Height: 4.8 cm (1.9 in)
Width: 2.9 cm (1.2 in)
Depth: 1.3 cm (0.6 in)

Japanese netsuke of a priest; natural material; nice patina and good condition

Japanese framed woodblock print by Nakayama Tadashi of a stylized horse with gold and silver leaf. Signed in pencil, number 48/85.

Dated 1968.

Dimensions: 12" x 17 1/2" H (entire frame) 5 1/4" x 17 1/2" H (mat opening)

Japanese framed woodblock print by Nakayama Tadashi of a stylized multicolored horse with gold and silver leaf. Signed in pencil, number 23/85.

Dated 1968.

Dimensions: 12" x 17 1/2" H (entire frame) 5 1/4" x 17 1/2" H (mat opening)

A large framed Japanese woodblock print by Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979). Signed, titled, and numbered 83/90 in pencil, with red chop.

Dated 1974.

Dimensions: 47 1/4" x 27 1/4" H (entire frame) 30 1/2" x 16" H (artwork only)

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Morning Rain at Lake Hakone
Date: 1938.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.5 x 11.0 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten.
Printer: Yokoi. Carver: Harada.
This combination of seals indicates an early postwar edition. Also bears the Doi watermark.
Condition: A couple of faint foxing spots in water.

A briliant late Taisho Period C. 1930 murashido bronze brazier/flower vase. Murashido is now a favorite among bronze collectors for its art deco appeal and sensual colors. Dipped in hot oils at firing and then using straw smoke for added coloring. Heavy bronze. Good condition. Ask for shipping quote. 12" hig and 9" in diameter. heavy bronze.

Japanese abstract print, titled "Flame Tracer" # 42/90 in its series. Hand signed by the artist Kurosaki Akira (b. 1937). Embossed with print studio logo.

Akira Kurosaki began studying at the Kyoto Institute of Technology in 1956 and earned his BA degree in 1962...

American artist Guy Diehl, born in 1949 in Pennsylvania, is most famously known for his still life paintings and prints. Diehl's family moved to California in 1960, where he began taking courses in art at Diablo Valley College in 1968. He moved onto study under Mel Ramos, one of the originators of figurative pop art at Cal State University, Hayward. Diehl earned his master's degree from San Francisco State and graduated with honors in 1976...

American artist Guy Diehl, born in 1949 in Pennsylvania, is most famously known for his still life paintings and prints. Diehl's family moved to California in 1960, where he began taking courses in art at Diablo Valley College in 1968. He moved onto study under Mel Ramos, one of the originators of figurative pop art at Cal State University, Hayward. Diehl earned his master's degree from San Francisco State and graduated with honors in 1976...

Japanese woodblock print depicting a lone leafless tree at dusk set against a gold leaf background titled "Evening View (Dusk)" by Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979). Pencil-signed "Joichi Hoshi" and dated '77 at the lower right, with the artist's square red seal above. Pencil-titled in kanji at the lower left and numbered 43/99. A penciled inscription on the upper back reads "8408 S-1 12/12" and the original price of 100,000 yen is at the bottom of the back...

Japanese abstract colored woodblock print - titled "Round About Midnight no. 5", 4/50 in its series, dated 1977, signed Maruyama Hiroshi (b. 1953-) in pencil.

Dated 1977

Dimensions: 21 1/2" x 31 1/4"

Cyrus leRoy Baldridge (1889-1977)
Peking, 1925
Edition: Numbered 83
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. 6mm seal.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Signed in pencil: "C. LeRoy Baldridge".
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Small food dish for vegetables, relish etc. of round shape with small indentations in the rim. Thin, light colored stoneware, covered in cream-colored glaze with very fine crackle and pinkish brown swirls. In the bottom a highly stylized kotobuki character (longevity) in iron brown and three green glaze splashes on the rim. Glazes have left a few spots uncovered. Oribe ware, Japan, early Taisho era, 1920s.
H 2 x diam. 4-1/2 in.

Minimal traces of usage, fine condition.

DESCRIPTION: A handsome ikebana basket, Meiji Period, crafted of smoked bamboo in a diagonal weave with double wrapped handle. Three vertical bamboo strips reinforce two corners, and the basket rests on a square, open weave base. Excellent condition with no breaks or losses. Ikebana ("living flowers") is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is also known as Kado ("way of flowers")...

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
In the evening; fishing at Tsukudajima
Size: Approximately 15 x 7 inches.
Date: pre-1936.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 202 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-2 in Shotei catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Condition: Margins edges toned from previous framing.

Japanese Silver Sterling Teapot Marked

It is 8.2 inches (21 cm) tall with handle up and 5 inches (12.7 cm) tall with handle down by 7.5 inches (19 cm) wide. It is 836 gram.

It has surface wear and scratches, stains and tarnished silver (as seen in the photos).

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Tsuchiya Koitsu
Owl
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.25 by 7.5 inches.
Date: 1930s. This edition ca. 1960s.
Publisher: Doi.
Reference: Koitsu catalog No. TK-DH-75-V1.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Large Japanese framed print by Joichi Hoshi (1913-1979), signed in pencil, number 30/99 in its series, dated 1974. Scene of a silvery tree covered in snow with metallic silver on mint green ground.

Dimensions: 29" x 29.5" H (entire frame) , 22.25" x 23" H (print only)