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 | Antique Tibetan painted wood image of Green Tara Bodhisattva |
 | Fine quality Ohi Ware Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura |
 | Chinese Qing Famille Rose Porcelain Plaque Signed Jiang Yongyuan |
 | Chinese amethyst vase squirrel and vines |
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 | An Antique Mugiwara Decorative Flower Vase |
 | A Richo Era Kōrai Tea Bowl with Gold Repairs |
Zentner Collection
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Chinese antique molded cricket cage, with a dense floral pattern with a shuangxi, double happiness, emblem at the neck, with a lid pierced with a butterfly and flower design. Size: 6 1/4" High. Good condition, Republic Period, early 20th century.
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Unusual Antique Japanese choba tansu (merchant's chest) with kannon biraki doors (hinged doors), made of kiri (paulownia) wood, safe box on right side has another single hinged door and two small interior drawers, 5 drawers, beautiful iron hardware with chrysanthemum shaped lock plates on doors and warabite shaped drawer pulls, Edo Period, mid 19th century.
Size: 31" high x 31 3/4" wide x 13" deep.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492
item #1466540
(stock #TR3016)
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Song dynasty longquan celadon censer with large ear, good condition with defect at the foot ring repaire, and crack line at one of the ear please see picture for detail, size: 12 cm diameter.
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A diminutive carved wooden Shishi, used as architectural elements placed under the eaves of Shinto and Buddhist temples to ward off evil spirits. Carved Hinoki wood with glass reverse-painted eyes. Mounted on custom steel metal display stand.
19th Century Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 7.5" x 4.25". Mounted on a step metal base 5 x 7".
19th Century Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 7.5" x 4.25". Mounted on a step metal base 5 x 7".
Rare antique Ko Iga Mizusashi made in the late Edo or Early Meiji period (19c)
Size
Height 16.5cm
Width 18.5cm
Weight 1450g
Condition
Very good considering the age.
There are minor chips on mouth.
It comes with the second wooden lid and old wooden box of the period.
Size
Height 16.5cm
Width 18.5cm
Weight 1450g
Condition
Very good considering the age.
There are minor chips on mouth.
It comes with the second wooden lid and old wooden box of the period.
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Antique stone snuff bottle with detailed carvings of a two young, smiling Chinese boys, huddled around a bottle-gourd with a small bird. The bottle has a topper, carved in the shape of a flower bud. The kanji in front reads "great luck" while the back reads "four joys". 19th century
Size: 2.75" tall, 2.25" wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900
item #1444241
(stock #0492)
Momoyama Gallery
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Kuro-Raku Chawan by the 11th generation Keinyu Kichizaemon (1817-1902) enclosed in its originally signed and sealed wooden box.
This Raku chawan is particularly endowed with a structural power deriving from simple composition of features of a bowl - another reminiscence of the earlier generations of this unique family of artists.
Apart from being expertly formed and bestowed with symbolic imagery, this piece has the added distinction of being created by Raku XI Keinyu, the...
Zentner Collection
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Antique Tibetan silver statue of Padmasambhava, or Guru Rinpoche, an 8th century Buddhist master in India. He is said to have lead the first Nyingma traditionalist teachings in Tibet, the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He sits on a lotus throne, holding a vajra in his right hand and, in the other, a kapala (skull cup) filled with the elixir of life, the vase of longevity, topped with a small tree to grant wishes...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800
item #1430863
(stock #TRC210226)
A beautiful example of a Hakeme style bowl, this one quite rare as it was made around 200 years ago by the son of the founder of the Dohachi line of potters. Traditionally decorated using a brush made from rice straw, a white slip is applied to the darker clay body with a wide sweeping stroke to achieve the effect seen here...
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An unusual Japanese Kyogen theater mask of a dog.
Kyogen is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. One of the oldest major theatre art still regularly performed today.
Overall in good condition with original finish. Mounted on steel plates and armature wire presentation.
Edo Period Circa 18th century.
Dimensions:6" wide 8" tall 4.5" deep.
Edo Period Circa 18th century.
Dimensions:6" wide 8" tall 4.5" deep.
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Japanese antique bamboo basket, with beautiful handle attached at the lower sides and bound with special decorative stylized knots. Hexagonal body of woven herringbone pattern. Feet at bottom are made of special decorative knots that are attached to ribbed shaped splines. Signed at bottom. The characters are:
寿雲斎作 "Made by Juunsai (寿雲斎)". Overall excellent condition.
Mid Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
Size: Height 16 1/2" Width 11" Depth 10 1/2"
Mid Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
Size: Height 16 1/2" Width 11" Depth 10 1/2"
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Antique Japanese scroll painting of a hawk standing on the branch of an oak tree. The hawk is detailed with great attention to every feather. Painted in sumi ink and light colors on paper. Signed Shunkei with seal, possibly Mori Shunkei (1775-1841).
Edo Period (Late 18th - Early 19th century)
Dimensions: Total 79" high x 27 1/4" wide (29 1/4" wide including ends) Art: 51 1/2" high x 21 1/2" wide
Edo Period (Late 18th - Early 19th century)
Dimensions: Total 79" high x 27 1/4" wide (29 1/4" wide including ends) Art: 51 1/2" high x 21 1/2" wide
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Beautiful Chinese spirit/scholar's rock with a dark hardwood stand. Scholar's stones, or gōngshí, are called as such for scholars' appreciation of the stone's unusual shapes, textures, asymmetry, glossiness, color patterns, and even the sound it makes when struck. It is a gorgeous and contemplative viewing piece.
Size: 17.25" height, 16.5" width
Zentner Collection
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Antique Chinese wardrobe cabinet, made with nice hardwood paneling and inlaid with light boxwood carved scenes depicting scholarly figures in a garden like setting with animals in the trees, calligraphy inlaid on upper portion of each door panel, 19th century.
Size: 65 1/2" high x 36 3/4" wide 23" deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700
item #1333427
(stock #0318)
Momoyama Gallery
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Slightly distorted cylinder shaped (hanzutsu) tea bowl made of fine, light, unrefined Mino clay, containining a little iron oxide. Shape and style make it appear contemporary with the late Oribe bowls. The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical black oniita engobe inside and outside - with the exception of the bottom - over which a white, feldspatic Shino glaze has been poured. Just the foot ring and its immediate surrounding was left unglazed...
Finely cast bronze with a great patina. H. 11 cm.
Provenance: private collection Antwerp, Belgium.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700
item #1379160
(stock #0425)
Momoyama Gallery
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We continue to offer you the most important chawans and present you this wonderful Tsutsui-Iga Chawan, dating back to the Momoyama period or even the Muromachi Era.
Cylindrical shape - hanzutsu - built up from clay coils and squeezen into shape, the foot roughly cut on a hand wheel. This technique is usually affiliated with the Muromachi period, but was used in Iga well into the Momoyama period...
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Stunning Antique Japanese moon handle basket for ikebana flower arranging. Made of split bamboo that has been twisted into rope and woven tightly together along with criss-crossing whole bamboo stalks. The deep reddish color of the split bamboo contrasts dramatically with the light color bamboo stalks. The wildness of the weaving highlights the tidiness of the overall form of the basket...
