Chinese carved and lacquered architectural panels 2 pieces depicting figures in a garden. Used wear size just under 13.25" by 4.5"-5"
Thin Bronze Han Dynasty mirror , silvery bronze front great encrustation on the back in vivid green. The mirror has a clean crack and is in 2 tight fitting pieces. The central knob has a 2 mark inscription. Just over 3" diameter.
DESCRIPTION: A Chinese celadon jade pendant, both sides well carved in the form of an archaic mask and strung on a black nylon cord with a round celadon jade bead. Such amulets have a long history in China and would have been worn as a mystical protector against all unseen evil and bad luck. This handsome jade pendant is quite wearable and in excellent condition. DIMENSIONS: 2 ¼” long (5.7 cm)
Old (1930's) Japanese Mixed Metal Book Shaped Match Safe with Ox & Woodcutter
It is 2.15 inches (5.6 cm) long by 1.3 inches (3.5 cm) wide. It is 48.7 gram.
It has a small dent, rubbing golds, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Old (1930's) Japanese Silver Enamel Incense Kogo Box with Flowers Signed
It is 0.7 inch (1.7 cm) tall by 2.6 inches (6.7 cm) wide. It is 69.7 gram.
It is tarnished and has enamel cracks and small chips at the petals, missing enamels, oxidation, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Rare antique Indonesian textile that is a jataka of tales of Rama with forty-nine painted scenes with script on top of scenes, wondrous scenes of monstrous sea creatures and key scenes of life of Rama are depicted in charming traditionally painted scenes outlined in wood-like columns with black with blues, reds, khaki greens, on beige background. Made of fine cotton on stretched frame.
circa 1930s
provenance Lafayette estate
Size: 51 3/8" High x 42 5/8" Wide
Ito Sozan
Peahen
Date: Pre-1923. Pre-earthquake.
Size: Tanzaku. 11.75 x 5.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's double red square seal at lower right.
Reference: Attribution by Mauro Novelli as T-48 at itosozan.com.
Medium: Crepe (chirimen) Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Lightly foxed.
This mask represents a tiger, note a very fine work of sculpture with the gouge, the deep carvings are highlighted with a white coloring. Very hard wood, the inside shows the natural patina of oxidized wood over time. Very good age likelu first part of the 20th or even earlier. H 21 cm, width 20 cm.
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1930's Chinese Silver (tested silver with silver test kit) Cup & Saucer with Calligraphy Marked
The cup is 2.95 inches (7.5 cm) tall by 3.4 inches (8.6 cm) wide. The saucer is 1.2 inches (3 cm) tall by 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide. Total weight is 173 gram.
They have surface wears and scratches and tarnished silver (as seen in the photos).
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Chinese Guanyin statue of a Buddhist Bodhisattva of mercy and compassion. Beautifully rendered with minor losses.
Los Angeles Estate
Dates 20th century
Size H 23 1/2" x W 7" x D 6"
The size of Platel: 7 1/4" Dia x 1 1/2" High ( 185 mm x 37 mm). This is very attractive Blue and White Japanese Hirado Porcelain Plate. It has the design of Sansui (landscape) design. There is 5 Ben (5 flower petal design which used for very old Hirado) in the center. One area with pretty geometric design. Backside has four flower design. There is Kaou (studio or artist) signature in the center of Kodai (foot rim). The design are done by hand painted with fine work of stencil...
A large original color woodblock print by the Japanese sosaku hanga artist Junichiro Sekino (1914-1988). Showing a pond with a temple or house in Japan at night. Lavishly printed with mica and using the woodblock grain to create the shimmering and rippling water in the pond. Titled, numbered 166/200, signed and dated "57" in English, as well signed and titled in Japanese within the margin in pencil...
Antique Chinese Bronze Hu vase Xuande seal script mark, the central band with stylised dragons inlaid with silver and gold. The base has 3 early 20thc pencil collection numbers as well as a red enamel collection number , these usually used for museum collections. Great condition just over 12" tall.
Japanese Sterling Salt and Pepper Shakers, marked "Sterling" on the bottom, 1960's, 2 1/2" high, 1 3/4" wide-widest shade part, twist and open under the shade, they are in good condition.
1930's Japanese Sterling Silver Rooster Standing on Drum
It is 10.8 inches (27.5 cm) tall by 5.1 inches (13 cm) wide. It is 646 gram.
It has tarnished silver, dent at the drum and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Japanese Ojime carved out of natural Fruit Seed, 3/4" round with two(2) large holes for rope, tightening to Netsuke before Inro Medicine case and carrying on their belt. The condition is good..
Lovely little Inaba white cloisonne box with a silver finish. The lid features flowers in a rocky garden setting and inside the box is engraved with flowers. Marked with Inaba logo on base bottom, it is also maked inside with the logo and the words "Made in Japan". In excellent condition, it measures 3.5 by 3 inches, and 1.5" high. Dates mid 20th C.
Unusual Japanese painted pewter scroll weight in a form of a seated boy wearing a shishi costume used in shishimai dance, one of his legs outstretched. Very well cast, pleasantly heavy, nicely painted, some wear to paint as can be seen on photos. Feels very nice in a palm, very appropriate piece for scholar’s desk. Length 2 1/4 inches.
Antique Japanese firman's jacket, hakeshibanten, cotton indigo dyed with sashiko stitching and freehand paste resist decoration (tsutsugaki). Middle back of jacket with round mon holding the red colored hiragana character "ha". Even wear overall.
Edo Period, Circa 1850s
Size" 33"H x 41"L
1930's Japanese Bronze Koro Incense Burner with Chrysanthemum Flower
It is 5.7 inches (14.6 cm) tall by 5 inches (12.7 cm) wide. It weighs 1.6 lb.
It has missing accessory at the top and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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1930's Japanese Kutani Sleeping Cat Neko Marked "Japan"
It is 9.75 inches (25 cm) tall by 7.6 inches (19.3 cm) wide. It is 3.5 lb.
It has a chip at one ear and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Two(2) Japanese Lacquer on Wood Miniature Boxes for Hina Dolls, 1930-1940, 2" high, 2 3/4" wide, 2" deep, storing Hina Doll's Kimonos and other clothing material, with floral and vine lacquer decoration on Wood. The condition is good.
2 Japanese Kiri Wood and Polychrome painted Miniature Hina Doll Stands, 1940, 2 5/8" high, 6" wide, 4 1/2" deep-top, in good condition.
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.
2 Japanese Hina Doll Miniature Stands, Lacquer on wood, 1930-1940, 3 1/4" high, 8 1/2" wide-widest point, 4" deep-deepest point, beautiful gold Lacquer flowers and vines decoration on Black Lacquered Wood, two(2) pieces fitted together to make stand, display fine Lacquer Doll furniture and accessories during Hina Doll Festival every year. The condition is good.
Vintage Chinese wooden stand of simple rectangular shape with scroll shaped legs. Beautiful dark dense rosewood with wonderful patina, in excellent condition. Maximum length 104 mm, maximum width 66 mm, height 24 mm.
Vintage Chinese wooden stand of simple rectangular shape with a waist register and 4 short legs. The top has four L-shaped recessed areas in the corners to accommodate a ceramic or bronze object. Beautiful dark dense rosewood with wonderful patina, in excellent condition. Maximum length of the top 104 mm, maximum width of the top 78 mm, height 37 mm.
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Beautiful silhouette and feeling of textile texture. Showa period, early-mid 20th century, Japan. Large: approx. L 36cm (14.17in), Small: approx. L 23cm (9.05in)
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Japanese Hima Doll Miniature Kimono Trunk, 1930-1940, 3" high, 6" wide, 3" deep, white impressed embossed metal mounted, Lacquer Gold floral and vine scroll design, handle in front is missing.
Japanese Brass signed Hibachi Ash Rake and Pr. Chopsticks for moving Charcoal, 1930's, Ash Rake(8" long,3" wide bottom), Chopsticks(10 1/2" long, 3/8" wide handle top)etched signature on the handle of Brass Ash Rake, used for Tea Ceremony, some wears on the bottom of the Rake.
Japanese Brass Ash Rake for Hibachi during Tea Ceremony for moving ash around the charcoal, 1930's, 7" high, 4" wide-bottom, short handle, wide bottom, rather heavy Brass rake for Hibachi, shows wears around the tip of the rake.
This is a matching pair of decorative prints, 14" by 9 1/2", in thin simple black frames, the prints appearing to be on thin tissue type paper, laid on boards. I am not knowledgeable about Japanese prints, but I would guess these to be of 20th century age. They appear to be in some places unevenly discolored, and browned by age (though not as much as the photos might indicate), but perhaps the paper was brownish to begin with. At the edges there are some losses and stains...
Old (1930's) Japanese Satsuma Lobe Shaped Censer with Geisha & Samurai Marked Nambe
It is 5.1 inches (13 cm) tall by 5.5 inches (14 cm) wide It is 1.7 Lb.
It has chips at the lid's inside rim, rubbing of golds, crazing and glaze crack at the bottom, and surface wears (as seen in the photos).
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From a local estate comes a pair of very, very detailed Tibetan thangka paintings, one measuring 24" by 19 3/4" in its gold frame and the other 21 1/2" by 16 1/4". I am not a specialist in art of the Indian subcontinent and the Himalayas or Tibetan Plateau region, but I understand these to be highly symbolic religious works of that geographic origin. The former owner was said to have collected these on one of her trips to India. Obviously antique thangka's can be centuries old, but these work...
Early Showa period Japanese black silk woman's formal kimono with long sleeves decorated on the bottom of the front, back, and interior with a continuous ukiyo-e scene featuring commoners engaged in various activities in a village. Five family mon (crests) are at the shoulder area. The lining is red. Circa 1930s. Measures 48 1/2" sleeve tip to sleeve tip and about 49 1/2" long. Very good overall condition. There are some areas of pigment transference and there are a few tiny foxing spots. ...
Old (1930's)Japanese Mixed Metal Fan Shaped Screen with Zhong Kui Signed
The overall is 15.55 inches (39.6 cm ) long by 20.5 inches (51 cm) wide. The fan shape plaque is 8.6 inches (21.8 cm) long by 17.8 inches (45.4 cm) wide. The total weight is 4.1 Lb.
The screen is tarnished and surface wears and scratches. The board has tears, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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