An antique Chinese nam gua tray.
Date:Republic Period (1910-1920)
Dimensions: 10.75" X 7.25"
A spiraling form in softly gleaming golden brown by Yajima Boshu enclosed in the original singed wooden box titled simply Jundo Kabin (Pure Bronze Vase). It is 8.5 cm (3-1/4 inches) diameter, 27.5 cm (11 inches) tall and in excellent condition signed on the base with a silver cartouche.
Yajima Boshu (1925-2001) was born in Takaoka, one of the most important bronze producing regions in Japan...
Asian art is not my specialty, but I believe I know enough to call this a Tibetan "thangka". Thangka's (or, tangka's, as it is also spelled), are of Nepalese origin, subsequently exported over the Himalayas to Tibet. They are works of art made to be a pictorial record of a contemplative experience or interpretation of an historical event, such as the life of Buddha...
Chinese small ruyi scepter, intricately carved with entwining branches of fruiting pomegranate tree, c1950 vintage.
Size: 6 3/4" long.
Red and white Peking Glass Calligraphy Brush with horsehair from the mid 20th century. Irises and bats decorate the handle. It measures 10" long.
Nishimura Hodo
Summer Rain
Date: 1930s.
Size: Mitsugiriban. Approximately 15.5 x 7.25 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Shokai (stamp in left margin). Takemura Hideo label on back.
Signed by the artist. Takemura seal below signature.
Edition: First and only.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Top back corners have paper residue.
Japanese hardwood burl display stand of a unique natural shape with gnarled edges. Smooth silky finish compliments the beautiful natural woodgrain. 20th Century
Size: 34" L x 18" W x 2" H
Painted Tibetan Pig Mask. 13d x 11.5h inches, 33 x 29 cm.
Himalayan mask carved in relief, with a vivid expression. Wood, with a metal plate on the forehead and the chin to affix animal hair meant to represent the mask hair and beard. Nice age patina. Nepal, early 20th century. Height:29 cm. Very good condition
Tsuchiya Koitsu
Nara Kofukuji
Date: 1937.
Size: Oban. Approximately 17.0 x 11.5 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. Bears the Doi watermark.
Artist's signature and seal at lower right.
This indicates an early postwar edition.
Reference: Koitsu catalog TK-DH-44.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Two(2) round Japanese Hina Doll Miniature Stands, 1930-1940, 4 1/4" high, 4" diameter-top, part of the Doll Furniture set, beautiful gold Lacquer flowers and vine design on black lacquer on Wood, the condition is good.
Antique Chinese pair of square hardwood tables. Each table is inset with a large square porcelain panel which sits into the top and is removable. The panels are glazed with scrolling vines and flowers with bats in the corners on a greenish blue ground. Each table has a solid shelf and swirling aprons.
Late 19th Century
Dimensions: 27" high x 25" wide x 25" deep.
An antique green glazed porcelain bottle vase with the glaze stopping just below the top rim revealing an all over ge-type crackle with dark grey (iron wire) and gold (golden thread) crackle. The base rim unglazed with the base revealing the same ge-type crackle. Unmarked.
Qing Dynasty - 19th century
In very good condition (please refer to pictures)
Approximately 24 cm high by 16 cm diameter at it's widest point
A beautiful old Chinese black rattan bangle with silver in excellent condition. D:6.1cm
Antique Chinese Qingbai Glazed Pottery Court figure , possible restoration at neck or may be from firing, size H 10" W 4"
Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870 - 1949)
Spring Snow at Maruyama Park
Date: 1936.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.875 x 11.0 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten with Doi watermark.
Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi.
This seal combination indicates an early postwar edition.
Koitsu catalog no. TK-DH-30
Condition: Slight fading.
Men's Navajo ring. Coin silver. Letters 'D' AND 'J' engraved in the space at the back.
ca. 1930-1940, size 7 1/2-8
Ohara Koson (Shoson)
Mallards and Lotus
Size: Large toku-oban. Approximately 17.125 x 12.25 inches.
Date: pre-1936. First edition.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. First and only edition with Watanabe D seal in right margin.
Shoson signature and seal lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: S7.1 aand cat. 145 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). Watanabe cat...