Diameter approximately 15.5 cm. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Pure Aka-Raku Chawan by the 9th generation Raku Ryonyu (Raku Kichizaemon IX) 楽了入 (9代 楽吉左衛門) enclosed in its originally signed and sealed wooden box and made around the beginning of 19th century about 200 years ago during the Edo era.
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.
Ryonyu was the second...
An antique Japanese Kotansu (personal storage chest) made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. Hand forged iron hardware with Warabite style handles and corner drawer front reinforcements. 5 drawers for storage and organization with 2 side handles for carrying this chest from room to room. Constructed using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nails. Perfect side chest or bedside night stand.
Age: Meiji Period (1880-1890)
Dimensions: 22 1/2" Wide by 22 1/2" High by 12" Deep
Outstanding Ohi Chawan from the early stage of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with a rarely seen octopus and coral sculpture on it. The outer earthy amber glaze harmonises wonderfully with the colourful interior landscape of the bowl. A firework of colours running into each other. What an impressive demonstration of the artistry of this 19th century artist...
Tenmokujawan, a tea bowl which is mended with kintsugi with seigaiha (wave pattern) makie. Tenmokujawan is a pottery tea bowl which is fired with Tenmoku glaze (iron glaze). It is made in Seto in Aichi prefecture, one of places where copies of Chinese potteries were manufactured. 17th or 18th century. Diameter:11.8cm, H:5.8cm
A fine Japanese lacquer tray dating Taisho era, pre 1920. In excellent condition with only having some light wear to the bottom from sliding on tables or what not over the years. Measures: Length 8" x Width 6.75"
Japanese Yama Chawan (literally 'Mountain Tea Bowl'), biscuit firing ware with impressive natural glaze and slightly distorted form. It dates back to the Kamakura Period (1185 - 1333). Highlight is the inside design with a Japanese Koi image which was added by a former owner as a kind of Kintsugi to close a damage on the inside surface...
Height approximately 7.7 cm. There are a few soft chips at the rim. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Height approximately 7.7 cm. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Width approximately 15.1 cm. Height approximately 6.6 cm. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Height approximately 9.3 cm.
Diameter approximately 7.5 cm. There is a slight improvement on the rim. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Height approximately 11.2 cm. More pictures are available. In good condition.
Very Rare Pattern, Amygdaloidal Basalt Snuff Bottle of Flattened Circular shape, supported on an oval footrim, the gently slopping shoulders rising to a cylindrical neck; the mottled mostly brown stone ground suffused by gray-green-tan, orange epidote and calcite irregular but attractive intrusions. Well-hollowed. It was probably made during the Qing Dynasty, 1760-1850...
This is a Qing Dinasty, 18th Century, flattened rectangular with rounded shoulders form snuff bottle, rounded short neck, and flat oval footing. It is made from fossilized Tooth. It has an orange ground with brown shades of light brown (burnt), beige and nebulous with brownish stripe and lightening-like forms going in all directions throughout the entire bottle. It comes with a golden reticulated metal stopper with a green jade finial...
A Fine Korean White Slip Chrysanthemum Inlaid Buncheong Bowl-15th C.:
Korea, Joseon dynasty,15th century
The steep sided deep bowl with slightly everted rim, decorated in inlaid white slip with
a central medallion of stylized floral patterns surrounded by bands, the well with three spur marks, the exterior with a stylized geometric and petal design and a band of an abstract motif, beneath a finely crackled rich green celadon glaze...
Important and extremely rare Mid Edo Period Narumi Oribe Mizusashi (fresh water container) in perfect antique condition with no cracks or repairs and with its original lid. It is almost impossible to find such an old and valuable Oribe Mizusashi - so take your chance. It comes with a very good Japanese wooden box.
Narumi Oribe ware is comprised of white and red (reddish brown) clays. The white clays are glazed with green glaze...
Square shaped seal with incised design representing a stylised tiger, surmounted by a four character inscription. Indus Valley civilisation, ca. 3000 B.C. Height: 43 mm. Length: 42 mm. Slight abrasion, otherwise very good condition. A rare seal of this type.
A Very Fine/Rare Pair of Korean Antique Leather Shoes (진신/유혜(油鞋:
Korea, Joseon dynasty, 19th century
This pair of oiled black leather shoes with spikes on the bottom are rare,
and they are for rainy days for men (boy) in Joseon period,
Their highlight is an unusual its toe and back decorated with a extra leather cut overlaid.
(Please see photo #1 and #2).
The oiled and spiked leather shoes protected from rain and slippery in rainy days.
They’re in very fine conditi...
