Rare sterling silver punch ladle. Made by Spratling in Taxco, Mexico. Round hand-hammered bowl with curved spout. Mount has tooled bands and applied rope band and is inset with tapering stained-wood handle. An early piece by this maker. 1940s marks. Very good condition with beautiful patina.

Dimensions: H 13 x W 3 3/4 x D 1/4 in. Gross weight: 5 troy ounces. #BR829

Large and old-fashioned American sterling silver tea tray, 1954. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Oval well and scrolled sides and rim; end bracket handles. Fully marked including retailer’s stamp, Gorham date code, and no. 207. Excellent condition.

Overall dimensions: H 2 x W 29 x D 18 in. Heavy weight: 132 troy ounces. #BR835

Antique Chinese wood panel Fragment with figures and mother of pearl.. The panel with 2 figures one with a parasol the other with a fan with a red and mother of pearl back ground . Size 4.75" by 6.25"

Hongshan dark Jade Toggle or figure of a Dragon Ax nice carving well worn from use and heavy mineral deposits. Collected in Hong Kong 1980-1995. Beautiful distressed patina. Size 2.5" by 2"

Hongshan Orange Jade Toggle or figure of a Pig Dragon heavy pitting and erosion well worn surface. e biconically drilled suspension holes . Collected in Hong Kong 1980-1995. Beautiful distressed patina. 2.5" by 1.5"

Hongshan Dark Green Jade Toggle or figure of a Seated Bird. Well sculpted with extensive deposits as well as heavy wear from use, nice biconically drilled suspension holes . Collected in Hong Kong 1980-1995. Beautiful distressed patina. 3" by 1.5"

Hongshan Tan Jade Toggle or figure of a C Dragon with deposits and age wear, collected in Hong Kong 1980-1995. Beautiful distressed patina. 2.5" by 2.5"

Hongshan Brown Jade Toggle or figure of a Cicada with extensive mineral deposits and age wear, collected in Hong Kong 1980-1995. Beautiful distressed patina. 2.25" by 1.5"

Cambridge Glass Company made this oil. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.

Fostoria Glass Company made Mayflower from 1938-54. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking. 6 are available

Fostoria Glass Company made Mayflower from 1938-54. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking. 5 are available

Heisey Glass Company made Orchid from 1940-57. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking. 11 available

Hocking Glass Company made Waterford from 1938-44. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking. 2 are available

Two kitchen cloth (fukin) made of thin cotton cloth with sashiko whose needlework is delicately well done. In good condition but the right one has light stains and the other has green color breeding lightly. The second half of the 20th century. 31cm x 33cm (right), 32cmx 35cm (left)

Vintage Reed and Barton silver plate "Milk Jug" cocktail shaker

9 1/2" tall

32 oz capacity

Excellent condition with only minor surface scratches

Marked on bottom

SHYNESS

Rare find of refined vintage modern *kokeshi simplified wooden doll titled as 'Hajirai' (lit. 'Shyness') made by a kokeshi artist, Kenichi Murakami (1929-1991), c.1970-80s, approx. H 38cm (14.96), categorized into ‘Sosaku kokeshi’ (or 'Shingata kokeshi', lit. ‘Creative kokeshi doll’) based on the traditional form and style but with more feminine elegance and quite next level perspective. Engravement of 'Kenichi' at the bottom...

Anchor Hocking Glass Company made EAPC from 1960-99. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.

Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company made the wall pocket. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking.

Aladdin Mantle Lamp Company made this nut dish. There are no chips or cracks in the glass. Thanks for looking. 4 are available

Puppies and Banana
Artist: Unidentified. This print is also known to have the unread artist's seal in our enlargement #3.
Size: Approximately 14.4 x 9.0 cm. 5.675 x 3.5 inches
Date: ca. 1910.
Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 416).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
An early and rarely seen design.

A nice and interesting polished Nephrite amulet in the shape of a Cicada, Ming style.

The pendant carved in a rarely seen brown-black stone. This fine nephrite pendant comes from an old German Collection of handpicked Chinese jade carvings of insects from different periods, from the Neolithic to 20th. century. The cicada was carved in a Ming Dynasty Style, but possible from Qing Dynasty, we're not certain.

Size: 6,2 cm...

Sakiori obi for a casual kimono. The warp is cotton yarn and the weft is cotton strips recycled old from cloth. In excellent condition. The second half of the 20th century. 13.3cm x 2m16cm

Artist: Leonard Foujita (1886-1968, Japanese-French)
The year of creation: 1929
Title: Cat
The size of Frame: 24" L x 18 1/2" H , 7/8" Thick
The size of Paper Sheet: 19 1/6" L x 14 3/4" H
The size of Image size: 17 1/2" L x 12 3/4" H
Medium: Japanese Wood block print (Hanga) on Washi (Japanese paper)
Signature on: On lower left by Wood block signature by Tsuguharu Foujita
Condition of Frame: Excellent
Condition of Print: Superb, as photo, no stain, no...

Large vintage Chinese ink and color on paper painting depicting a mountain village in the mist by Wu Gu-hung signed and dated 1974 in black ink with the artist's red seal above. Custom framed with Plexiglas and a pale gray silk-wrapped mat in a deep hand-silvered wood moulding. Framed size: 33" x 50." This painting is from the former collection of an elderly American expatriate to Asia in the 1970s and his Taiwanese wife...

A highly attractive, hammered silver vase of rounded body rendered in parallel hammered bands and opened neck. Stamped silver mark in the bottom. Showa, c. 1950. H 17 cm, D 12.5 cm. Condition: Perfect. Natural patina.

Length: 3.7 cm (1.5 in)
Height: 2.9 cm (1.2 in)
Depth: 2.4 cm (1 in)

Japanese carved netsuke of a dog chewing on a sandal; natural material; inlaid horn eyes; some age lines present; good condition

Chippendale sterling silver tray. Made by Frank W. Whiting in Gardner, Mass. Round with flat and scrolled Georgian piecrust rim. Fully marked including maker’s stamp, pattern name, and no. 1864. Excellent condition.

Dimensions: H 1/4 x W 14 1/8 x D 13 5/8 in. Weight: 21.5 troy ounces. #BV659

Yoshimoto Gesso
Figure at Temple
Date: 1930s.
Print size: Tanzaku. Approximately 13.25 x 3.125 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku (Stamp on verso)
Artist's seal at lower right.
Reference: No. 1591.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Woodblock print is attached along its top edge to original card.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Small dance mask made of a turtle shell at its center, in a kind of frame made of soil and sagotree resin with multiple cowries inserts and painted in red, white and black, surrounded with remnants of cassowary feathers. Papua New Guinea, Middle Sepik region, Palimbei, Iatmul ethnic group. Mid 20th century period. Height: 21 cm. A few small old accidents, otherwise very good condition. Provenance: old Italian collection. IMPORTANT NOTE: export ONLY to the European Community.

A very attractive and fine cast iron incense container (kogo) for use in tea ceremony decorated with a motif from the Ten Ox-herding Pictures of Zen Buddhism. Inside covered in gold. Signed by Suzuki Morihisa (1920–1981), a 14th generation of cast iron-makers from Morioka who later taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tokyo. A frequent exhibitor at the Nitten. With original signed kiri-tomobako and artist's information paper. Showa period ca. 1960. H 3 cm, D 7,2. Condition: Perfect.

This lovely sterling brush has a marquise-shaped porcelain insert with a blue and white Dutch windmill scene. It was manufactured by the Alvin Manufacturing Company of Providence, Rhode Island. This company, currently a division of Gorham, was founded in 1886 and was known for its sterling flatware, hollow ware, toilet ware, and novelties. The brush bears two marks for the company along with STERLING, 250 C, and Pat app for. Pre 1920

Very, scarce. Authentic ROLEX 18k solid WHITE GOLD 16mm Logo Buckle. Circa: approx. 1968. Marked ROLEXSA/750 SWISS. True white color with high polished surfaces. Original and authentic vintage white gold buckle. Associated with the Rolex Ref. 1803 President Model in 18k white gold. Also sold with the DateJust in White Gold. Note: This early buckle features a much larger Rolex Trademark CROWN...

Thin wool unlined kimono with katazome dots pattern. The wool kimono was made in 1950s. The ground is off-white and dots are red. It looks it was barely worn and in excellent condition. 1950s. 130cm x 154cm

Vintage Japanese pink Momo Coral carved Scotty Dog figure undamaged weight 4 g size 1" by .75" or so.

La Rochelle silver dinner set for 12. Made by Tetard Frères in France...

Tea caddy (chaire) of Shigaraki ware with characteristic, mottled, beige glaze over brownish, rough corpus. Lid of finely worked ivory. Signed with potter’s mark in the bottom. A heavy silk storage bag (shifuku) with stylized flower pattern comes with the piece. Showa, circa 1960. H 8 cm, D 6 cm. Condition: Perfect.

Pair of Neoclassical-style gilt sterling silver tea urns. Each: Ovoid bowl on raised foot mounted to round base. Cover domed with knopped top terminating in bud finial. Swags and acanthus leaves as well as beading and leaf and dart. Fluted spout with carved leaf twist tap (one in black and one in white). Traditional vessels revved up with scaly and entwined snake handles. One marked “Sterling Silver” and the other marked “Sterling”...

European silver and enamel cigarette case, ca 1920. Rectangular, curved, and hinged. On cover, a horse’s head appears in an entryway, with two protective borzoi dogs standing guard. Stable drama against a semi-abstract background of brick and stone, and bluish ground. Gilt interior. Engraved monogram on back. Marked “900”. Very good condition with strong color.

Dimensions: H 3 3/8 x W 3 1/8 x D 3/8 in. Gross weight: 4.6 troy ounces. #BV461

Small statue of the face of Okame. Her round, full cheeks and Heian period hairdo give her head the silhouette of a penis. Her open mouth is in the form of a stylized vagina. Shunga of sorts.
Cast bronze with dark brown patina. Good details.

H 3 x D 2.25 in.

Few casting flaws, otherwise excellent condition

This type of erotic statues are regarded as funny rather than erotic. In Japan they are called waraimono, ‘something (or someone) that makes you laugh’.

Lovely Tobe yaki ceramic egret vase from the kikuko-gama kiln in Iyo, Ehime. Excellent condition. 12" tall and 9" in diameter. Ask for shipping quote from CA warehouse.

Old (1930's) Japanese Solid Silver Repousse Censer Koro with Flower Signed

It is 3.4 inches (8.6 cm) tall by 4.4 inches (11.2 cm) wide. It weighs 310.3 gram.

It is tarnished and has dents, missing lid, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Two(2) Tibetan Himalayan Glass Zi shape Beads, 37mm x 14mm (1 1/2" x 1/2").

DRAGON INKSTONE

Refined skillful stone carving of such dynamic dragon with a ball in the mouth, and also its finishing of lid and fine details with scales are quite aesthetic. Late 20th century, Korea. approx. 17.5 x 11.5 x H 5.5cm (6.88 x 4.52 x 2.16in)...

Rare item. Two fragments which are thick silk crepe (oni-chirimen) with katazome Ainu design. It might be haori (jacket) or kimono. In good condition but has some light stains and a hole (1cm x 0.5cm) The first half of the 20th century. Left one: 39cm x 96cm, Right one: 39cm x 116cm

Takahashi Shotei
Morning Fog
Date: Early. Not known.
Size: Approximately 7.25 x 4.825 inches.
Shotei seal lower right.
Reference: S-126 in Shotei catalog.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight crease lower left corner. Pencil note on back.
Note: Shotei.com notes that this print is probably pre-earthquake due to its rarity.

An antique Japanese Yosegi Ko Tansu (marquetry small chest) from the Hakone region made of various natural colored woods with Kusunoki (Camphor), Katsura (Fir) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) structure and drawer backs. Beautiful craftsmanship is evident in the unique one-of-a-kind design of this piece. 6 drawers of varying sizes allows for easy organizing and storage.

The patterns making up the design include a tiny checker board, the turtle shell, the Crusader's shield, a diagonal figure ...

A vintage 3 section Isho Biraki (Kimono chest with hinged doors) Tansu made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. The top section has two sliding doors behind which is a shelf to the left side supported by a natural Cherry Bark limb. The center section has 2 hinged doors which when opened reveals 3 removable Kimono trays good for storing linens, blankets, sweaters or other garments. The bottom section has 2 large drawers for additional spacious storage. Each section stack...

The bronze has a fine dark patina. Very fine, expressive sculpture in naturalistic style characteristic of human representation in the Post-War period. - Signed: Yoshiaki. Japan, ca. 1960–1970. H 22.5 cm. Condition: Excellent. *****Tachikawa Yoshiaki (1918 - 2017). He began his training as a sculptor at the College for Fine Arts in Tokyo in 1940 where he remained for a period of 4 years. He received the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition Membership Award in 1978. He has participated in numerous e...

The Months of Japanese Ladies for 1904 (26 pp. inc. covers)
Date: 1902. This edition February 7, 1903.
Published by T Hasegawa Tokyo (38 Yotsuya Hommura) and Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., London.
26 pages including covers.
Size: 7.0 x 5.0 inches.
Artist: Arai Yoshimune
These charming, profusely illustrated books consist entirely of woodblock prints on creped paper bound with ties and glue. Hasegawa employed some of the best woodblock print artists of the ...

Chinese Carved Agate Lamp Finial, Ca. 1940, hardware is for old and new size both, 2 1/2" high, 1 5/8" x 1 3/8" x 1/4" thick, thick carving design on both sides, the condition is good.

Chinese carved Peony flowers and Fern Crystal Lamp Finial, 1 5/8" high, 7/8" diameter for crystal part, the condition is good.

Chinese carved Crystal Fern and Vegetable design Lamp Finial, 1 5/8" high, 3/4" diameter round, the condition is good.

Chinese Semiprecious Stone Dark Spinach Green Agate Lamp finial, 2" high, 1" x 1" x 3/8" thick for green stone, the condition is good.

Elementary student's uniform made of wool and probably blended. It has Longer pants has mending. 1940s. Jacket: W:41cm L:53cm, Long pants: W:38cm :L64cm, Short pants: W:31cm L:50cm

Antique Chinese wood architectural Fragment figures and mother of pearl ground. The figures appear to be practicing Kung Fu with great detail on the larger figures clothing on a bridge with a red and mother of pearl back ground . Size 4.75" by 6.25"

Hongshan Nephrite Jade Toggle Pendant of a Dragon head in red orange jade with extensive mineral deposits and age wear, collected in Hong Kong 1980-1995. Beautiful distressed patina. 2" by 1.6"

Fine Japanese Momo Coral carving of a seated Pug or French Bulldog , well carved little figure no damage . Weight 10g size 29mm high 15mm wide 27mm deep

Chinese Green Agate Semi Precious Lamp Finial, 2" high, 1 1/8" x 1" 3/8" deep for Green Agate, the condition is good.

Chinese Amethyst semi precious stone lamp finial, 2" high, 1" x 3/4" wide, 1" high for Amethyst stone, the condition is good.

Chinese Lapis Lazuli Semiprecious Stone Lamp Finial, 2" high, 1" x 5/8", 1 1/8" high for Lapis Lazuli stone, the condition is good.