a slender form making it ideal for keeping in heat during the cold winter months...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700
item #1489858
(stock #TRC240307)
![An Excavated Mishima Tea Bowl [Tokugawa Clan]](https://images.trocadero.com/stores/KyotoArt/items/1489858/pict.jpg)
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$5,500.00
$5,500.00
Appearing to be from a 2006 excavation site in Tokyo known to be a former residence of the Owari Tokugawa clan—the most senior contingent of the Tokugawa clan that united Japan under one rule—this lovely Mishima tea bowl is one of just two I have seen appear on the Japanese art market over the years. The previous bowl also listed on our site had a large portion reconstructed with a gold repair. This piece meanwhile is entirely intact and even has its original box...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900
item #1489334
(stock #0630)
Momoyama Gallery
$695.00
$695.00
Slightly distorted Kuro Oribe Chawan from the mid 19th century (late Edo) made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potters knife in its lower part and covered with a very deep black iron oxide glaze inside and outside...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800
item #1488895
(stock #0629)
Momoyama Gallery
$3,950.00
$3,950.00
A rare Kuro Raku Chawan by the 7th-generation successor of Raku ware, Kichizaemon Chonyu (1714-1770).
It comes in fine antique condition with a very old red Urushi lacquer Kintsugi and its antique wooden box with an attestation and appraisal of the Urasenke Tea House "Shikien" Kyoto, signed and sealed in 1950.
Born as the eldest son of the 6th generation Sanyu, he took over as the head of the family and didn’t retire until age 49, later passing away at age 57...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700
item #1488745
(stock #TRC240112)
Kyoto Ceramics and Fine Art
$2,150.00
$2,150.00
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...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800
item #1488579
(stock #0626)
Momoyama Gallery
$1,800.00
$1,800.00
One of such rare antique Hagi Chawan with wonderful glaze and aesthetically pleasing patina from the early 18th century (Edo Period), perfectly thrown and highlighted with an old gold restoration, a fantastic gintsugi (kintsugi) which makes our Hagi tea bowl even more valuable and outstanding.
It comes together with its wooden box and the authentication and appraisal of Soshu Mori, a former chief priest of the Daitoku-Ji Temple 大徳寺 Kyoto...
The Kura
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
A beautifully carved tray of overlapping leaves interspersed with clustered grapes by Ichikawa Shudo signed on back in a circular cartouche. In one corner an odd round tail leads us to a squirrel head popping through the leaves, as if one were looking up through the vines toward the sky. It is 46 x 35 x 3 cm (roughly 18 x 14 x 1 inches) and is in overall fine condition, There is a slight warp to the bottom of the tray, but it is still bery usable and there is no damage to the carving...
The Kura
$950.00
$950.00
Autumnal favorites, a basket of Mattake mushrooms and spiny cluster of chestnuts have been carved into the surface of this pine-wood tray by Ichikawa Shudo dated on back to early summer, 1915 and signed Kochikusai Shudo-to (Carved by Kochikusai Shudo). It is 49 x 31 x 3 cm (roughly 19-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 1 inches) and is in excellent condition...
The Kura
$700.00
$700.00
A stunning unadorned work of wood art covered in a thin layer of wiped on lacquer (Fuki Urushi) dating from the early 20th century. The artist puts nothing but his craft into the mottled grain of the tray, a true mark of wood mastery and humility. It is 42 x 31.5 x 3 cm (roughly 16 x 12-1/2 x 1 inches) and is in excellent condition. This is in the style of Ichikawa Shudo, and comes from a collection of several works by him.
The Kura
$395.00
$395.00
A carved wooden bowl wrapped in floral motifs dating from the early 20th century signed beneath by the carver. The dimensional imagery depicts lotus leaves, lotus root and clusters of Biwa (loquat) fruit. It is 21 x 20 x 5 cm (roughly 8 inches diameter, 2 inches tall) and in overall excellent condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900
item #1487874
(stock #0621)
Momoyama Gallery
$650.00
$650.00
Late Edo (1603-1868) Period Shino Chawan with all highlights of the Japanese aesthetics of wabi sabi. It is in perfect antique condition and comes with its original wooden box, a cloth bag (shifuku) and the attestation of a tea master inside.
Shino-ware dates to the Momoyama period when potters were attempting to recreate white porcelain-wares that were being imported from China at the time. Originally they were made in single-chamber anagama style kilns set into the hillsides...
