Charming antique Japanese writing desk. Made from solid Keyaki hardwood with warm radiant original finish. Unusual small drawer for storing of inks and pens. Detailed symmetrical carved legs.
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
Size: 10" High X 43 1/2" Long X 13 1/4" Deep
Carved hardwood Chinese Stand. Lovely detail of carved birds are displayed on legs, with heads and necks stretched upward. Birds are also carved under top of stand, circling in five panels. Beautiful detail and in great condition. Deep, dark color of wood grain.
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Circa 1900
Dimensions: 14.5" Tall X 10.5" Diameter
Large Buddhist ritual bell, with a lavish decoration of a "vajra" on its top, four deities faces below, and geometric and stylized lotus decor on its body. Bronze, with beautiful encrusted green and red patina. Traces of gilding. Indonesia, ca. 15th to 16th century. Height: 9 5/8" (24,5 cm). Obvious signs of great age, otherwise very good condition.
Tall antique Japanese all Bamboo basket skillfully woven and artistic style. Handle of bamboo was specially grown and picked to meet the shape of basket's sides. Wonderful and unique twists and curves of basket, with criss cross design. Beautiful deep color of bamboo.
Bottom is signed by artist
Taisho Period: Circa 1912
Dimensions: 17.5" Tall, 10" Diameter
Exceptional Japanese antique ikebana flower basket with vase shaped body made of closely woven very finely split bamboo and handle made of bent bamboo branches. The natural shape of the branches are integrated into the shape of the basket and accentuated by intricate knot work. Signed: Shochikusi. Meiji period
Size: 19" high x 8 1/4" wide
Unique and charming bronze chinese senser with Wood Lid and Stand. Hard wood is hand carved, bronze has detail of flower and lilly pad. Sides of senser has protruding heads of mythical creatures as handles. Gorgeous detail all through out this piece.
19th Century
From Philip Cardero's collection in Pebble beach
Dimensions: 7.5" Tall, 5.5" Wide, 3" Deep
Antique Thai Basket woven tightly in symmetrical criss cross shape. Large and long design, wonderful condition. Thin sturdy handle outstretches from end to end of basket.
Circa 1900
Dimensions: 20" Long, 14.5" Wide, 14.5" Tall
Antique Japanese set of four bronze bridge posts. Petite and charming, with traditional finial shape.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 3.75" Tall X 1.80" Diameter
A finely painted water colour , with gold leaf overlay, depicting a scene from the 11th Century classic "The Tale of Genji" written by noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu...
Are you tired of so many unspectacular items on the antique market? Here we present a real spectacular one - only one of a kind, an EARLY Momoyama Bizen hisago vase.
The very heavy body appears to be built from clay coils and then was thrown on a hand wheel, this and the combed decoration point to the Muromachi Period...
Length approximately 30 cm. Weight approximately 3800 g. Please view additional online photographs. In good condition.
A rare Ming dynasty blue glazed with white slip motif large bowl / basin, rounded side with deep center and unglaze base, bowl covered with good blue glazed and white slip flower motif, bowl is in good condition with small glaze fritt at inner rim please see picture for detail, no crack no restoration, size: 34 cm diameter.
The vase has a bulbous body that tapers to a wide neck that rises to a shallow, rounded rim, and is covered allover and inside the foot with a glaze of soft, slightly greyish sea-green color with guan crackled type.
Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : a minor fritt, no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration. Diameter: 11 cm
The tapering sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, covered overall in a rich bluish-green glaze; Southern Song 12th-13th century. Condition : no chips, hairlines or cracks and free from restoration. Diameter: 10 cm
Japanese Antique dark Indigo dye thick a little cotton& tsutsugaki Indigo dye jyofu(hemp) samurai dotyugi long coat of tha Edo era(1800-1867) rare.It has a few thin stains. and few remains of repair However, The stain does not stand out.It is no damage.They are not disturbing, and as a whole it is in very good condition.It is natural indigo dyed cotton and jyofu(hemp) and made of hand-spun .
size:Length 130cm (51.1")
sleeve to sleeve 125cm (49.2")
Width of the shoulder 62cm (24.4")
A rare and excellent pair of Imperial Gunangxu Period enameled bowls. ( Famille Rose ). Imperial quality. The base with an Imperial Iron red Guangxu Mark, and of the Period.
Please see a simmilar bowl at : The Georg Weishaupt collection : " The great fortune ". " Das große Glück " , image 344.
Diameter : 16,1 cm. H : 7,5 cm.
Condition : Perfect.
The marble painted with scenes of Chinese saints in a garden. Size: 34 x 34 cm. Very good condition with expected age wear.
A Unique contemporary Japanese pottery vase. Unusual handcrafted design with flowing lines. Branch like pattering that wraps around the piece. Signed on the bottom. Comes with original signed kiri wood box. Perfect Condition.
Dimensions: 8" High X 9 1/2" Wide
Rare antique Japanese two-section choba tansu (merchant's chest), made of exceptionally beautiful keyaki (elm) burl hardwood. Rare Keyaki hardwood. Top section has large compartment with sliding panels and one interior shelf, below this are two small drawers. The bottom section has one full width drawer over a large compartment with sliding panels on the left and a vertical row of three small drawers on the right, below this is a horizontal row of two more small drawers...
Antique Chinese carved Rock crystal snuff bottle, with a double happiness symbol carved over a background of squared spirals on its front and back. Image of a face with a gaping mouth on both of its sides. It has an agate topper with a finial and a carved horn spoon. Perfect Condition.
Circa 19th Century
Size: 2.75" height, 1.75" width
We like to present you today an early Edo Period Karatsu Yaki Guinomi (Sake cup) with aesthetic silver repair (kintsugi) made around 1700.
The Guinomi has a hira-gata shape, refering to the Kamakura Period. Fantastic item!
It comes with a tailor made wood box.
Size: 3,8 cm height x 6,1 cm width.
A small beaker form vase of square section with vertical barbed halberd shaped vertical flanges dating to the Meji period. The decoration rather than cast has been cold chiselled in “Chinese style”. The upper register contains four seasonal vignettes, Spring Ume ni Egisu, Bush warbler and Plum blosson, Summer, Botan ni Kiji, Autumn Maple and Deer, Shika Momiji-zu, and Winter, Pine and Cranes, Matsu ni Tsuru...
An unusual large Japanese bowl featuring three light purple elephants in ceremonial attire resting among many flowers. The bowl is excellent condition, except for some wear to the gold around the rim. Measures 11.5 inches in diameter. Dates late Edo, late 1840's.
A Ming dynasty large chinese bronze censer, rounded side with two handle and high body, censer is in good condition please see picture for detail, size: 21 cm diameter handle to handle, mouth diameter 15cm, height 9 cm height weight 2200 gram.
Mask of the "Nuo" esoteric theater representing the character of Bao Gong, or Judge Bao, also named "King of Inferno" because he also goes down to visit the Inferno to inquire about the souls. The mask was carved on wood on which lacquer and polychrome pigments were painted. China, mid-19th century. Height: 12 1/4" (30,5 cm). Old insect damage (no more danger), otherwise good condition.
Are you looking for something delicate and special - than feel free to enjoy this unique flower vase with a poem of Japans most famous poet Otagaki Rengetsu written on it.
This is a 120 year old vase made of Tanba ware. It is signed on the bottom by the artist. I was unable to identify his name.
For a Meiji Period piece of art the vase has a distinctive form and a brilliant atmosphere...
A nice and rare porcelain cup, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with birds sitting on a branch. Ming Dynasty, Chenghua Period ( 1465 - 1487 ) Nice "silky" glaze. Diameter :6,6 cm. H : 3,9 cm. Condition : Perfect.
Thick and natural burl wood stand. Knots and gnarls all over sides with one hole. Natural and light lovely strains of wood. Stand is carved characteristically with part of branch attached.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 15" Long X 12" Wide
Antique Japanese bronze vase with a wood-like pattern, large areas of deep red pigment, and a stout mouth with inner ridges. Taisho period (1912-1925)
Size: 11.5" height, 9" width
A good Song - Yuan dynasty longquan celadon varved jar with cover, rounded side with globular body and glazed base, body and cover decorated with carved flower motif, covered with good green color celadon glaze, good condition no damage no chip no crack no restoraion on the jar, cover small glaze fritt at inner rim please see picture for detail, Size: 8 cm diameter, 7 cm height.
Antique slab of wood with japanese inscriptions. This kanban board (shop sign) is simple in detail and painted in large characters.
Circa 19th Century
Dimensions: 75" Long X 13" Tall
Ca. 1700 - 1720, early 18th century
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue
H: 23 cm (with cover), 21.6 cm (without cover)
From a Jackson, Mississippi private collection
A striking Kangxi period blue and white covered jar, decorated with classic early 18th century motifs: crackled ice and plum blossom ground, diaper shoulder, and qilin beasts within landscaped cartouches...
Late 19th – early 20th century
Late Qing Dynasty – Republic period
Porcelain with monochrome blue glaze
Height: 28.5 cm / 11.2 in,
Width: 18.3 cm / 7.2 in (at widest point)
From a Northern California private collection
A late Qing / Republic anarchistic vase, shaped after “hu” bronze vessels. Its glaze is a semi-translucent bubbly blue, thinning near edges to create beautifully pale contours all around the piece...
Ca. 1870-1900
late 19th century Guangxu period,
Qing dynasty Porcelain with transmutation flambé glaze
Height: 35.3 cm / 13.9 in
From a New York area estate
A 19th c Guangxu mark and period tianqiupin vase with transmutation flambé glaze, of a striking mottled red-blue-purple coloring, which Jingdezhen potters achieved through mixing colloidal copper, iron, or other metallic materials into suffusions breaking up the glaze surface...
19th / 20th century
Yixing zisha stoneware
Height: 8 cm, diameter: 7 cm (at widest point)
From the Seattle, WA estate of a diplomat's wife, who'd acquired her Yixing collection in the 1930s and 40s.
Condition: Perfect, with age-related patina to surface. [Please examine all photos carefully, as they are part of the condition report.]
Ca. 1700-20, early 18th c.
Kangxi Period, Qing Dynasty
Porcelain with overglaze famille verte enamels
Diameter: 21.5 cm / 8.5 in
From a Paris, France metropolitan area estate
A Kangxi famille verte plate decorated with a bird and flower scene in the court academic style of the day, with an accompanying seal. Due to the condition flaws of this piece, the price has been reduced to almost nothing (in perfect condition, this plate would be worth $1500-2500)...