All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1370387 (stock ##1805)
A rare and finest early celadon covered box, decorated to the top with vividly carved incised flower spray. Covered overall with olive green glaze. Northern Song dynasty Yueyao. Condition is excellent, no any chip,no crack and free from repair. Diameter: 12 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1370386 (stock ##1803)
A rounded form bowl with slight inverted lip rim, covered overall with sky-blue glazed and a reddish splashes to interior. Condition with tiny flaked chip visible on the last enlargement, no crack and free from any restoration. Henan province Jun ware, possibly Yuan to Ming period. Diameter: 18 cm and Height: 8 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre 1492 item #1370292 (stock #MA133)
Vietnamese 15th Century Blue & White Double-Gourd Jar

This rare and attractively-shaped small double-gourd jar was made during the 15th century. It is coated in a finely-crackled glaze and elaborately decorated in underglaze blue, the pattern featuring scrolling floral and lotus leaf patterns. Height 7 cm...

All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1370156 (stock #MOR6614)
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A fine wakizashi in saya of crushed aogai shell in lacquer with engraved silver fittings adorned with a family crest wrapped with matching Kozuka. Kyoto license number 59007 Heisei 9.
blade length: 38.9 cm
sori:0.7 cm
motohaba:2.4 cm
motokasane: 0.6 cm It is in excellent condition.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1370136
Edo Period Japanese woodblock print triptych by Kunisada (also known as Toyokuni III) illustrating a scene from the 1951 kabuki production "Genji Moyo Furisode Hinagata" (Dress Patterns in Genji Style). The scene is set in a meadow and features in the left panel the actor Ichikawa Danjuro VIII in the role of the handsome protagonist Lord Ashikaga Jiro (Mitsuuji) engaged in a sword fight...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1930 item #1370054 (stock #321)
A Chinese brush stand made of Huanghuali wood, staying true to it's natural shape. Used as a calligraphy brush stand.

Size: 4-1/2" high

Condition: Good overall condition

Age: Qing Dynasty
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1369922 (stock #ZJ221)
This antique ivory bookmark is shaped and colored on one side to appear as a woman wearing a kimono. There is a long cord with small pierced ivory ojimi and tassel attached...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1369876 (stock #MOR6608)
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An amazing pattern of gold and silver maki-e decorates this lidded Tea Cup and stand dating from the later Edo period decorated with a samurai clan crest in gold. Assembled it is 7 inches (17.5 cm) tall, 6 inches (15.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition, enclosed in a custom- fitted Kiri-wood box.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1369826 (stock #MOR6607)
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A breathtaking cup made from an egg cut and lacquered inside, then gilded with genuine gold, enclosed in the original signed age darkened kiri-wood box. It is 2-1/4 inches (5.5 cm) diameter and in perfect condition, dating from the Meiji period.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1960 item #1369691
light wood, white pigment, hands in praying gesture, collection number "AJP996" at the back of the head, min. dam., minor missing parts, fine cracks, breakages (right shoulder/leg), traces of insect caused damage (above all at the bottom of the base) H: 49 cm, H: 19,3 inch Provenance: Jean-Paul Agogue, Paris, France Zemanek Münster 80th Tribal Art Auction Lot 2 (2015)
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1369641 (stock #658)
Measuring 16 1/4" high, this porcelain bottle vase is late Qing, 19th century, and is decorated in heavy enamel glaze, with some iridescence visible. There are four panels, each with landscapes, floral and foliate elements, all in varying shades of green, with yellow, magenta, and pale blue flowers...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1369389 (stock ##1793)
A Yuan Dynasty blue and white Jarlet, painted with Chrysanthemum. Condition with missing mouth rim, but the ring handle is complete. Height:
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1369386 (stock #MOR6595)
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A lovely hollowed out root forming a basket; an anonymous 20th century work of Mingei art. It is roughly 18 x 13 x 10 inches (45 x 33 x 25 cm) and in fine condition.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1369345 (stock #MOR6593)
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A large and elegant Wa-gumi basket by Yufu Shohaku signed on the base made up of alternating strips of finely braided bamboo rope and bands of raw bamboo. This is a dramatic work measuring 22 x 20 x 14 inches (56 x 50 x 35 cm).
Yufu Shohaku (b. 1941) is a second-generation bamboo artist from Beppu, the son of Yufu Chikuryu, putting him in the lineage of Sato Chikuyusai. Shohaku began making bamboo baskets in elementary school and achieved mastery by middle school...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1369144 (stock #ALR6590)
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Two fox representing Inari, one of the principal kami (gods) of Shinto, are depicted on this Edo period talisman made at a shrine and traditionally hung in the home for protection. The two creatures hold in their mouths a buddhist jewel, symbol of knowledge, and a key to the kura, a storehouse for treasures. Between them is written Inari Daimyou Jin. Inari is the Japanese god of fertility, agriculture and of general prosperity and worldly success...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1980 item #1369057 (stock #MOR6583)
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An iron vase intentional rust and damascened silver of a Flat-fish on one side, the other au-natural by Sano Hiroshi exhibited at the 48th Kofukai Tenrankai Exhibition in 1962 and enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Karai (flat-fish). It is 53.5 cm (21 inches) wide, 37 cm (14-1/2 inches) tall and in fine condition.
Sano Hiroshi was born in Jūshiyama, Aichi prefecture in 1930, and graduated the Nagoya Municipal School of Crafts in 1950...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1368913 (stock ##1789)
Nice example of Southern Song Zhejiang Longquan censor with two handles. Condition is broken re-glued with a missing pieces. Height: 7 cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1368831 (stock #MOR6578)
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Koma Inu Shrine guardians decorate this unusually vivid Ako carpet dating from the early 20th century. The color combination is quite striking, especially when held up to the more standard subdued works typical of Ako. It is 95 x 195 cm (37-1/2 x 77 inches) and is in stunning condition. We found this wrapped in paper in the attic of a Kyoto home which had been sealed off during renovations in the 1950s...