An antique Korean Nong (side chest) made of a burl hardwood book-match. Beautiful Camelia blossom motif on the hinged doors. Nickel hardware with a aged patina. Scholar's taste in design, this chest would work well as a side table or an accent piece.
Age: 19th Century (circa 1850-1890)
Dimensions: 33 1/4" Wide by 24 3/4" High by 15" Deep
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Shrouded Moon Over Takanawa, Ushimachi.
From the series Famous places of Tokyo (Tokyo Meisho).
Date: 1879. This edition 1896.
Signed by the artist in black at lower left.
"Shiba" collector's seal on verso.
Publisher: Fukuda Hatsujiro (successor to Fukuda Kumajiro).
Size: Oban. Approximately 13.25 x 9.25 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Very good color and condition...
A Peach Bloom Taibaizun Pot with Six-Character Mark of Qing Dynasty Emperor Kangxi
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a NY collector
Dimensions: Height: 3 3/4 inches (9.53 cm)
Medium: Porcelainware
A Rare and Exquisite Jadeite Table Screen with Hand-Carved Motifs. The green jadeite table screen depicts a traditionally dressed man standing amid bamboo and plum-trees, with two cranes dancing along. Its jadeite quality, color, and carving skills are amazingly superb. Qing Dynasty Styled. Height: 4½" (11.43 cm) Width: 9½" (24.13 cm) Height with Stand: 10¼" (26.04 cm) Highly collectible and in an excellent condition.
清 王翬 深山索居圖 水墨紙本鏡心 款識:巘邊石室低臨水,戶外雲峰半入天。伏暑蒸人,退處湖村。小築清風洞,越蕉竹交陰。偶採唐句。戲寫巨然筆法,劍門樵客石谷子王翬。鈐印:八十老人王翬、耕煙散人、太原、臞樵雅趣。Mounted Painting of Recluse Life in Remote Mountains / Wang Hui (1632-1717) of Early Qing Dynasty 32 1/4 X 20 inches 82.6 X 50.8 cm Ink on Paper Inscribed and signed with four artist seals...
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Length approximately 20.3 cm (the tipspout to the handle) and height approximately 15.3 cm. There are spots on the teapot. Good condition.
元青花一把蓮紋龍雲如意碗 A Rare Yuan Dynasty Blue-White Bowl with Dragon-Lotus Motifs. The bowl is characteristic of refined Yuan Dynasty porcelain-making craftsmanship. Diameter: 5 1/2 inches (12.2 cm) Height: 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm)
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a CT Collection
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Height approximately 8.8 cm. Length approximately 15.6 cm (tipspout to handle) and diameter approximately 9.3 cm. Few chips inside the cover and the cover rim. The cover not freely when rotated. Good condition.
清 王鑑 仿梅花道人吳鎮水墨山水圖 水墨紙本立軸 1657年作 款識:乙酉春仿梅道人筆似舜翁老年臺詞宗正,王鑑。鈐印:王鑑之印、湘碧。王鑑是與“初清四王”,即王翬、王原祁、王時敏畫名並重的有清一代山水大家。他明末時曾任廉州府知府,世称“王廉州”。他早年由明代畫家董其昌親傳畫技,董其昌對其畫作評價曰“學畫唯多仿古人”。 Ink-Painted Landscaped in Style of Yuan ...
Antique Chinese low cabinet. The upper portion has two drawers over a compartment opened by two cabinet doors. The doors swing on wooden dowel hinges which seat into small decorative carved peony flowers. The interior of the cabinet has one shelf. The front is finished with a rich red lacquer while the sides and top are a dark, distressed reddish brown lacquer finish.
19th century
Dimensions: 33 1/4" high x 31 3/4" wide x 19 1/2" deep.
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Width 21.6 cm (tipspout to handle) and height 11.6 cm. The teapot has few chips at the cover and the filter. Good condition.
Kobayashi Kiyochika
One Person, Six Faces
Date printed: 1884
Publisher: Matsuki Heikichi
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 9.75 inches.
Reference: "Kiyochika, artist of Meiji Japan", Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1988, page 62.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Light creasing.
A Chinese Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty. Width 16.3 cm(handle to tip spout) and height 9.5 cm. The teapot has a small chip at the tip spout. Good condition.
A 19th century Chinese canopy lacquered bed of cypress and elmwood (ju-mu). The bed rail has a turned spindle gallery with a low relief carving of scrolling floral panels as the back splash. The canopy spandrel has turned hook-spindles for holding drapes or clothing. The main canopy lattice pattern has a centralized floral medallion. The bed platform stands on a carved gadrooned bun foot on stretcher. The facade apron has framed low relief carvings of a floral motif...
Antique Chinese low rectangular table (kangshuo). Made of huanghuali wood with dramatic grain. The apron is carved on all sides in a rounded scrolling vine motif.
19th century
Dimensions: 11" high x 30 1/4" long x 16 1/4" wide
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)
The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji
From Hyaku Monogatari (One Hundred (Ghost) Stories)
Published by Tsuruya Kiemon ca. 1833. This edition Meiji 19th century.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10 x 7.25 inches.
Condition: Very light creasing.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
This rare print depicts the murdered Kohada pulling back a mosquito net as he returns to haunt his wife and her lover.
Indian drawing, double sided. 19th century. Inks on paper. 33x26cm. framed. Can be viewed in central London by arrangement. shipping worldwide.