Nice Blue and White Ko Imari Covered Bowl, 18c

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1800: item #450316
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The size of Covered Bowl: 4 1/2" Dia x 3" High. Pretty Japanese Ko Imari Sometsuke Porcelain Covered Bowl from 18th century. The cover and bowl has inside with Sho Chiku Bai in rounded design in center. The rim area with Hanbishi design. The bowl and cover made from fine quality porcelain. It has also Sho Chiku Bai(Pine, bamboo, and plum tree) design outside nicely painted. It is marked on both cover and bowl with different type marking. The condition of Bowl and cover are excellent, no chip, no... Click for details

Shigaraki Tsubo/Uzukumaru Jars by Furutani Kazuya

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Contemporary: item #449955

Furutani shows us his take in traditional tsubo forms, each has a 'breathing' presence that gives each work life--and we in turn upon a single gaze realize the beauty in a moment. Additional Photos Upon Request

Shigaraki/Iga Tokkuri Sake Flasks by Furutani Kazuya

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Contemporary: item #449945

The hikidashi Iga 'pulled out of the kiln at the height of firing' tokkuri have a natural ash glaze that is divine, only from the Furutani kiln.

ANTIQUE Japanese SILVER CLOUDED GENJI SCREEN hina byobu

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1900: item #449850
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A young courtier rides through silver clouds of night mist past the thatched residence of a woman, flute pressed to his lips as he returns the lonely love song wrenched from the 13 chords of her Koto harp. The Meiji period scene is surprisingly well painted for this genre. It is performed with pigment on paper, and features a gold border with black lacquered wooden frame, retaining the original backing paper. The screen is in very good condition, with one small repair to the second panel, and... Click for details

Seigyu (1891-1970) - 'Quiet valley, remaining sunlight'

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1930: item #449652

An explosion of Taisho color and romantic imagery. A female peacock shelters under the brilliantly stylized foliage of a pine tree. Sunlight streams in through the fluffy aquamarine forms, creating a rich golden orange reflection on the tree’s branches, highlighted with splashes of gold flecks. The piece interestingly has two titles, the second apparently an afterthought by the artist. The original storage box is titled ‘Sankoku Yuhi’, or ‘valley sunset’. Inside the box there is a card with the... Click for details

Kano Crane Screens - EDO period

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1900: item #449625

An expansive pair of Edo period Kano School screens, dating to the late 18th or possibly early 19th Century. Featuring the style and brushwork of the traditional Kano School, the composition has an elevated level of dynamism, where nature is interwoven with fluid, sweeping lines. The scene is interspersed with bands of gold leaf cloud. Both the cranes and the turtles represent longevity, the evergreen pine endurance. Moss streams from the turtles back as an indication of its years. It is sai... Click for details

Kano Crane Screens - EDO period

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1900: item #449620

An expansive pair of Edo period Kano School screens, dating to the late 18th or possibly early 19th Century. Featuring the style and brushwork of the traditional Kano School, the composition has an elevated level of dynamism, where nature is interwoven with fluid, sweeping lines. The scene is interspersed with bands of gold leaf cloud. Both the cranes and the turtles represent longevity, the evergreen pine endurance. Moss streams from the turtles back as an indication of its years. It is sai... Click for details

Signed Japanese Hanging Flower Basket in Moon Shape

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1920: item #449208
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This finely plaited bamboo ikebana basket (“hanakago”) was crafted in the unusual moon (“tsuki”) shape and was made for hanging flower arrangements. Meiji period (1868-1912). An unidentified three-character signature is carved onto a bamboo strip inserted into the base. The entire basket has been masterfully plaited in a herringbone pattern which required great skill to accommodate the increasing width differentials from the top to the bottom of the basket. A thick strip of bamboo surrounds the ... Click for details

Old Japanese Iron Gold Mix Metal Vase Pagoda Sg

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1930: item #449153
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Old (1930's) Japanese Iron Gold Mix Metal Vase with Pagoda Signed

It is 6.25 inches (15.8cm) tall by 2.45 inches (6.4cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, or cracks. ... Click for details

INCREDIBLE MEIJI p. Japanese KUTANI SAKE CUP

Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese Pre 1920: item #449069
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A breathtaking amount of work has gone into this one tiny Meiji period sake cup signed Kutani-Kaburaki. Raised white chrysanthemum blossom on twirling gold leaved vines over a dark ground speckled with moriage green. It comes in an old kiri-wood box simply titled Hai (Cup). It is just more than 2-1/4 inches (6 cm) in diameter, and is itself in perfect condition. There is one part of wood missing off the side of the box. The Kaburaki Shoten was opened in Kanazawa in 1822 by Kaburaki Tsugusuk... Click for details