All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1900 item #1450819
Antique Japanese fine lacquered kogo box for holding incense. Comprised of 3 stacking compartments, the lower of which has a gilt copper lining. The overall shape is that of a textile knot (musubi) with ornate patterns in gold takamaki-e on black and nashiji lacquer. The sides of the box are further decorated with a landscape of trees on a rocky outcropping, a village of thatched roof huts, and low hills near a lake, all on a fine nashiji ground. With signed kiri wood tomobako...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1270469
Japanese antique cha tansu (tea chest), made with beautiful keyaki (elm) wood burl on panels, top 2 sliding panels are made of a lighter color hardwood burl, all panels are trimmed in persimmon wood. One drop in panel with an interesting walnut shaped pull. The chest has a total of 7 drawers of different sizes. Glass sliding panels cover a compartment with stepped shelves for display. Copper slider pulls have little dragons. Meiji Period...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1920 item #1302467
A beautifully carved grey-green hard stone vase with carved panels of chrysanthemums on its front and backside. The handles have been carved elaborately with creeping vine motifs, while two carved hard stone rings hang from each one. The lid has been carved with the same vine motif and large finial. The vase comes with a beautiful hardwood stand, with silver inlay geometric patterns. Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century Size: (w/ stand) 9.75" height (w/o stand) 8.5" height, 5.5" width
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1456304 (stock #TRC220315)
At various times over the long history of tea practice in Japan, Korean-ware has come into high fashion and ships full of the finest ceramics from the neighboring country were brought to its shores. Such pieces have long been favored by learned cha-jin (tea people); and, older pieces such as this are quite prized today as relatively few from this era have survived in such good condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1161497
Buncheong ware in a flattened ovoid form with a raised foot finished with a wide flared rim. It is decorated with a creamy colored slip and the faces are painted with a leafy plant in brown slip, all beneath a clear glaze with a faint celadon tint where pooled in drips along the shoulder, the creamy slip and the glaze are also applied within the recessed base...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1386817
Japanese antique single section mizuya (kitchen tansu for storage). Made of hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood with original deep brown lacquer finish. The right hand side of the chest has a compartment covered by a pair of sliding panels with keyaki wood details, open work carving and wire for ventilation. The largest compartment is covered with sliding panels with keyaki details and vertical slats. The inside of each of these compartments has one shelf...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1837 VR item #1468709 (stock #337)
Superb hanging stand, carved in sandalwood with boxwood details. Decor of 2 dragons presenting a Chinese character, certainly that of longevity "Shou". The stand is carved with the greatest care, a perfect work of cabinetmaking with an excellent finish. In the upper part there remains a hook and a piece of chain in gilded bronze with mercury tecnical. The suspended object, now missing, must have been of exceptional quality, probably imperial...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1406304 (stock #0456)

Here is a really rare example of Ko-Agano-yaki from the early Edo Period (1600-1630) with a fine Kintsugi gold repair: regular wan shaped Ko-Agano tea bowl, showing very fine slightfinger marks from throwing.

The foot ring has been cut with a potters knife on a hand wheel. A glaze of rice straw ash has been poured with a laddle, while the potter held the bowl at the unglazed foot. Its unglazed finger marks show a fine, little iron bearing clay of a brownish color...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1302196 (stock #TRC1536)
This poetry and artwork, done by one of the most renowned and loved waka poets of the 19th century—Ōtagaki Rengetsu (1791-1875), tells the story of a personal moment of joy and contemplation upon returning home one autumn evening accompanied by the brilliant moon above...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800 item #1354545 (stock #0364)

Here is one of the most important chawans of our collection: rounded wan shaped tea bowl with high foot of the bamboo node style in the typical O-Ido shape. The light, little coarse clay with enclosures is expertly thrown and full glazed - with the exception of the foot - with a transparent glaze of wood ash with some feldspar over a white engobe - in the style of Korean kohiki chawan (unglazed area on the outer wall is a typical feature found on many kohiki chawans)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1154893 (stock #R027)
A Beautifully Carved Late 19th Century Japanese Noh Theater Mask of Okame, the Goddess of Mirth, in Exceptional Condition. 7.5 x 5.5 inches, 19 x 14 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Sculpture : Pre 1900 item #1307558 (stock #0245)

Wonderful and large Chinese Bronze Buddha, mounted on an aesthetic wooden custom stand with the effect as if it was pending above the stand.

The buddha has a serene and meditating expression. The statue is hollow inside.

It dates from the 19th century, and the display stand was added in the middle of the last century by our family.

It is in very good antique condition with some traces of age...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1459406
An antique Japanese two section display tansu (Kazaridana) made of Kuri (Chestnut) and Hinoki (Cypress) woods. Features 3 adjustable shelves with original bronze hardware and glass. Bottom section has 5 spacious drawers for additional storage.

Age: Late Meiji/Taisho (1900-1920)

Dimensions: 72 3/4" Wide by 53 3/4" High by 18 1/4" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1492 item #1471583 (stock #RAC-37)
2 Types of Jian small cup, "烏盞 Wuzhan" and 灰被 Haikatsugi Ashes covered" These types of small Jian cup would be used to examine water at "闘茶 Doucha" tea ceremony. Wuzhan is deep beautiful black. Haikatsugi(called in Japan) was covered by ashes in firing, it's has been loved in Japan particularly. YouTube: https://studio.youtube.com/video/-F2HLl_oRXw/edit YouTube: https://studio.youtube.com/video/-TnSQWn6k8k/edit Size: Wuzhan 9.4cm(D) 4.3cm(H) Haikatsugi 9.4cm(D) 4.0cm(H) Acces...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Wood : Pre 1900 item #1119209 (stock #D1010)
A pair of Burmese wooden seated disciples, with calm facial expression, lacquered and gilded with inlay of colorful glass pieces on the borders of the robes, one of them sitting in adoration posture with two hands attached to each other indicating respectful manner. Traces of original lacquer and gilding remain in excellent condition.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 32.5-34 C.M. / Width 26-26.5 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected de...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1458173
An antique Japanese Choba Tansu (marchant chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware including the Kakute handles and incised Chrysanthemum lock plates. Unusual low size with two drawers side by side, a pair of sliding doors and a security hinged door behind which lie 3 small drawers and a secret hiding box. Side swivel handles through which a pole passed through allowing two persons to carry this chest from place to place. Constructed using straight dovetail...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1358091
Military horse and soldier,the soldier wearing a helmet and the horse wearing a kind of harness. Lovely piece in the typical style of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577). Height 34,5 cm. Good condition. Comes with a thermoluminescence test from Ralf Kotalla.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1365729
Japanese antique choba tansu (merchant's chest) with kannon-biraki cabinet doors (opening outward on hinges). The doors open to reveal one interior shelf. These door panels as well as the safe box door are both removable. (The hinge pins are built into the door side of the lock and slot into the hinges on the tansu frame.) There are 6 drawers of various sizes. The safe box on the lower right hand side has two additional small interior drawers. The tansu is made all of kiri (paulownia) woo...