A true work of art by the most sought after of all Japanese potters, Kawai Kanjiro (1890-1966), enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box dating from the 1940s. It is covered in an unusual green glaze with swirling deco design on the shoulder, spinning flowers in the center like an iron dragon. The depth of the soft swirls around the neck is phenomenal. That contrasted with the crisp clarity of the iron design on the unusual green field make this vase very desirable...
Small Indian deity cast in bronze with dark patina depicting the dancing god Krishna holding in one hand a butter ball. From a Swiss lady's private collection. Condition: patina, little traces of usage. Dimension: 11.8 cm high.
Sawankhalok Shukokai hard paste pottery Jarlet in cream Glaze with a faint lotus pattern around base. Nice piece with a very hard smooth foot unusual. Size 2" by 2.75"
A very nice early 20th C. Chinese hand painted water color of 18 monks on silk. In excellent condition. H: 3-3/4"x3" $95
Asa (hemp) unlined kimono with katazome (stencil-resist-dye) fan motif. In good condition but has a few brownish spots. Mid 20th century. 126cm x 152cm
Chinese carved agate snuff bottle, one side has a fu-dog and a bat, the other side has an old man scholar sitting near a door in a stone wall and another bat, the agate is a pretty light yellowish orange color with white striations of which the figures are carved, lid is reddish orange agate, 20th century.
Size: 2 3/4" high
A very nice heavy beautiful antique Chinese silver hollowed bangle in excellent condition. Marked. Weights:53.9g D:6.5cm $425
One of a kind art deco Ca. 1935 wood stand for incense burner or object. Thick wood and old Negoro lacquer indicates even an older time period. Condition good with some age wear. see pictures. 12" high by 12" wide with a depth of 7". Very rare. Ask for shipping quote.
Saiho-hinagata (or hinagata), the sewing sample which is a miniature sample to learn sewing. It was invented by an educator for saving time and textile using a special measuring rod. It was practiced in a girl's school from Meiji 7, 1874). Reduced scales were one-third in the beginning and one-quarter, one-half, one-fifth etc. The sewing technique was exactly same as the real size in details. Saiho-hinagata was designated as a significant tangible folk cultural asset...
Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Moon from a Harbor (Minato no tsuki)
Date: pre-1916.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15 x 6.75 inches.
Shotei double red square seal and title at upper left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-110 in Shotei catalog.
Note: Blocks destroyed in 1923 earthquake.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: The faint mark at the far right corresponds to a mark on the back of the print.
Gorgeous Chinese hardwood chair/throne with carved and pierced dragons as armrests, pierced and carved back with smoke clouds around two dragons on either side of a large, solid central carving of robed noblemen and women standing upon a bridge, with interesting plant life around them. Two posts with squared spiral carvings sits on either side of the back, topped with a small carved guardian lion/foo dog holding a xiu qiu ball...
Cambodian temple wall hanging painted with a guardian figure in swirling drapery, beautiful colors on cotton, circa 1930's.
Size: 57" high x 18 1/2" wide
Chinese carved boxwood figurine depicting the the immortal Lu Dongbin dressed as a scholar with his attributes the sword and the fly whisk. Fixed on a wooden base. Condition: fine, some patina. Dimension: total height: 17.1 cm.
Japanese woodblock print of a scene of four schoolboys in class, by Junichiro Sekino (1914-1988). Printed as number 3 of 100. Dated 1959.
Size in frame: 33" high x 20" wide
Size of print: 26" high x 12 1/2" wide
Height: 7.8 cm (3.1 in)
Width: 4 cm (2.5 in)
Depth: 1.8 cm (0.7 in)
Chinese inside painted snuff bottle; features noble women in garden locations front and back; signed; jade knop; good condition
Liu Yucen Porcelain Plaques Republic Period
With Bamboo and other plants, dated 1944 and signed Liu Yucen with two seals .
Wooden Frame
Each Plaque inc. frame 32" x 11"
A beautiful vintage Chinese angel skin coral brooch with pearls, in very good condition. W:5.8cm
A Chinese porcelain famille rose plaque with a painting of roosters. The plaque is signed and in a black lacquered wood frame. In excellent condition the plaque including frame measures 20.25 inches high x 13.75" wide, plaque sight size 14.5" high by 9.5 inches wide. Dates early 1980's