All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1438687
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a free-form nest-like shape created using multi-layered 3/4" wide strips interwoven with rope made of woven bamboo. The voluminous handle was created using interwoven bamboo rope in an abstract style. Patina is in a natural smoke and chestnut color. Flat foot with a three star patterned base. Unsigned. It comes with a cylindrical metal water and flower vessel.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 22" High by 12" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1438118
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a barrel shape with dual double arm connected handle. The body is woven with multiple layered bamboo strips in a horizontal pattern which gives strength and tenacity to the piece as well as the symbolic nature of bamboo. The base is a bamboo rope foot with a star patterned bottom. Natural soot patina contrasted against chestnut brown highlights.

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Dimensions: 17 1/2" High by 9" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1438113 (stock #4620)
An early Japanese blue & white plate produced in Arita at the end of the seventeenth century. The centre features a roundel carefully painted with a vase of flowers on a verandah. The unusual vase perhaps based upon a Dutch example...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1438059 (stock #20210125-01)

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Offered is a lovely 18th Century (circa 1770-1800) Japanese blue and white Arita porcelain nagazara (which translates roughly as "long dish") of squeezed rectangular form, painted entirely by hand with a marine view. This is entirely appropriate, as the purpose of such nagazara was to serve fish...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1437975 (stock #4614)
A Japanese molded dish with a barbed rim. The centre with a dragon coiled around a tablet of calligraphy. The back has an apocryphal Ming reign mark for Chenghua. 4 spur mars. Circa 1780.

Approximately 22 cm diameter. There is a filled flake to the front edge at roughly 12 o’clock, otherwise fine...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1437974 (stock #4613)
An unusual 18th century Japanese porcelain dish with chidori and waves drawn in thick outline, the centre with a Tibetan Buddhist symbol. The V & A Museum, London, has an identical dish, FE.113-2006. Arita1770-1780.

21.7 cm...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1700 item #1437973 (stock #4612)
A Japanese porcelain plate decorated with a dignitary beneath a parasol, attended by his servant, in a garden. The cavetto is unusually decorated with a continuous landscape, a device not often encountered on Arita porcelain. The use of linear shading is reminiscent of Chinese “Master of the Rocks” style. Arita, circa 1680~1700.

The back is entirely plain with four spur marks within the foot-rim...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1900 item #1437768
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A lot of 9 Japanese antique Buddhist temple Lotus leaves and blossoms. Made to be part of a Buddhist altar arrangement. The Lotus represents enlightenment blooming from out of the mud. Carved from wood and lacquered gold. Lotus petals are carved separately and joined. Each fitted with a custom metal stand.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: Varies from 15 1/2" to 36 1/2" High
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1437669
An antique Japanese Kansai Daiku Tansu (carpenter chest for tools and hardware) made of Hinoki (Cypress) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. 14 drawers of various sizes used to store tools and hardware used by a Japanese wood craftsman. Japanese woodworking techniques used in making this chest include through mortise and tenon joinery and hardened wood nails. Original hand forged iron hardware including the Kakute handles. Originates from the Kansai region of Japan...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1910 item #1437655
An antique Japanese Kururi Tansu (apothecary chest for herbs and medicine) made of Sugi (Cryptomeria) wood and finished in a Negoro lacquer. 30 drawers each with an iron ring pull. It features two side carrying handles and a custom-made raised stand.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 24 3/4" Wide by 17 1/4" High by 9 7.8" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1900 item #1437651
An antique Japanese bamboo Ikebana basket in a bowl shape with a gnarled Wisteria handle. Clad in thick diagonal 1 3/4" slats with 2 supporting 1/2 bamboo stalk atop the basket measuring each 5" in length. Split bamboo rope foot. Wisteria handle features 4 appendages which harkens to a stylized dragon. Natural soot patina acquired over years of loving use and display.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 15" High by 10 1/2" Wide by 10" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1437567
An antique Japanese Bamboo Ikebana basket with a natural robust soot patinated rich chestnut color. It features a twisted Bamboo rope base with diagonal cladded interwoven slats. The gnarled Wisteria branch handle evokes the feeling of a scholarly ancient Pine tree that symbolizes longevity. Its ovoid shape has a wide open mouth...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1437564
An antique Japanese Bamboo Ikebana basket in a Sea Urchin shell form with fine weave and two woven ring handles. Often incorporated into the art of flower arranging, it also doubles as a sculptural table centerpiece.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 11 1/2" High by 14" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1900 item #1437506
An antique Japanese large Taiko Drum with a Keyaki (Zelkova) wood body and strong leather ends. Beautiful rich deep sound when struck. All original hand forged iron hardware including the very large Taiko nails and the four carrying rings.

Age: Late Edo Era (1950-1860)

Dimensions: 30 1/4" Long by 26 1/2" Diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1437211
Lovely Gilt bronze incensor with raised chrysanthemum flowers and tripod feet in the form of chrysanthemum leaves. Reticulated cover for smoke. On the bottom is the incised signature of Kо̄sai Sano 佐野宏采, a favorite artisan of Emperor Hirohito's. Age: Early 20th century

Size: 6"H x 4" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1437187
An antique Japanese all Kiri (Paulownia) wood Kasane Tansu (stacking chest on chest) with original hand forged iron hardware. Beautiful natural wood grain with a three dimensional texture. Side handles on both sections used for carrying from place to place...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800 item #1437082 (stock #0487)

Perfectly shaped Ko-Seto Chawan dating back to the mid Edo Period (1603-1868). The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical white, feldspatic Shino type glaze...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1910 item #1437073
An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (merchant chest) in a rare two section design made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware with full moon style locking plates and Warabite handles. Two sliding doors open to a storage area where merchant books and business records were kept. Recessed side handles on the tops of each section.

Merchant chests provided two important key elements for the store owner...