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 | Antique NYOI scepter (ruyi); natural rekishi shape. Late Edo |
 | Elegant Bamboo Ikebana Basket, Hanakago by Suzuki Gengesai |
 | A Red Raku Tea Bowl by Famed Potter Ichigen (1662 - 1722) |
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All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1920
item #1459839
(stock #pc51)
Kodo Arts
$680.00
$680.00
Rare pair of Taisho Period, C.1920 clay Shinto Inari foxes. One has a scroll in its mouth, the other the Hoju sacred gem. Very good condition.
13" high by 7" wide. Ask for shipping quote from CA warehouse.
This is a rare Japanese antique handspun & natural indigo dye cotton soft tenugi fabric in meiji period (1868-1911).
It is a Swallow and plum character pattern.
size: Length:80cm / 31.4"
Width: 30cm / 11.8"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1459710
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$600.00
$600.00
19th century netsuke carved as a group of four seals - two of simpler shapes, one in a shape of a natural lotus flower stem (the stem serving as himotoshi), and one with shishi finial. Elegant design in Japanese taste, bottoms are carved with raised and sunken characters in seall script and stained to resemble real seals - one of them could be a signature of the carver. Possibly made for a silk merchant - the seals resemble actual chops used for stamping silks...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
item #1459678
(stock #021689)
SANAI FINE ART & ANTIQUES
$1,150.00
$1,150.00
The size of Bowl: 7 1/2" Dia x 3 1/8" High. Most unusual and attractive Japanese Ko Imari Sometsuke Porcelain Bowl. The bowl is made from fine quality porcelain as well as the fine glazing. It has pretty design of Shiranuki design and flower design outside which used blank area with nice contrast. Shiranuki Design is special work on the design with blue background where white design area has the blue underglaze knocked out...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1459672
(stock #11065)
Welcome To Another Century
$700.00
$700.00
Chawan tea bowl, or perhaps a soup bowl or a mukozuke. Fairly thin stoneware modeled in the shape of a drum with 8 nails (protrusions) along the upper edge that would hold the drum skin in place. Deep green glaze. Eight vertical lines engraved and filled in with gold.
A triangular shape is cut out of the foot by way of a potter’s mark. In the center of the bottom a round Raku seal impressed...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1459669
(stock #11061)
Welcome To Another Century
$700.00
$700.00
Large and rustic almost round platter, called ishizara in Japanese, used in kitchens and commoners’ households. Plain light greenish-yellow glaze that typically leaves the foot free. The many pinpoint spots where the glaze did not completely cover the stoneware has allowed dirt to penetrate, giving the surface a lively spotted face...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900
item #1459652
(stock #021027d)
SANAI FINE ART & ANTIQUES
$120.00
$120.00
The size of Bowl: 6 3/4" Dia x 2 1/4". Japanese Ko Imari Blue and White Porcelain Bowl. The bowl was made solidly and very steady with good fine glazing. The center bowl has Hana-Mon (flower mon) design. The side wall has the design of Momo (peach) Karakusa(Chinese grass) design. Peach is lucky symbol. Outside has Karakusa design. The condition of bowl excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline, as well as almost none scratch. The double lines inside has the section with weak underglaze...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900
item #1459651
(stock #04294)
SANAI FINE ART & ANTIQUES
$220.00
$220.00
The size of Bowl: 6" Dia x 1 3/8" High. This is beautiful and Rare Japanese Old Kutani Bowl from early Meiji, 1870-1890. It is made of fine porcelain. It has the design of Taka (Japanese Hawk), with Fuji Mountain, Pine Tree with the decoration of Karakusa done with gold work, The pine tree are painted with fine brush works. It is not outlined work like commercial painting items. There is Sun or Moon design behind the Hawk. Outside of bowl has cherry blossom leaves with Genji Kou design...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1900
item #1459650
(stock #11060)
Welcome To Another Century
$550.00
$550.00
Small, sturdy platter, called ishizara, used as kitchen ware. Gray stoneware decorated with underglaze iron black and cobalt blue tama (sacred jewels) and characters, covered by a creamy, yellowish translucent and finely crackled glaze. Five spurmarks. Mingei.
Seto region, Japan, Edo period, 1800-1850
H 2 x Diam 10.5 in.
Several knicks and chips esp. on the rim edges and a short, old crack commensurate with age and heavy usage...
Zentner Collection
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Beautiful example of an 18th Japanese suzuribako (calligraphy box) made with a gold maki-e lacquer scene of huts near a mountain stream. The interior of the box holds rests for brushes and a compartment for an ink stone as well as a small silver water dropper...
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$140.00
$140.00
19th century Japanese Satsuma kogo (box for incense during tea ceremony), its top decorated with bamboo stems and leaves, and the sides with various flowers and leaves, and several flowers on the inside. Good potting, very nicely painted, typical Satsuma finely crackled glaze, in great condition with appropriate age and usage signs. Signed on the bottom in gold on black with 2 characters reading HARAZAN (alternative reading is Warayama). Excellent quality painting. Diameter 2 3/8 inches, height ...
Zentner Collection
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Antique Japanese rectangular lacquer stationary box with a large parrot sitting on a corn stock and eyeing an ear of corn. Raised maki-e lacquer in gold and various shades of dark green and brown. The sides are further decorated with more ears of corn (a grasshopper sitting on one). The lacquer work contains great details like the texture of the parrot's feather and the stringy silk of the corn. The large reserve with the parrot and smaller reserves on the sides are treated with a red/orange ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1459522
(stock #2974-1)
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €1,500.00
EUR €1,500.00
A Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting the poet Ono No Komachi.
Excellent fineness of the details of the carving to simulate the grain of the wood on her trunk where she is sitting leaning on her cane with her long hair partially covered by her hat, next to a bamboo container.
Signature engraved within Keisai reserve.
Meiji period 19th century
Sizes: 2,9 x 4 x 2,2 cm.
Condition report: Good condition
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1910
item #1459480
(stock #2974-1)
Mastromauro Japanese art
EUR €2,800.00
EUR €2,800.00
A boxwood netsuke of a toad on a wooden container.
Excellent fineness of the details to simulate the grain of the wood and the toad skin.
Meiji period 19th century
Sizes: 3,3 x 2,5 x 2,6 cm.
Condition report: Good condition
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1459463
(stock #20220227-01)
Cliff Nunn - Antiques
$95.00
$95.00
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Offered is a lovely 18th Century Japanese porcelain ovoid dish in a molded petaled form, with a central scene of a landscape painted in underglaze blue. To the reverse are cloud decorations and a mark in the form of a running fuku. This piece 22.1 cm at its widest, and weighs about 468 grams. The porcelain has a slightly celadon cast, but is more white than the photos might suggest, despite the na...
japanes antique textile saiyuu2
$188.60
$188.60
It is a Japanese antique Lattice pattern of indigo-dyed cotton and thick textile from the Meiji era (1848-1911).
There is no dirt or damage. Recommended for materials, wall decorations and bedspreads. Three long fabrics are sewn and connected.
Can be washed with water.
Size:Length:168cm(66.14inch)
Width::100cm(39.3inch)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900
item #1459424
(stock #gy6533)
2ezr
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1900's Japanese Mixed Metal Shakudo Vase with Flower & Bird
It is 8.5 inches (21.7 cm) tall by 3.7 inches (9.5 cm) wide. It is 2.3 lb.
It is tarnished and has rust, stains, rubbing of gilding, oxidation, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Zentner Collection
$950.00
$950.00
An antique Japanese Chobako (merchant chest) made of Hinoki (Cypress) and Kiri (Paulownia) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware. Large upper drawer with two hinged doors that hides and secures 6 small drawers where valuables were kept. Side handles were used for carrying this tansu from place to place.
Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)
Dimensions: 15" Wide by 20 1/2" High by 12 1/4" Deep
Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)
Dimensions: 15" Wide by 20 1/2" High by 12 1/4" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1900
item #1459403
Zentner Collection
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Japanese antique samurai kura horse saddle. Carved of wood and lacquered with a fan motif in gold makie lacquer on a nashiji ground with inlay shell design on the maewa (front arched plate) as well as the shizuwa (rear arched plate). The maewa and shizuwa are connected by two igi (contoured side bands) which are decorated with shell inlay on a black lacquer ground. The igi rest on either side of the horse's spine and serve as the under frame for the leather seat (basen or kura tsubo) and are s...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1900
item #1459401
Zentner Collection
$9500.00
$9500.00
Japanese antique samurai kura horse saddle. Carved of wood and lacquered black with shell inlay covering the maewa (front arched plate) as well as the shizuwa (rear arched plate). The maewa and shizuwa are connected by two igi (contoured side bands). The igi rest on either side of the horse's spine and serve as the under frame for the leather seat (basen or kura tsubo) and are slotted for stirrup straps (chikara-gawa or gekiso) to pass through. Obscured signature on the bottom. Mounted on cust...
Zentner Collection
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An antique Japanese Bo Tansu (locking bar chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish. Warabite style handles. Three full width drawers and bottom partial width drawer with hinged security door hiding 3 small drawers. Underneath bottom small drawer lies a secret area where important flat documents or valuables were hidden from plain sight. Side and rare back slats added strength and visual design to this beau...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Metalwork : Pre 1900
item #1459378
(stock #2022-1019)
Hanging bronze (銅掛斜生, dô kakenanaike) depicting a hawk, placed on a branch. The inside is hollow so a bouquet a flowers can be put inside and thus, serve as a vase.
The eagle is considered the king of birds. Its tail feathers are said to be the best feathers for an arrow. It is said that they were given to the imperial court and to the shrine of Ise (Mie prefecture), one of the most sacred places of Shinto.
Japan – Meiji era (1868-1912)
He...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1837 VR
item #1459376
(stock #345)
Conservatoire Sakura
$4,500.00
$4,500.00
They are carved from a single piece of wood. They are hollowed out on the back to probably receive a column. They had to be at the entrance of a temple and supported the portico. The wood is cracked and blackened by time. I think they are Edo period Japanese, but they may be earlier. They are two magnificent creatures with a powerful and fierce appearance. The fact that the wood is excessively weathered makes me think they were outside the temple, at the front door. This blackness of the wood is...
japanes antique textile saiyuu2
$380.00
$380.00
This is Fukusa of beautiful hand embroidery made in Kyoto in the Edo era.(1800-1867)
As for the embroidery, the thread which gold leaf was rolled round is used and is made all by hand.
The surface does not have a stain and the damage. And there are a few stains to the lining. It does not stand out. This is embroidery of a lucky bird.
Size:Length:71cm(27.9inch ) / Width: 67cm( 26.3inch)
japanes antique textile saiyuu2
$168.80
$168.80
It is a Japanese antique natural indigo dye old silk katazome kimono.
It is a Excellent condition.It does not have a stain and the damage.It is a pine and a pattern of igeta.
size:Length: 140cm (55.1") sleeve to sleeve 120cm (47.2")
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1837 VR
item #1459362
(stock #11058)
Welcome To Another Century
$1,400.00
$1,400.00
Large octagonal bowl made of porcelain, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue. In the center of the bowl a prancing tiger before a roaring stream, looking up towards the sky. Behind him bamboo and rocks. Left of the tiger there is a three-line poem about the tiger and the third moon (May or June).
The sides are decorated with four peonies and leaves draped in arabesques; the rim decorated with a border of key-fret motif. On the outside each flat section of the octagonal decorated with a tac...
Zentner Collection
$1,475.00
$1,475.00
An antique Japanese Nihonmatsu Kasane Tansu (stacking 2 section chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware featuring Warabite style handles and hints of aged red lacquer. Very spacious storage with a hinged door that secures 3 small drawers. Constructed using Japanese joinery techniques and hardened wooden nails.
Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)
Dimensions: 48 1/2" Wide by 48" High by 18 1/4" Deep
Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)
Dimensions: 48 1/2" Wide by 48" High by 18 1/4" Deep
Zentner Collection
$3,200.00
$3,200.00
An antique Getabako Tansu (shoe cabinet) made of Hinoki (Cypress) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. Removable shelf. Single section chest that would make a wonderful buffet or shoe storage cabinet. Top has been reinforced.
Age: Meiji period (1890-1900)
Dimensions: 53 1/8" Wide by 27 1/2" High by 15 3/8" Deep
Age: Meiji period (1890-1900)
Dimensions: 53 1/8" Wide by 27 1/2" High by 15 3/8" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1900
item #1459293
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$495.00
$495.00
19th century Japanese copper and brass keman in a shape of a rounded fan (uchiwa) with pierced low relief decoration of two phoenixes confronting each other in flight above lotus flowers, buds and leaves rising from a pond, and an elaborate knot in the center. Hanging pendants representing the Wheel of the Buddhist Law and lotus flowers, old glass beads. Keman (from the Sanskrit kusumamālā "Garland of Flowers") is a Buddhist decoration hanging on a beam of the inner sanctuary in front of enshr...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR
item #1459276
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$650.00
$650.00
Early 19th century netsuke of two crabs crawling about a woven basket containing hamaguri (clams) with more shells thrown around it. Subtle elegant piece in Japanese taste of implied shunga character - clam shells customarily carry erotic connotations, and crabs seem to be aware of it. Beautifully carved, excellent detailing (see the legs and pincers of the crabs as well as clam and woven basket textures), great patina turning darker yellow on the bottom. Length 1 1/4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1459270
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$275.00
$275.00
19th century marine material netsuke with engraved decoration of a crane taking off by pine saplings and mist. Very nice quality work, beautiful patina, characteristic marine sheen to the surface. Central peg with a horizontal hole in its back part serves as himotoshi. Length 2 3/16 inches.
Zentner Collection
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
An antique Japanese Choba Kuruma Tansu (wheeled merchant chest) made fo Keyaki (Zelkova), Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original hand forged iron hardware and Urushi lacquer finish. Drawers were made using Kakute handles. Lock bar added additional security for the 2 full width center drawers. Sliding doors open to a spacious storage area and the hinged door secure 2 small drawers behind. Side slats add strength and support. Iron rings on each side in conjunction with ro...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900
item #1459258
(stock #JHbentBocRed)
June Hastings
$1,150.00
$1,150.00
Edo Era, circa 1850s-1860s, Japanese red lacquer over wood Japanese Bento Box in 5 sections. The exterior features Shibayama style of inlay on a red lacquer ground with the interior and underside being black lacquer. The Shibayama design has several types of stone inlays including MOP with branching, cherry blossoms, leaves, buds and rockery all done in raised work. The workmanship is very good. In very good condition with no repairs or touchups, the only issue is some lacquer is missing to...
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$495.00
$495.00
19th century decent size Japanese champleve vase with high shoulders and two black and white enamel registers consisting of repeating characters FUKU (happiness), ROKU (wealth) and JU (longevity), and two registers of intricate scrolls, pendant leaves on the shoulder. Essentially the vase is a wish for happiness, prosperity and long life. Very powerful design, awesome presence, in excellent condition. Four character raised mark on the bottom reading FUKUSHIMA CHU TSUKURU (Fukushima made by casti...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1800
item #1459205
(stock #BNJedoWoodcu)
June Hastings
$450.00
$450.00
Original Japanese woodblock print by Kitao Masanobu (1761 – 1816) from the “Eastern Tune Koyka by Fifty Poets”, date 1786. The color woodblock print depicts an image of a seated warrior with a poem above. Print has toning, spots, and marks throughout, fading to inks, loss of red ink stripes on face, abrasions to lower right corner. Not examined out of frame.
Measures:
Sight size: 8.5” high x 6” wide
Framed size: 10.75" high x 8" wide x 1" deep
Measures:
Sight size: 8.5” high x 6” wide
Framed size: 10.75" high x 8" wide x 1" deep
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$350.00
$350.00
Late 19th century game counter with rosewood body and 8 marine material tabs, each carved with a monkey in a different attitude. Excellent quality carving - see their fine hairwork, expressive faces and dynamic postures. Counters like this one were used to keep score in the game of whist and became a popular export item to the West in the late 19th century. In excellent condition, tabs lift and go back down perfectly, no cracks, losses or repairs. Counter size 3 5/8 x 2 x 3/8 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900
item #1459194
(stock #BNJJapH20ket)
June Hastings
$900.00
$900.00
A Japanese cast iron tetsubin or water kettle with an undulating rim. The sides are cast in relief with a temple compound amid pines in a generic landscape, the reverse with sparrows in flight, all above a key-fret band. The kettle has a typical stubby "S" spout, wrought iron overhead swing handle, and is fitted with a bronze lid having "garlic clove" knop. Incised to the interior lid "Ryubundo dzu" (Made by Ryubundo).
Dates early Meiji, measures 10.5" high including handle and 8.5" across i...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1837 VR
item #1459157
(stock #dr12996)
2ezr
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19th Century Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Vase
It is 8.3 inches (21.1 cm) tall by 5 inches (12.6 cm) wide. It is 1.4 Lb.
It has rubbing gold and paint, repairs at the feet, a small chip at the bottom rim, stains and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Zentner Collection
$6,500.00
$6,500.00
Antique Japanese suzuki-bako, calligraphy box. Lacquered with a profusion of wildflowers in gold maki-e technique on black lacquer ground. The underside of the lid is beautifully preserved with more wild flowers growing near a swirling stream. This scene is also rendered in maki-e but includes some flashes of red leaves and a silvery moon on a black lacquer ground with clouds of nashiji. The inside of the box has more fine nashiji clouds on a black ground and contains an ink stone and a cop...
Zentner Collection
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
Antique Japanese mounted carving of a group of 6 flying bats. Sculpted with detail and lacquered gold, the group moves together through the air like a small cloud. Mounted and framed in a plexiglass shadow box. Bats are symbols of prosperity and good luck. This carving was most likely part of a larger temple decoration.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: Carving alone: 9" wide. In frame: 12 1/4" wide x 9 1/4" high x 5 1/2" deep.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: Carving alone: 9" wide. In frame: 12 1/4" wide x 9 1/4" high x 5 1/2" deep.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1900
item #1459053
(stock #13565)
Haruko Watanabe
$220.00
$220.00
Cotton cloth with tsutsugaki flower motifs which is hand-spun and vegetable indigo dye. Originally it might have been used as 'yutan' (cover for drawers or a chest) with crests, however this one is used for futon cover as it has cotton dusts in the back. In excellent condition except for a minor beige stain in the white part. The second half of the 19th century. 160cm x 65cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR
item #1459050
(stock #230)
Conservatoire Sakura
$500.00
$500.00
Tenuki is depicted standing, his head covered by his huge scrotum. It is carved in a wood that seems to me to be cherry. The sculpture is simple and vigorous. The netsuké is ideally compact in shape. The patina of the wood is very old and beautiful. There is a 2 characters signature which I have not translated but can do on request. It is probably a well-known artist. I think beginning of 19°, but maybe before.
Height: 55mm
Very worn.
Zentner Collection
$1,850.00
$1,850.00
An antique Japanese Kasane Tansu (stacking chest on chest) made entirely of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite style handles and the full moon lock plates. Handle back plates feature a stylized Shimizu clan family crest. 4 drawers for spacious kimono storage and a hinged door behind which are 2 small drawers where valuable fashion accessories were stored. Constructed using Japanese joinery and hardened wooden nails.
Age: Meiji Era (1880-...
Age: Meiji Era (1880-...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1459040
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$650.00
$650.00
19th century netsuke of a baying stag with its head turned back, its upper front teeth bared. Elegant carving with pure clean lines, excellent hairwork, wonderful depiction of volume of the deer body and his antlers, eyes inlaid in black horn, beautiful patina. Himotoshi is formed by its feet. Wonderful sculpture. Height 1 3/4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1800
item #1459037
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$160.00
$160.00
18th century netsuke of a dog sitting on a tied bag. Strong early piece with nice patina, of characteristic 18th century triangular section, differently sized himotoshi consistent with age, wear to its muzzle, old age lines. Height 1 7/8 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR
item #1459002
(stock #226)
Conservatoire Sakura
$700.00
$700.00
The immortal is powerfully carved in wood, probably cherry. Gama Sennin holds his stick in his hand and his toad on his shoulder. He is unusually tall. The sculpture is powerful, the folds of the dress are elegant and the expression is serene. Although Gama-Sennin is attested male there are rare examples of its female representation. The softness of the features make me think that this would be a woman. Although anonymous, it is the work of a good sculptor.
Big size 105mm.
Normal wear for a ce...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR
item #1458982
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$1,950.00
$1,950.00
Late 18th to early 19th century Kyoto school netsuke of a puppy wearing a cloth collar, playing with an abalone shell. Strong early piece with amazingly lifelike facial expression and wonderful fur texture worn on protruding parts. Pleasantly chunky, eyes are inlaid with black horn, old stable age lines, wonderful wear and patina turning honey color on the bottom. Deep himotoshi in accordance with the habit of the time. Excellent strong netsuke. Length 2 1/16 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR
item #1458981
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
Early 19th century netsuke carved as a Japanese martial arts MEN (kendo helmet) resting on a DŌ (breast protector) surrounded by a pile of seashells. Unique subject, a bit of a zen puzzle waiting for an answer. The helmet with a metal grill (men-gane) is used to protect the face and has a series of hard leather and fabric flaps to protect the throat and sides of the neck and shoulders. Wonderful use of anabori (cavern carving) - the inside of the grill is hollowed and the folds of the flaps ca...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1458980
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$950.00
$950.00
Unusual 19th century netsuke of a cloth Daruma doll with wonderful inquisitive face and a shaped opening on the back with anabori (cavern carving) of a palace with a procession of scholars crossing a bridge and pavilions in the back. The cavern is carved unusually deep, and pavilions in the back are very well defined, almost impossible to photograph properly. Excellent face with horn inlaid convex eyes, beautiful stippling defining the texture of its cloth body, wonderful functional shape. Great...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1458979
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$775.00
$775.00
19th century netsuke of a Buddhist priest and famous 14th century poet Ikkyu seated next to a human skull and pointing at it as a reminder that all living things must ultimately die. Uncommon subject, wonderful smiling face, great depiction of the scull, nicely detailed (see the short Buddhist rosary around his right hand), beautiful wear and patina. Height 1 7/16 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1458978
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$700.00
$700.00
19th century netsuke of poet Hitomaro wearing his official coat and ritual hat, leaning on a low table thoughtfully contemplating the world as if seeking inspiration for one of his poems. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro was a famous poet and aristocrat of the late Asuka Period (7th/8th centuries), and is considered one of the Thirty Six Poetry Immortals of Japan. Wonderful carving with great intense face, excellent staining, wear and patina. Signed RYOKOSAI on the bottom - the artist is listed on p. 893 ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1800
item #1458977
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$650.00
$650.00
18th century netsuke of an emaciated sennin seated on a base wearing a tattered robe and a leaf cape and holding a staff with a bundle of his possessions tied to its top, and with a dog affectionately leaning onto the man. The subject is Sennin Izenshun (Chinese Wei Shan-Chun), who took good care of a black dog that had come to his hermitage, and one day the dog turned into a dragon and took the sennin to heaven. Rare subject, wonderful quality early carving - see his face with a wide grin and d...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1458964
Helen M Edwards
$1,300.00
$1,300.00
Height: 3 cm (1.2 in)
Width: 3.4 cm (1.3 in)
Depth: 2.2 cm (0.8 in)
Japanese wooden netsuke of a seated mask maker; shows a critical expression observing his work; excellent workmanship and form; signed Ryuraku, good condition
Width: 3.4 cm (1.3 in)
Depth: 2.2 cm (0.8 in)
Japanese wooden netsuke of a seated mask maker; shows a critical expression observing his work; excellent workmanship and form; signed Ryuraku, good condition
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1458963
Helen M Edwards
$1,390.00
$1,390.00
Height: 3.3 cm (1.3 cm)
Width: 3.3 cm (1.3 in)
Depth: 1.9 cm (0.7 in)
Japanese wooden netsuke of a seated nobleman holding his fan; excellent workmanship, patina and form; signed Masayuki; good condition
Width: 3.3 cm (1.3 in)
Depth: 1.9 cm (0.7 in)
Japanese wooden netsuke of a seated nobleman holding his fan; excellent workmanship, patina and form; signed Masayuki; good condition
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1458954
(stock #10594)
Welcome To Another Century
$395.00
$395.00
Tall slender vase, slightly narrowed in the waist, with a square shoulder and short wide neck and mouth.
The finely ribbed body of middle brown coarse clay is covered with two elongated patches of thin, translucent reddish-brown glaze. The lip with splashes of greenish glaze, on the inside gray glaze.
The finely ribbed body of middle brown coarse clay is covered with two elongated patches of thin, translucent reddish-brown glaze. The lip with splashes of greenish glaze, on the inside gray glaze.
Karatsu ware. Japan, late Edo period, mid-19th century
Height: 12.25 inches (30.5 cm).
Firing crack in bottom, NOT through and through (does not leak), otherwise mint condi...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1800
item #1458952
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$1,100.00
$1,100.00
Good size 18th century netsuke of a standing sennin (Chinese sage) in a long robe and a leaf cape, carrying on his shoulder a Chinese boy who plays a short trumpet. The netsuke is probably a joke on the subject of bokudo, which is typically depicted as a boy seated on the back of a buffalo and playing a flute - a theme of a perfect peace of mind, and one of the stages of a journey towards Buddhahood.. Unusual subject, wonderful quality carving of their faces, beautiful flowing lines of the robe...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1458951
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$650.00
$650.00
19th century marine netsuke depicting Ashinaga (long legs) wearing South Sea Islander’s sarong as he sits hugging his absurdly long legs. In Japanese legends he is often accompanied by Tenaga (long arms) whom he puts on his back and goes fishing. Very nice work, beautiful wear to staining, pleasant patina. Signed TOMOYUKI on the bottom - the artist is listed on p. 1167 of NETSUKE & INRO ARTISTS AND HOW TO READ THEIR SIGNATURES by George Lazarnick. Height 1 3/4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR
item #1458950
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$550.00
$550.00
Early 19th century netsuke of a buffalo on a base, its head turned back. Unusual and wonderful stylization of the creature - see its upturned snout and raised ears and horns. Beautifully carved, excellent staining, superb wear and patina, old age lines. Height 1 5/16 inches
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900
item #1458948
Dmitry Levit Asian Art
$425.00
$425.00
Very unusual 19th century marine netsuke of obihasami type, the upper hook carved as leaves of a vine holding a long pod, and the lower hook as a snail starting to climb up the body of the netsuke. The hooks at the top and bottom of the piece go around the edges of obi - a sash holding a kimono. Extraordinary clever and subtle piece in Japanese taste, amazing rendition of the soft body of the mollusc. Excellent patina, the best netsuke of that type that I ever had. Length 4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1800
item #1458945
(stock #10603)
Welcome To Another Century
$4,700.00
$4,700.00
Tall zushi or Buddhist temple shrine, housing the wooden figure of the standing Buddha Amida, Buddha of the Western Paradise. Both his hands in mudra. He is standing on a multi-tiered hexagonal base, decorated with flowers. His eyes inset in glass or crystal, which are hardly visible due to old layers of re-lacquering and soot.
The baldachin decorated with double family crest. The zushi (case) has double hinged doors decorated with family crests in gold lacquer, indicating that the shrine...
