All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1910 item #1308959 (stock #ANR4921 )
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A large screen depicting a samurai replete with the Jakumei crest of the Takeda Clan rearing his horse in a shout of battle, wand extended at arms length giving the order to charge. The horse appears to be fighting panic, possibly at the deafening sound of the guns of Oda Nobunaga, a sound which brought in the modern era of warfare to Japan in a pitched battle between Oda forces and those of Takeda Shingen...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1940 item #1308624 (stock #AOR4917)
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Sitting demurely, legs folded with her back to the viewer, an oil painting by Yoshii Kosaburo dated 1937 and encased in the original period wooden frame. Oil on canvas, the painting is 15 x 18 inches (38 x 46 cm), the frame 21 x 23-1/2 inches (53 x 60 cm) and is in fine condition. The frame has marks and wear typical of age. It comes with some period documents (Japanese) on the artist. Yoshii Kosaburo was born in 1899, and initially studied under Imperial Art Academy Member Nakagawa Hachiro...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1308261
Massive Chinese Jin to Yuan dynasty (12th/13th century) Henan dark brown/black glazed horizontally ribbed ovoid form stoneware jar with high, wide shoulders narrowing at the base. The thick glaze drips down toward the flat, unglazed base. The rich black/brown glaze, referred to as “temmoku” by the Japanese, is highlighted by a russet colored cylindrical neck and rim. Measures about 13” high x 13 1/2” diameter. Very good overall condition with typical surface scratches to the glaze.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1837 VR item #1308097 (stock #2886)
An interesting pair of boat shaped dishes, funagata o-zara, decorated in a limited palette of iron red, green enamel and gilding with a central motif of Karashishi on waves framed by a band of shippo, cash. The dishes date to the early nineteenth century and the late Edo period, circa 1800-1830. The dishes measure 18cm in length and 11cm in diameter...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1910 item #1308095 (stock #2885)
A very unusual Kutani porcelain shallow bowl in the form of bamboo basket form rice scoop, zaru, decorated with a celadon glaze and finely painted in aka-e style with butterflies to the interior of the bowl, and an elaborate iron red brocade ground inset with repeating panels of Chrysanthemums and Suzuki, pampas grass. The bowl measures 22cm in length and is 18,5cm in width and at its highest point measures 6.5cm. The dish is in very good condition no cracks, chips or restoration...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1940 item #1307914
Chinese scrolled painting executed in ink and color on silk with two beauties seated in a garden setting. Two vertical rows of sumi ink calligraphy and a red square seal are at the upper right. A rough translation of the inscription is: It doesn’t take a saint to play musical instruments. I have to call you a lady, Bo Ya. Bo Ya was a famous musician who lived during the Spring and Autumn Period of the Eastern Zhou dynasty...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1307744 (stock #Lot266)
Description:A beautiful and rare imperial famille-rose crane-medallion porcelain bowl and saucer, the bowl decorated to the exterior with seven roundels of crane-medallions in purple red enamel, between bands of crosshatched pattern around the rim and blue and green breaking sea waves above foot rim, centre of the bowl finely painted with a single peony flower and leafy branches enclosed within blue-circles. The interior of the saucer was decorated with the same patterns of the roundles...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #1307347 (stock #2876)
A small serving bowl of five petal form, rinkagata namasu-zara, with a stencilled pattern of imbricated waves, seigaiha, with cherry blossom, sakura-hana inset with two small reserves containing prunus and bamboo boughs. The reverse decorated with a simplified Lotus scroll and a four character Dai in nensei mark. A dark brown fuchibeni “lip rouge” glaze to the rim...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1306995
Chinese late Ming dynasty Wanli period blue and white kraak export porcelain deep dish with flattened foliate rim finely decorated in the well with two cobalt blue deer in a forest surrounded by flowers and fruiting trees. The rim is bordered with a band of frolicking horses chasing flaming pearls over waves and among clouds. The back edge is decorated with stylized plants all set against a white ground with a celadon-blue tint...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1306898
Ribbed dish, diameter 33 cm. Age wear to the glaze. A minor rim chip, otherwise very good condition. From a Dutch private collection.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1306897
Ribbed dish, diameter 34 cm. Stains and discoloring due to the long time this piece spent in the soil. Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). From a Dutch private collection.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1306896
Diameter 29 cm. Large hairline and a small rim chip. From a Dutch private collection. The hairline can be bleached to make it less visible.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1920 item #1306836 (stock #4867)
An insert table screen with carved wood lattice work. The round porcelain plaque with depiction of three immortals in a landscape painted in underglaze blue. The reverse is bearing a six character "Daoguang" seal mark. Maybe the plaque was once a dish and reduced. Condition: lattice work with few missing pieces and little glue residue. Dimension: plaque: diameter: c. 16.5 cm, screen: total height: 45.5 cm, 34.5 cm wide.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1800 item #1306695 (stock #2881)
A moulded hexagonal bowl, hakkaku hachi, decorated to the exterior with an iron red ground inset with alternating reserves containing ribbon bound scrolls, makimono, and artemisin leaves, mogusa-ha, two of the Eight Chinese precious objects, Babao, hachitakara, and a band of stylised eight petal flowers, presumably Tessen the clematis flower, with leaves and pine branches. The interior divided into four brocade panels, each with a reserve containing, respectively auspicious Chrysanthemums and R...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #1305989 (stock #2872)
A large dish with slightly out-turned rim decorated in underglaze blue with Lin Bu ( Lin Hejing) Rinnasei the famous Northern Song poet, scholar and recluse feeding a Crane, perhaps He Gao, set against a Pine Tree within a garden fence...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1492 item #1305912 (stock #725)
Tang Dynasty (AD 618–907) Chinese poly chrome pottery figure of a female musician with old hongmu rosewood stand. 6" L x 4.5" W x 6" H. In antique condition.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre AD 1000 item #1305889 (stock #AGR-047)
A nicely made ancient gold ring with a pink ruby setting. Weight: 1.89 grams. Most probably a child's ring
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1700 item #1305798 (stock #723)
Original Antique 16th century Mamluk empire spice jar. Hand painted cobalt blue design glazed potter jar. Used in the early spice trade with Venice and the Islamic empires. Measuring 10.5 x 7.5 inches.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #1305692 (stock #722)
Antique Japanese tall Bronze vase with ornate dragon handles and floral and bird motif. In excellent condition measuring 9" x 17".
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #1305673 (stock #721)
Antique Japanese Bronze planter with dragon image on one side and Mt Fugi on the other. Original deep brown rich patina. The bottom has been replaced with a wood stand. Measuring 10" x 9".
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1305627 (stock #MOR4913)
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An unusual Meiji period bronze image of the jolly Daikoku-ten, one of the 7 gods of fortune, looking incredibly relaxed and content. His hat is removable to reveal a chamber for burning incense, and the smoke would be exhaled though his open mouth. It is 6-1/2 x 8 x 5-1/2 inches 16.5 x 20 x 14 cm) and is in overall fine, original condition. The artist chop is in a raised cartouche on the base and appears to read Yoshioka Minpo.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : India : Pre 1920 item #1305453 (stock #SK875)
Small Indian Hindu bronze group cast in one piece depicting Vishnu seated in lalitasana with his consort Lakshmi, holding a lotus bud. Condition: fine, few traces of usage. Dimension: 11.1 cm high.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #1305177 (stock #490ar)
This lovely Quan Yin standing figure measures 13 3/4", and is leaning slightly forward and to her right, her right hand holding a Ruyi scepter, her left hand holding the edge of her robe. Comprised of red lacquer over wood, her robe is rimmed with a wide hem that is decorated with applied lacquer details, and the fabric of the robe is lightly textured with fine curved lines. Both her face and hands have a rubbed surface, showing brighter color and more gloss...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1305058 (stock #Lot1092)
Description: A black-glazed water dropper was from famous Ding kiln.
Characteristically the body clay revealed was in dense and greasy feel quality.
It was kept in perfect condition when some incursion was found on the surface.

Date: Song Dynasty, 12th century.

Height: 6 cm,

A Custom-Made cotton box is included.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Southeast Asian : Pre AD 1000 item #1305045 (stock #AGR-057)
A rare ancient gold ring with a natural brown stone. This ring is over 1,000 years old. Weight: 3.50 grams
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #1304841 (stock #99)
Finely potted porcelain bowl, painted in pale famille rose enamels with fruiting and flowering gourd vines. The outside decorated with four "dragon and phoenix" medallions on a yellow ground. Base with iron red six character "Guangxu" mark. Condition: foot rim with an over glazed tiny chip (see photo no. 3), some wear to gilding. Dimension: Diameter: 13.8 cm, 5.9 cm high.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1304678
Large 99-page Japanese mid-19th century composite album consisting of 33 of the more interesting, rare, and desirable oban-sized woodblock print triptychs produced during the late Edo period. Included are prints by Kuniyoshi (12), Kunisada I and II (7), Sadahide (5), Yoshikazu (3), Yoshitsuya (2), Hiroshige II (1), Yoshitora (1), Yoshimori (1), and Kunitsuna (1). The individual sheet size is 14 1/4"V x 9 3/4"H...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1304492
Japanese Edo period carved wood polychrome and gilt Buddhist figure in the form of Bishamonten, one of the Guardian Dieties of the Four Directions (representing North). A protector of the Buddhist faith, Bishamonten is clad in armor and holds a stupa believed to carry the ashes of the Buddha, and by extension, the teachings of the Buddha. He is depicted standing on a gilt base atop a lion-type creature to symbolize the subjugation of evil in the world...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1700 item #1303959
Lovely smal pottery piece, decorated with a poem in dark brown on a creamy white base. H. 16,5 cm. Excellent condition. Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre AD 1000 item #1303956
Green and ochre glaze on a yellowish white ground. Diameter 10 cm. H. 4 cm. condition: expected age wear and cracks to the glaze, otherwise in very good condition. No cracks, no repairs. Tang Dynasty (618-906)
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1303624 (stock #MOR4903)
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Four kiri panels are set into a rosewood framework, each uniquely painted by Osaka Literati paragon Mori Kinseki. It is 12 x 12 x 11-1/2 inches (30 x 30 x 29 cm) and is in fine condition...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1303048 (stock #TCR4896)
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A large Ukibori vase covered in iron with yellow slip raised imagery of birds in a pomegranate tree by Ito Tozan I enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1917. It is 16 inches (40 cm) tall 10-1/2 inches (26 cm) diameter and in fine condition.
Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began as a painter in the Maruyama school studying under Koizumi Togaku. In 1862 he became a pupil of Kameya Kyokutei, as well as studying under Takahashi Dohachi III and Kanzan Denshichi (who made the dishes for t...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1302929 (stock #ANR4895)
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A pair of gold screens with bold shishi on genuine gold leaf. It is signed Miyauchi Gohogan Shinsai Fujiwara Morimichi sei and stamped Hogan Morimitsu no In. Each panel is 37-1/4 x 68-1/2 inches (94.5 x 174 cm). The screens have been restored, with some old repairs visible. These appear to be remounted from what is likely a different composition, possibly a set of fusuma doors. This is possibly from the Kano Tanshin of the later Edo, who used the name Morimichi, although there are a numbe...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1302666 (stock #Lot1091)
Description:

A wood Bian with carving inscriptions was in very good scholar taste.
" Zun Yo Xuon Tan" means eloquent talking will be amid the seats.
With simple words, it showed the enthusiastic inviting of a family host.
This kind of Bian was most likely having been put in a scholar chamber.
It is really hard to find a real scholar Bian like this. Most of them we found were for business using.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.

Length: 117cm, Width: 29cm, ...
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1301159 (stock #Lot1089)
Description:
A wood stand was well preserved.
It was in good mood with literati taste.

Date: Qing Dynasty, Late 19th Century.

Width: 45cm, Depth: 24.3cm.
All Items : Archives : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1910 item #1300915 (stock #Lot1088)
Description:
An old wood scholar rock was well preserved.
it was in good shape with strong literati taste.

Date: Qing Dynasty, 19th Century.

height: 53.5cm including stand.

A Custom-Made Cotton Box is included.