Ca. late 1800s
This is a leaf from a design album. It shows the lower portion of a kimono with a design of pine needles and plum blossoms. Good condition.
Aiban tate-e: 8 1/4 in. x 12 ½ in.
Ca. 1900
This is a design for a kimono with a leafing vine surrounding a lacquer calligraphy box with inkstone and brushes in tones of grays and black with only the calligraphy brushes having red and yellow handles. The grain of the woodblock shows through the background of the kimono. Printed on mulberry paper and probably a leaf from a design album. There is a stain above the upper right sleeve, and a repaired 2 inch tear at the top of the leaf. The paper has yellowed slightly...
Early 1900s
This is a design for a kimono textile that has skillfully incorporated the stylized woven fabric texture as part of the design as seen in the central field of flowering iris plants. The upper field appears to be a design of snowflakes, and the lower of an abstract water pattern. This was probably a leaf from an album of kimono designs...
Late Meiji period (1890s 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of flowers and leaves, design continuing on both sides. Nicely made, good work in Japanese taste, some insect damage as seen on photos. Length 3.8 inches. Part of East Coast collection of Japanese hair items.
Japanese Imari Porcelain Octagonal/Hexagonal shape Dish, early part of 1900's, 1 3/8" high, 6 1/8" x 5 1/4" wide, overglaze and gilt highlight design of a Swan with red crown flying over the Japanese Bamboo fenced flower garden in the center. Invisible restoration on one(1) small chip 1/4" area, and very shallow stained old chip 1/2" long on the top rim.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese kushi (hair comb) inlaid with mother of pearl butterflies among flowers, design continuing onto the back. The body appears to be early plastic, beautiful inlay work, wonderful work in Japanese taste, loss to the wing of the larger butterfly as can be seen on photos. Length 3.85 inches.
Woodcutter pausing for a drink of sake, issued ca. early 1900s
Hirafuku Hyakusui was a noted painter and illustrator in Nihon-ga style, and was a professor at Tokyo School of Fine Arts and a member of Imperial Fine Arts Academy.
Publisher’s information on lower left with the number 21, good condition
Shikishiban: 9 ¼ x 9 ¼ in.
Maekake, apron made of Ohmi jofu, which is asa (hemp) with kasuri pattern. Weft kasuri yarns are board-clamp dye, so that both selvedges have bar-code like white lines. All hand-sewn and in excellent condition. It has red cotton belts. Late 19th to early 20th century. W:49cm, L:73cm
Illustration of a sculpture of the Wind God from the Sanjusangendo in Kyoto, and a design of a lacquer box, issued ca. 1890
Good impression and condition
Album leaf: 9 ¼ x 12 in.
Late Meiji period (1890s 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of a Manchurian crane in flight, design continuing on both sides. Nicely made, good work in Japanese taste, some losses and insect damage as seen on photos. Length 3.92 inches. Part of East Coast collection of Japanese hair items.
Late Meiji period (1890s 1912) Japanese lacquered kushi (hair comb) with gold lacquer and inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration of flowers and fans, design continuing on both sides. Nicely made, good work in Japanese taste, some losses to lacquer and inlays as seen on photos. Length 4 inches. Part of East Coast Japanese hair items collection.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with colored and gold lacquer decoration of a bird in flight against a crescent moon among stylized clouds. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, wear and loss as can be seen on photos. Length 4.05 inches.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with brown and gold lacquer decoration of numerous rice stalks, design continuing onto the back. Inlaid with silver studs (some missing). Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, superb lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste. Length 3.05 inches.
A Hasami-yaki bowl of scalloped form bowl decorated with konnyaku stamped decoration of Chrysanthemum and leaves, and gobenka to the centre with Tako Karakusa decoration to the rim and a Karakusa arabesque to the reverse and a stylised Fuku mark to the base.
The bowl is a good and relatively early example of the style of ware made at Nagasaki under the Owara clan for the mass market. The dish dates to the mid Edo era and the mid 18th century...
Sen Sha Fuda—Pilgrim’s temple charm placard, issued early 1900s
Very good impression and color, light staining in margins, light staining on verso
Overall size: 6 ½ x 8 ½ in.
Album leaf illustrating “antique” textile designs for Tang Dynasty China and later, printed ca. 1900
The characters beside each design describe the motif and type of fabric.
Very good impression and color, vertical center crease, minor wear, remnants of old backing.
Overall Size: 9 ¾ x 14 in.
Album leaf illustrating “antique” textile designs for Tang Dynasty China and later, printed ca. 1900
The characters beside each design describe the motif and type of fabric.
Very good impression and color, vertical center crease, minor wear, remnants of old backing.
Overall Size: 9 ¾ x 14 in.
The size of Dish: 5 1/4" Dia x 1 3/16". Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Dish. The dish has pretty Sakura(cherry blossoms) design on the side wall with gold and red. There is Fan and Karakusa motif, plus square landscape design with Fuji Mountain, pine tree, and plover birds design. It is rather simple yet it has classy looking design by using nice composition. The condition of dish excelelnt, no chip, no crack and no hairline...
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of cranes in flight on the background of pine branches. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, excellent lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, some losses as can be seen on photos. Length 4.06 inches.
An Arita bowl decorated with a design of Azami, Thistles, a motif emblematic of Spring painted in a refined pencilled style called senbeki both to the interior and exterior. The bowl measures just over 15cm or 6 inches in diameter, and stands 53mm or just over 2 inches high. The bowl is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or restoration. Shipping at Cost.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with brown and gold lacquer decoration and inlaid semiprecious green stone, design continuing onto the back. Beautifully made out of dense brown wood allowing for fine teeth, superb lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, some losses as can be seen on photos. Length 3.32 inches.
Japanese green Glass Ojime, 3/4" diameter, large holes on tops and the bottom where cord go through to tightening for Netsuke. There are some indentations on the glass surface.
Sen Sha Fuda—Pilgrim’s temple charm placard, issued early 1900s
Five individual “fuda” pasted side by side on a backing
Very good impression, good condition
Overall size: 6 ¼ x 10 in.
Late Meiji period (1890s 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with carved low relief cherry flowers and two metal roundels with cutout brocade patterns, design continuing on the back. Very well made, wonderful work in Japanese taste, tiny areas of insect damage here and there, otherwise in great condition. Length 3.57 inches. Part of East Coast collection of Japanese hair items.
Sen Sha Fuda—Pilgrim’s temple charm placard, issued early 1900s
Produced by the Tokyo Nai Fuda Club, Very good impression and color, good condition, light center crease, light glue residue on verso
Overall size: 6 ¾ x 8 ¼ in.
Album leaf depicting an antique textile fragment, issued ca. late 1800s
The artist skillfully illustrates the fabric dyeing techniques of stencil printing and tie-dyeing (shibori) using the woodblock print medium
Very good impression and color, centerfold, some thinning of paper on margins
Overall size: 9 ¾ x 14 in.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of a small bird in flight by bamboo. Beautifully made, excellent lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, some insect damage to the teeth as can be seen on photos. Length 3.32 inches.
Japanese Satsuma Signed "Hakuzan" Earthenware Dragon and Rankan decorated Cup and Saucer, Ca. 1920, Cup-4 3/8" wide include handle and 1 3/4" high, Saucer-5 3/8" diameter, small bruise and hairline on top rim about 1/4" wide, condition of the saucer is good.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with gold and black lacquer decoration of flowers and buds on branches, design continuing onto the back. Beautifully made, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, some wear as can bee seen on photos. Length 4.5 inches.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with multicolored marbled lacquer decoration. Beautifully made, great lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, in excellent condition. Length 4.03 inches.
19th century staghorn ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) carved as a smooth clam shell. Good design, shunga connotation as almost inevitable with clam in Japanese art, nice patina on the surface, natural imperfections in staghorn, overall in very good condition. Length 13/16 inches.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with brown and gold lacquer decoration imitating wood texture with golden accents, design continuing onto the back. Beautifully made out of dense brown wood allowing for fine teeth, superb lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, in excellent condition. Length 3.62 inches.
Japanese Pink Glass Ojime Bead, 11/16" diameter, cord go through the large holes on the top and the bottom, to tightening for the Netsuke. There are some indentation on the surface and the open grains on the surface of the glass.
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with gold lacquer decoration of plant motif, design continuing on the back. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, overall in good condition. Length 4.4 inches.
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Offered is a lovely early 19th Century Japanese blue and white porcelain long dish, known as a nagazara and meant for serving fish. This dish was probably made for domestic use and features a central motif of the "three friends of winter" (bamboo, pine and prunus (plum)), surrounded by a decorative border and then by scrabbled decoration...
Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese turtle shell kushi (hair comb) with multicolored lacquer decoration of different roundels, some with calligraphy, some with landscapes, some with flowers and plants, all on interlocking leaf design. Exceptionally well made, excellent lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, some wear and insect damage as can be seen on photos. Length 4.35 inches.