Pair of fine satzuma earthenware vases. The cream colored clay is covered with finely crackled glaze. A golden decoration representing pagodas in a mountainous landscape is placed on a matte black background. Some details are sprinkled to imitate morning mists. These are original vases inspired by Komai style vases in gold damask steel. Probably made in Kyoto during the Meiji or Taisho period. Good condition. Height: 125mm.
Top Quality Korean Gohon Chawan made in the Joseon Dynasty (16-17cc)...
19th century Japanese Ko-Kutani bowl with painted mountain landscape. Fuku mark.
A Padang Highlands gilt brass kettle with false lid and a lidded box standing on three legs, both cast with the lost wax method showing floral and geometric motifs. Condition: both lids with few tiny casting holes, the box interior with some rust, both items with traces of usage. Dimension: kettle: c. 21.5 cm high, c. 15 cm long, box: c. 13.8 cm high, diameter: c. 13 cm, weight together: 1400 g.
TO MIYOSHI SHRINE FROM YAMATO SUE
The letters made of copper plates originally attached to a votive wooden tablet dedicated from its worshipper named Yamato Sue to the Miyoshi-jinja shrine in Akita prefecture. Meiji period (1868-1912).
Letter of Kami (God): approx. 11 x 13cm (4.33 x 5.11in). Besides, as seen the last three photos, changeable to "God of Clay", "Eros", and "Excellent luck" by free anagram arrangement...
IMAGE OF BIRD
Woodblock print of a Japanese‐style painter, Kono Bairei (1844-1895 / ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dno_Bairei). Paper: approx. 15 x 21cm (5.90 x 8.26in), Frame: approx. 27 x 33cm (10.62 x 12.99in).
Highlight of such Bairei's true worth expression for the both of recognizing the subject correctly and feeling of vitality by catching the instant of movement at the same time...
Width approximately 20 cm (across the handles). In good condition.
Late Meiji - early Taisho (1910s) Japanese pottery Bizen ware chaire (tea caddy for storing powdered green tea used in tea ceremony). Wonderful potting, buff color clay with beautiful orange streaks, pleasant patina, impressed mark of the potter on the bottom. Later turned dark hardwood lid lined with gold paper on the inside. Comes with very well made shifuku (silk brocade storage bag). Great piece in excellent condition. Height with cover 3 1/8 inches, maximum body diameter 2 3/16 inches.
This exemplary work of 19th Century Korean folk art is sculpted in and painted on wood and metal and features the two most revered mythical creatures in Korea: The Yellow Dragon and The Blue Dragon. This creative composition has a patron couple who seem to have the dragons' tails coming out of them. The Dragon brings rain, blessings, and life...
A set of rare Chinese pottery animals.
Age: China, Yuan Dynasty, A.D. 1271 - 1368
Size: Length 10.4 - 15.3 C.M. / Width 6 - 8.8 C.M. / Height 6.5 - 10.8 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.
Orchids and Rocks Painting by Kim Eung Won aka Soho (1855-1921). Orchids are an ancient Korean symbol of purity, modesty, and virtue. The rock symbolizes eternity, so the combination of orchids and rock have the meaning of eternal adherence to principle. The orchid grows in remote places, but its fragrance spreads over the land, just as the scholar often works in isolation, but through their scholarly and ethical works their influence is felt throughout the land...
A Japanese soft and valuable boxwood netsuke depicting a young naked woman kneeling with towel and bucket in the onsen bath 温泉, the Japanese “thermal baths”.
Finely sculpted with an excellent patina and soft touch.
Himotoshi (holes that allow thread to pass through) large and small on the back.
The Japanese consider “communion in nakedness” important as it is capable of breaking down barriers and introducing new people in the relaxed and familiar atmosphere of the onsen.
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A Japanese large and unusual boxwood netsuke depicting a child playing the drum with his hands, held still with his feet.
He wears a Shishi mask with articulated jaw that opens and shows the child’s face.
It was worn during the famous shishimai festival 獅子舞 (lion dance), a sacred animal in Japanese mythology.
It symbolizes courage and strength; also called Karashishi, it is a lucky symbol and auspicious wealth.
Origin: Japan
Period: Edo 19th century
Dimensions: 4,3 x 3,8 ...
A draped youth strides to the left and holds a sprouting tendril. His hidden left hand rests on the hip and creates a radiating sequence of suspended folds.
For a related motif, cf. Beazley database no. 9031314.
Much preliminary sketch. The delicate inside drawing rendered with a bristle brush or a hair, dipped in thick paint. The ground line with a band of ovolos.
Two bands of strokes on the reserved shoulder...
Amber colored glass jug with flared rim folded over on the sides and tooled into a trefoil shape.
The cylindrical neck widening towards the bulbous body with round bottom.
The rod handle applied as a pad to the edge of shoulder, drawn up and slightly outwards, then turned down and in, and trailed onto back of rim.
Translucent amber glass, handle slightly darker.
Glass, blown
Roman, 2nd-3rd century AD
H. 10 cm
Intact and fine...
Lovely hemispheric stamp seal with Capride, black stone, Anatolia, c. 4th. mill. BC.
Fine deep relief and quite attractive!
Size: 25 mm. in diameter and 12 mm...
A finely engraved larger stone stamp seal of the hemispheric seal, popular in the Uruk period. The seal in engraved with a pattern that could look like an insect or the head of an insect. Very elaborate.
Size: 26 mm. in diameter and 15 mm...
A large round stamp seal with a rare depiction engraved in the base, Mesopotamian 4th.-3rd...