All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1940 item #872591 (stock #G0063)
Antique Mah Jong set, made of bone and bamboo backing. 1940s it never been opened before it still in the original wrapping and original case. In excellent condition. L:14"xW:9"xH:2-1/2"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1276323 (stock #0666)
A fantastic two-panel painted Japanese screen with a colorful floral design all on silver leaf mounted on wood with wood frame. 50w x 48h inches, 127w x 122h cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1484661 (stock #Nishimura012)
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Saito Hodo (aka Nishimura Hodo)
Street in Front of Restaurant
Date: 1920s-30s.
Size: Oban. 19.75 x 13 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Signed "H. Saito" by the artist.
Medium: Japanese watercolor.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: Paintings and woodblock prints variously signed "H. Saito" (Saito Hodo) and "Nishimura Hodo" were published by Takemura Hideo. They are very likely by the same artist...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1427274 (stock #TRC209345)
This masterful rendition of an idilic landscape done in the Nanga style of Chinese painting is spread across three canvases titled 1) “Arashiyama” (A district nestled at the foot of Kyoto’s eastern mountain range), 2) “Kyomizu-dera” (One of Kyoto’s most iconic temples located in the western foothills), and 3) “Tatsuta” (An area west of Kyoto on the edge of Lake Biwa, known for its expansive fields of lotus flowers)...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Folk Art : Pre 1940 item #1484776 (stock #J767)
Tsuto made of rice straw which is used for containing ceramic plates. It has a small wooden tag "12 plates". In old age, there was no plastic cushioning material so that rice straw was used much for it and for other crafts. In good condition and very few scraps which is usual for old crafts made of rice straw. The first half of the 20th century. Diameter:24cm, H:26cm
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1432002 (stock #TRC210528)
Japanese Nihonga painting on paper—this piece by well-known Edo painter, poet, and tea ceremony devotee Baiitsu Yamamoto depicts an idealized mountain scene in Yamamoto's distinctive style. Close inspection reveals a mountain temple nestled along the cliffs overlooking twin waterfalls...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1940 item #1304488 (stock #G0753)
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese silver enameled square opium box in excellent condition. W:5cm x 5cm Marked. Sold to Australia
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Textiles : Pre 1940 item #1415144 (stock #13249)
Korean wrapping cloth, chogappo which is made of recycled ramie (choma) fragments. All hand sewn except for a blue belt. The frame cloth is silk gauze."Pojagi" is a general name for wrapping cloth and "chogappo" is one kind of pojagi which is patchwork with silk as well as asa ( reference source: "Korean Embroidery and Wrapping Cloths from the Choson Dynasty" published by Japan Art & Culture Association in 1995 ). Generally in good condition except for some color bleeding parts...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1940 item #1472306 (stock #OC055)
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A beautifully sculpted image of a pheasant by Ogawa Yuhei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 37 cm long and in excellent condition.
Yuhei Ogawa (1885-1945) was born in Takamatsu, Okayama prefecture an came to pottery a bit later than most. In 1923, while working part time at the Naval Hydrographic Department, he was deeply moved by seeing the solo exhibition of ceramic sculptor Kazumasa Numata. This gave him impetus to begin sculpting in his free time...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1940 item #973927 (stock #379)
A charming baluster form vase decorated with a ring of drying fish by Katsuo Seiryudo (1907-1984) in the original signed wooden box. The hirame (flat fish) are unglazed except for an iron like underglaze used to draw the details, and shiny black dots for eyes. The contrast between the unglazed fish and white ceramic is unexpected and pleasing, in that ordinarily it would be opposite...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Textiles : Pre 1940 item #1455160 (stock #13531)
Chogappo made of fragments of white choma (ramie) whose weft and warp are hand-plied. Natural color fragments are mixture of choma and silk. "Pojagi" is the general name for the wrapping cloth and "chogappo" is one kind of pojagi which is patchworked with asa (mainly choma, ramie) fragments.(reference source: "Korean Embroidery and Wrapping Cloths from the Choson Dynasty" published by Japan Art & Culture Association in 1995). The first half of the 20th century. In excellent condition...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1484452 (stock #Nishimura009)
Saito Hodo (aka Nishimura Hodo)
Two women walking on a spring night
Date: 1920s-1930s.
Size: Oban. 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo (label on back).
Signed "H. Saito" by the artist.
Medium: Japanese watercolor.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: Paintings and woodblock prints variously signed "H. Saito" (Saito Hodo) and "Nishimura Hodo" were published by Takemura Hideo. They are very likely by the same artist...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1379148
张大千 仿趙子昂松下問道圖 水墨設色紙本立軸 1936年作 款識:練得身形似鶴形,千株樹下兩函經。我來問道無餘事,雲在青天水在瓶。子昂為中庭老書。趙承旨松下問道圖係夾中友人臨帖之存,存之奩中。越歲復見承旨詩帖因於墲畫工。大千居士並注。一年來泛於湖上問我作畫安不寫來。大此帖小有是處,寄上秋君大家哂正。爰咎瓮山之昆明湖時戊寅五月朔一日也。 鈐印...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1940 item #1455635
A vintage Japanese 2 section Tansu chest made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original bronze hardware with straight dovetail joinery and hardened wooden nail construction. 3 drawer top section and 2 drawer bottom section. Both sections can be separated for use and display in different rooms of a home...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1096052 (stock #G0458)
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese paper fan with a beautiful painting by a famous Chinese painter. Paper has some tears please see the photos. L:31cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Shinhanga : Pre 1940 item #1490529 (stock #Shotei155)
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Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Crows on a Cold Night
Date: Pre-1936.
Size: Approximately 7.125 x 4.875 inches.
Shotei seal lower left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: S-19. Watanabe #173
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Tiny lower left margin corner bend.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1251747
Painting of General Chang Kai-Shek by Aimee Annette Lozier, oil on canvas. Aimee Lozier (1900-1996) descendant of the 17th century French painter, Eustache LeSueur, born in Oakland, California. She attended California School of Fine Art and studied under Otis Oldfield...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1940 item #1438710
An antique Japanese Todana Tansu made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. Original iron hardware including the Warabite handles. Eight drawers and a pair of sliding doors allows for spacious storage. Original used in Japan as a family multi-purpose storage chest, it would function well as a buffet or sideboard chest.

Age: Showa Era (1930's).

Dimensions: 47 5/8" Wide by 33 3/4" High by 17" Deep