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 | Elegant Bamboo Ikebana Basket, Hanakago by Suzuki Gengesai |
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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1220683
(stock #Jacoulet 017)
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Paul Jacoulet
Le Nid, Coree (The Nest, Korea).
Date: December 14, 1941.
Size: Dai-oban.
Edition: 120/150. Prints from this original edition of 150, which has more muted colors, are exceedingly rare.
Carver: Maeda.
Condition: Very good...
Le Nid, Coree (The Nest, Korea).
Date: December 14, 1941.
Size: Dai-oban.
Edition: 120/150. Prints from this original edition of 150, which has more muted colors, are exceedingly rare.
Carver: Maeda.
Condition: Very good...
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A small Chinese yixing clay teapot of a dark brown tone, with a wide flattened body on rounded tripod feet. The lid and handle are thin and looped and the spout is shortened. The underside of the lid and very bottom are signed Gu Jingzhou (1915-1996).
Size: 2" H x 4.25" L x 3.5" W
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A finely done Chinese hardwood box with burlwood square inlaid sections on the side. The box inside is covered with a fabric cushioned interior and partitioned to put small objects inside.
Age: Republic Period (c1900).
Size: Height: 2.5" Width: 7.5" Length: 15.5"
Age: Republic Period (c1900).
Size: Height: 2.5" Width: 7.5" Length: 15.5"
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A Hanging Scroll of Guanyin Holding a Fish-Basket /o Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) 50 1/2 X 17 1/2 inches 128.3 X 44.5 cm Color on Gilt Paper Dated 1944 Inscribed twice & signed with three artist seals.
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a New York collection
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Kazak hand knotted rug made of wool from the middle east. Beautiful central medallion with blue, red and green design on a pale yellow/cream colored ground. The border has unusual medallion shaped design in red with blue, blue with yellow, and light pink with green. It measures 8' by 10'8".
ART CHINA LEGACY
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徐悲鴻（1895-1953）松鶴圖 水墨設色紙本手卷 1942年作 款識：澄辳先生惠教。壬午初夏，悲鴻。鈐印：徐悲鴻。Hanging Scroll of Cranes & Pine-Trees / Xu Beihong (1895-1953) Dated 1942 Ink & Color on Paper 51 1/2 X 24 inches 130.8 X 61 cm Inscribed, signed & sealed by the artist.
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a Vancouver collection
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1930
item #1459142
(stock #2021-1007)
GALERIE TIAGO
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Polychrome lacquered wood sculpture of a tanuki dressed as a pilgrim, carrying its baby on its back. Their eyes are in horn.
The tanuki is a kind of racoon dog which is part of the yôkai (spirits) of Japanese folklore. It is endowed with magical powers: it can metamorphose and take many different forms. This spirit is a symbol of luck and prosperity...
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A mounted painting of a bird perched on a branch with a signature and seal signed Zhao Shaoang (1905-1998). Zhao Shaoang was known for his contemporary and bold styles specializing in bird and flower images. The strokes used for the plants reminisce strokes seen in calligraphy. Age: 20th century. Size: length" 28.25" height 40.5"
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Japanese Hand Painted scroll of a warrior in a fighting stance with sword drawn, signed by the famous print maker Yoshitoshi Mori ((1898-1992).
Unusual that this is a true painting and not a woodblock print.
Very Collectable
Size: (total) 49" H, 19" W, (painting only) 16.5" H, 12.25" W
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A mid century artist signed Ikebana basket for flower arranging. Made of delicate fine split bamboo, thin bamboo and Akebi vine. The three dimensional shape resembles a flared skirt when viewed in front and a boat keel when viewed from the side. There is a subtle diamond shape design the artist created with the different shade of split bamboo. It is a beautiful whimsical design of space and function. Artist signed: Togyoku...
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Kawase Hasui
Asano River in Kanazawa
Souvenir of Travels, First Series
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 9.5 inches.
Date: 1920. Pre-1923 earthquake.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the black 6 mm seal, indicating a 1920 first edition. Blocks were destroyed in quake.
Condition: Margins trimmed. Otherwise excellent.
Asano River in Kanazawa
Souvenir of Travels, First Series
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 9.5 inches.
Date: 1920. Pre-1923 earthquake.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the black 6 mm seal, indicating a 1920 first edition. Blocks were destroyed in quake.
Condition: Margins trimmed. Otherwise excellent.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1940
item #1441392
(stock #1677)
A spectacular silver and gold lid covers this small basin by Tomimoto Kenkichi enclosed in a wooden box titled Aka-e Tsutsugata Yunomi and annotated within: Made by Tomimoto Kenkichi Sensei in 1925 signed by Tsujimoto Isamu (for more on him see below). The cup is covered inside with creamy white, outside in red with decoration of gold plum blossoms. It is surmounted by a solid silver lid pierced with leafy vines and peaked with a gold chrysanthemum...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1461583
(stock #Shotei139)
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Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Bridge in the Snow
Date: Almost certainly pre-earthquake 1910s.
Size: Oban. 14.125 x 9.625 inches.
Shotei seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-30 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back margin has paper residue. Creasing at upper left and lower left corners. Fading.
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Bridge in the Snow
Date: Almost certainly pre-earthquake 1910s.
Size: Oban. 14.125 x 9.625 inches.
Shotei seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-30 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back margin has paper residue. Creasing at upper left and lower left corners. Fading.
- This print features applied gofun snow...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1940
item #1414152
(stock #1406)
Dark glaze covers this beautifully crafted Koro from Kawai Kanjiro dating circa 1936 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 11.5 x 9 x 8.5 cm (4-1/2 x 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) excluding the lid and is in excellent condition. The lid is of exotic hardwood with an agate finial, and is a later addition (Kanjiro did not make lids for his koro). For similar examples see the Katsukawa collection published in the biblical tome by the Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art...
Alusi shrine figure. H. 59 cm. First half of the 20th century. Ex Jacques Kerchache (1942 - 2001), ex Christie’s Paris, 29-10-2008, ex galerie Walu Basel, ex Hammer Auktionen.
Guy van Rijn archive ao-0093787-001.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1980
item #1445432
An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Flower and a Girl (10) printed in 1971 and numbered 14/80. Rare print in a low edition of a girl in profile viewing a colorful flower.
Print size including title: 21 1/4" High by 14 7/8" Wide. Total size including border approximately 24" High by 18" Wide.
Print size including title: 21 1/4" High by 14 7/8" Wide. Total size including border approximately 24" High by 18" Wide.
The Kura
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Toast the new years with this solid silver sake set made for celebrations. 3 solid silver cups, as well as a beautifully shaped silver sake kettle with lid, each piece bearing the jun-gin (Pure or 100 percent silver) mark. They come enclosed in a wooden box titled Jungin-sei Shuki (Solid Silver Sake Set). The kettle is 13 cm diameter, 18 cm wide at the spout. The largest cup is 12 cm (4-3/4 inches) diameter. In total the set weighs 757 grams, or 1.65 pounds of pure silver!
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1401807
(stock #Hasui396)
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Kawase Hasui
The Great Buddha, Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu)
Date: 1930.
The earlier version with the Buddha in shadow.
First edition with Watanabe B seal (used 1927-1932).
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #204.
Condition: Removed from original folder. Excellent color.
The Great Buddha, Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu)
Date: 1930.
The earlier version with the Buddha in shadow.
First edition with Watanabe B seal (used 1927-1932).
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #204.
Condition: Removed from original folder. Excellent color.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1445066
(stock #Hasui517)
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Okitsu-cho, Suruga
Selection of Views of the Tokaido. The 17th station of the Tokaido.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1934.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. First edition with Watanabe C seal (used 1929-42).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Reference: Hotei #229.
Condition: Toning visible in margin. Very light creasing. The crease at the top of the back of the print does not appear on the front.
Okitsu-cho, Suruga
Selection of Views of the Tokaido. The 17th station of the Tokaido.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1934.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. First edition with Watanabe C seal (used 1929-42).
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Reference: Hotei #229.
Condition: Toning visible in margin. Very light creasing. The crease at the top of the back of the print does not appear on the front.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1910
item #866603
(stock #6289)
Bedell & Co.
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Sparkling Sterling Silver Hand Hammered Pitcher. Size: 7.75" H x 9.25" W (spout to handle) x 6.75" Dia. Circa 1910.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1427170
(stock #YoshidaH042)
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Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
Mt. Rainier
United States series.
Date: 1925.
Edition: Posthumous. "Toku" (special) seal.
Size: 21.0 x 15.25 inches.
Pencil signed and titled in English. Signed and sealed in Japanese within the image.
Reference: Abe catalog #13.
Condition: Very good color. Outer margin edge is toned.
Mt. Rainier
United States series.
Date: 1925.
Edition: Posthumous. "Toku" (special) seal.
Size: 21.0 x 15.25 inches.
Pencil signed and titled in English. Signed and sealed in Japanese within the image.
Reference: Abe catalog #13.
Condition: Very good color. Outer margin edge is toned.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1415548
(stock #Ohno020)
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Ohno Bakufu
Flying Fish (Tobiuo)
Series: Familiar Fishes of Japan (Dai Nihon gyorui gashu)
Size: Oban. Approximately 16 x 11.25 inches.
Date: 1938.
Edition: No. 260 (noted on back in pencil).
Publisher: Kyoto Hanga-in. Publisher's seals on back in English and Japanese.
Artist's signature and seal upper right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print employing mica and gofun highlights.
Condition: Light toning to former matte edge. Verso toned...
Flying Fish (Tobiuo)
Series: Familiar Fishes of Japan (Dai Nihon gyorui gashu)
Size: Oban. Approximately 16 x 11.25 inches.
Date: 1938.
Edition: No. 260 (noted on back in pencil).
Publisher: Kyoto Hanga-in. Publisher's seals on back in English and Japanese.
Artist's signature and seal upper right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print employing mica and gofun highlights.
Condition: Light toning to former matte edge. Verso toned...
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Dylund Mid-Century Modern Console Teakwood Tambour Doors 76” Wide 18” deep 30” tall Danish origin
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French Bergere Chair Louis XV Style Down Filled Upholstery circa 1900, silkier brocade fabric.,measuring 28 inch wide, 36 inch high at back, 14 inch deep.
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A magnificent aesthetic movement Taurean era bookcase Mahogany measuring 33” square and 31” tall. Very fine quality
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1380948
(stock #Jacoulet058)
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Paul Jacoulet
Une Belle De Palaos (A Beauty of Palao)
Date: November 4, 1935.
Edition: No. 291/350. Fewer than 275 impressions made.
Size: 18.5 x 14 inches.
Mandarin duck seal. Carver: Maeda. Printer: Honda.
Reference: No. 30 in The Prints of Paul Jacoulet by Richard Miles.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: Miles writes, "This was conceived and printed as a pair with No...
Une Belle De Palaos (A Beauty of Palao)
Date: November 4, 1935.
Edition: No. 291/350. Fewer than 275 impressions made.
Size: 18.5 x 14 inches.
Mandarin duck seal. Carver: Maeda. Printer: Honda.
Reference: No. 30 in The Prints of Paul Jacoulet by Richard Miles.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: Miles writes, "This was conceived and printed as a pair with No...
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Set of four Eames For Herman Miller upholstered fiberglass Armchairs Dimensions 25 inches wide by 24 inches deep by 31 inches high mid century modern seat height is 18 inches...
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Louis XV Style Bench Carved Gilded Wood upholstered in silk 67”, done in Paris during the 20th century.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1423814
(stock #Hasui474)
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Kawase Hasui
Hwasa Gate, Suwon (Mizuhra Kakomon). From the series Eight Views of Korea (Chosen Hakkei).
Date: August 1939.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.5 x 11.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe C seal (sausage seal 1929-42)...
Hwasa Gate, Suwon (Mizuhra Kakomon). From the series Eight Views of Korea (Chosen Hakkei).
Date: August 1939.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.5 x 11.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe C seal (sausage seal 1929-42)...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1960
item #1445000
(stock #1728)
Horses dash past in a fervent black mass both carved into and built up onto the paddled surface of this large vessel ballooning open from a narrow base by Nakazato Tarouemon XIII enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Inside the box is written Tataki Tsubo (Paddled Vessel), Kurabe Uma (Horse Race), exhibited Autumn 1958 at the Tokyo Mitsukoshi Sports Theme Art Exhibition; Ochawangama, Nakazato Tadao (given name of Nakazato Tarouemon XIII) followed by the artists seal. An excellent exampl...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920
item #1464189
(stock #Shotei144)
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Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Spring at Sensoji
Date: Pre-1916. Pre-earthquake.
Numbered edition: Numbered "48" inside fan seal at lower left corner. Part of the kanji character "8" is off the edge.
Size: 19.625 x 8.5 inches.
Shotei signature and seal at left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-36 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Laid down to board. Toning.
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Spring at Sensoji
Date: Pre-1916. Pre-earthquake.
Numbered edition: Numbered "48" inside fan seal at lower left corner. Part of the kanji character "8" is off the edge.
Size: 19.625 x 8.5 inches.
Shotei signature and seal at left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-36 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Laid down to board. Toning.
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All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1416813
(stock #Miller007)
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Lilian May Miller (1895-1943)
Hong Kong Junk.
Date: 1928. Marked first edition in pencil.
Signed, dated, and monogrammed within the image.
Stamped "Lilian Miller Oriental Woodcuts" in margin.
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 10.25 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back margin has marks from former matte.
Hong Kong Junk.
Date: 1928. Marked first edition in pencil.
Signed, dated, and monogrammed within the image.
Stamped "Lilian Miller Oriental Woodcuts" in margin.
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 10.25 inches.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back margin has marks from former matte.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1950
item #1359044
(stock #Kanmei001)
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Kanmei F. K. (Active 1940s)
General Douglas MacArthur, 1947.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.75 x 11.0 inches.
Edition: First and only.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears rarely used Watanabe seal at lower right margin.
Carver: Aoyanagi Isao (seal)
Printer: Ono Gintaro (seal)
Sealed by the artist and signed in English and Japanese.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Paper slightly toned. Small surface spot at right. Original drying pinholes ...
General Douglas MacArthur, 1947.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.75 x 11.0 inches.
Edition: First and only.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears rarely used Watanabe seal at lower right margin.
Carver: Aoyanagi Isao (seal)
Printer: Ono Gintaro (seal)
Sealed by the artist and signed in English and Japanese.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Paper slightly toned. Small surface spot at right. Original drying pinholes ...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1477871
(stock #Hasui630)
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Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at the Silver Pavilion (Ginkakuji no yuki)
Date: 1951.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Black 6 mm seal at lower left, indicating a first edition (1946-57).
Hasui signature and seal at lower left.
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 11.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #560.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back margins have tape residue. Two small bumps at lower margin edge repaired by conservator. Slight fading.
Snow at the Silver Pavilion (Ginkakuji no yuki)
Date: 1951.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Black 6 mm seal at lower left, indicating a first edition (1946-57).
Hasui signature and seal at lower left.
Size: Oban. 15.25 x 11.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #560.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Back margins have tape residue. Two small bumps at lower margin edge repaired by conservator. Slight fading.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1436508
(stock #Ohara251)
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Ohara Koson
Roaring Tiger
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.25 x 7.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K41.6 and cat. 134 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
"A tiger roars as it stands on a mountain ridge and looks over the crescent moon far below. The original painting for this...
Roaring Tiger
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.25 x 7.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Daikokuya.
Reference: K41.6 and cat. 134 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
"A tiger roars as it stands on a mountain ridge and looks over the crescent moon far below. The original painting for this...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1950
item #1441428
(stock #1678)
An iconic Bizen sake set by legendary artist and Living National Treasure Kaneshige Toyo enclosed in the original signed wooden box dating from the pre-war era titled Inbe yaki Tokuri. The bottle is delicately rendered and features the play of colors and textures for which he would be known, with a dark gray rim, while the cup is thinly made in a warm orange tinge. Both bear his fundo stamp on the bottom. The bottle is 11 cm (roughy 4-1/2 inches) tall and both are in perfect condition, with an...
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張大千 拄杖聽泉圖（碧綠山水畫屏系列之四） 設色鉤金紙本立軸 1959年作 款識：松雲新裹濤千尺，杖履人扶走一丘。長物随身渾已盡，看山留得两青眸。己亥五月大千居士爰。鈐印：張爰之印、大千居士、雲璈錦瑟爭為壽。出版目錄： 2006年4月：《詩外簃藏張大千書畫》（文物出版 社）施萬逸著 ; Plate 151。 2009年3月：《張大千畫集》（福建美術出版社中國名家畫集系列）；Pl...
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Japanese contemporary Kaidon tansu known as a step tansu. Comprised of three sections. Made with solid Keyaki (elm) wood, this tansu will hold many precious things within its various size drawers and compartments. Each compartment opens from both sides, so this Kaidon can be facing either direction. Its doors feature vertical slats to create an interesting contrast of texture and design. The brass hardware adds subtle decoration such as lotus pod backplates with ring pulls and scrolling warabite...
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A beautiful 1970s Persian Tabriz Carpet measuring 88” x 110”
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Glass : Italian : Murano : Pre 1950
item #925300
(stock #044)
Echo Beach Glass
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Superb Murano glass figurines by Alfredo Barbini. A colleague in Venice who is a dealer in Vintage Murano Glass told me he witnessed these figurines being made at the Barbini factory in the 1950's. They are in good condition: the red coated Moor at 10" tall is in pristine condition and the white suited one at 13.5" has a repair at the rear neck area which is not so apparent. These are excellent examples of the skill and amazing prowess that the Muranese masters possess over this magical ma...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1456295
(stock #YoshidaH052)
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Hiroshi Yoshida
Bamboo Wood
Date: 1939.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.25 x 11 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image and lower margin.
Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating self-printing by the artist.
Published by the artist.
Reference: Abe #229.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Margin has light toning and creasing.
- Depicts a scene in Saitama Prefecture.
Bamboo Wood
Date: 1939.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.25 x 11 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image and lower margin.
Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating self-printing by the artist.
Published by the artist.
Reference: Abe #229.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Margin has light toning and creasing.
- Depicts a scene in Saitama Prefecture.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1940
item #1427274
(stock #TRC209345)
![[Arashiyama/ Kyomizu/ Tatsuta] by Baisen Hirai (1889 - 1969)](https://images.trocadero.com/stores/KyotoArt/items/1427274/pict.jpg)
This masterful rendition of an idilic landscape done in the Nanga style of Chinese painting is spread across three canvases titled 1) “Arashiyama” (A district nestled at the foot of Kyoto’s eastern mountain range), 2) “Kyomizu-dera” (One of Kyoto’s most iconic temples located in the western foothills), and 3) “Tatsuta” (An area west of Kyoto on the edge of Lake Biwa, known for its expansive fields of lotus flowers). These three actual places are used as the inspiration for this f...
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A large Japanse woodblock print, by famed artist Tadashi Nakayama. The depiction is the shadow of a bronze Giboshi (architectural post) against a large Buddhist temple door, with silver leaf accent hardware. Signed, dated in pencil, number 24/50.
Dated 1961
Dimensions: 33"L x 26" H (overall) 31" L 24" H (image only)
Dated 1961
Dimensions: 33"L x 26" H (overall) 31" L 24" H (image only)
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A pair of Chinese Huanghuali trays with scalloped edges.
Date: Republic Period (1910-1920)
Dimensions: 11" diameter X .75 deep
Date: Republic Period (1910-1920)
Dimensions: 11" diameter X .75 deep
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An antique Chinese monochrome cucumber green beaker. The beaker was used as a drinking vessel. It has a cylindrical shape with a trumpet shaped top and flared base and with no handle or stem.
Date: 18th C, Qing Dynasty
Dimensions: 5.25" high X 3.5" diameter
Date: 18th C, Qing Dynasty
Dimensions: 5.25" high X 3.5" diameter
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A rare antique Chinese apple green Peking Glass snuff bottle with stopper. The bottle has rounded shoulders and a thin carved oval shaped foot. The jade lid with a coiled dragon and bone spoon. Chinese glass was largely used to imitate more precious materials such as white jade, Lapis Lazuli and other valuable minerals.
Provenance Howard Capland Collection Dimensions: 3.25" X 2.5"
Date: early 1900's
Provenance Howard Capland Collection Dimensions: 3.25" X 2.5"
Date: early 1900's
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1930
item #1399831
(stock #0449)
Momoyama Gallery
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A wonderful hand-modelled Aka Raku tea bowl with compressed ring foot and covered with a red and black glaze - made by legendary 12th generation Kichizaemon Kônyû (1857-1932). His childhood name was Kozaburo, later became Kicho (or, Yoshinaga). He was the eldest son of Keinyu, the eleventh generation master. In 1871, he succeeded the family business and became the generation master. In 1919 he retired and took the name as Kônyû. He enjoyed his retirement in practicing tea ceremony and wri...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1980
item #1413186
(stock #TRC1931)
In Japan every season and every phase of the year is marked by the presence of a flower, the most noted of course being the cherry blossoms signifying the long-awaited arrival of spring. Lesser known to the outside world is the importance of the iris flower marking the end of spring and the beginning of the summer months. Growing along river banks and in other wetland, the iris is thought to have purifying properties to ward off evil and is also associated with the expression of heroic deeds. Th...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1960
item #1429253
(stock #1543)
Raised designs in slip decorate the yellow glaze of this deep bowl by Kawai Kanjiro enclosed in a kiriwood box titled O-yu Tsutsugaki-mon Wan annotated by Kawai Toshitaka, current head of the Kawai Kanjiro Museum. This piece dates from later in the artists illustrious career, 1950s-1960s. It is 4 inches (10 cm) diameter, 3-1/4 inches (5 cm) tall and in excellent condition.
Kawai Kanjiro was a true artist by nature, and together with Hamada Shoji, set a pattern of study for modern potter...
Kawai Kanjiro was a true artist by nature, and together with Hamada Shoji, set a pattern of study for modern potter...
Zentner Collection
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Beautiful Chinese hardwood seal treasure box, possible Zitan or Wumu wood,with all over carved design of complex geometric motifs and dragons. Four drawers are hidden on each side with dividers inside for storing and organizing seals. Its stand is intricately carved with spirals and flowers. Dates from the 20th century.
Size: 9.75" L x 9.75" W x 6" H
Zentner Collection
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Japanese 4-panel screen painting depicting a scene of ducks swimming along the edge of a pond or stream. Tall grasses and rocks rise from the water. Painted in mineral colors on gold ground.
Showa Period (circa late 1940's)
Dimensions: 34 1/4" high x 60" long
Showa Period (circa late 1940's)
Dimensions: 34 1/4" high x 60" long
L'Enfant Gallery
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An original linen and silk 48 star flag Arizona and New Mexico admission, circa 1912, 70” x 48”.
Provenance: L’Enfant Gallery purchased this from the daughter of Senator Denis Di Concini, of Arizona. The flag was a gift to the Senator from Senator Carl Hayden, who had acquired the flag at the time Arizona became a State. Price reflects the provenance.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1960
item #1367679
(stock #0405)
Momoyama Gallery
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A superbly well balanced Kuro Raku Chawan made by one of the few masters of this genre, Ogawa Choraku (1912-1991), second heir to the Choraku lineage of Raku potters.
The founder of the Choraku lineage studied under Keinyu (11th Raku) and Konyu (12th Raku) of the Raku Kichizaemon family, and in 1904 with the support of Konyu, founded his own kiln in Kyoto. He received the name Choraku in 1906 by Choyuken, the head of a very influential tea ceremony association.
There ar...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1360641
(stock #Hasui301A)
Era Woodblock Prints
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Kawase Hasui
A Yangban (Korean Official)
Date: August 1935 (First and only edition)
Size: Dai-oban. Approximately 17 x 12 inches.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei #357.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
A Yangban (Korean Official)
Date: August 1935 (First and only edition)
Size: Dai-oban. Approximately 17 x 12 inches.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei #357.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Zentner Collection
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A fairly large Korean style Buddhist painting portraying the image of the Water Moon Avalokitesvara or Suwol Gwaneum in Korean. The Avalokitesvara is dressed in vestments and accessories common to the figure of a Bodhisattva and has the water vessel which offers blessings to all sentient beings. The bodhisattva is attended by a boy figure known as shan nanzi who often seen in pictorial and textual depictions in East Asian Buddhism. Age: 20th century. Size: height 105.5" width 53"
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Devotional Objects : Pre 1980
item #1191362
Zentner Collection
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A wooden sculpture carved from a single block of wood of kannon or kwan yin. The work takes inspiration from the 6th century image at Horyuji temple in Ikaruga, Nara. Jimbo Yutaka (1923~) is known throughout Japan for his wooden sculptures and has done numerous exhibitions. The work comes with a tomobako with the inscription of the title of the work and the artist's signature and seals. The work also contains a signature by the artist. Age: Late Showa Period (1970-1980). Size" height 20" width 4...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1980
item #1458890
(stock #2020-753)
GALERIE TIAGO
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Ikebana basket (hanakago) in wickerwork of polished bamboo of elongated cylindrical shape, with a twisted handle in shape of a bamboo.
Ikebana or Ka-do (the way of flowers) is a traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement. Unlike Western floral art, ikebana does not aim to emphasize only the beauty of the flowers and the harmony of colours. This art wants to enhance the vase, the stems, the leaves, the branches as much as the flower itself.
Th...
Zentner Collection
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Large russeted jade natural formed boulder with interesting variegated coloration on modern wooden base.
Zentner Collection
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Chinese cinnabar lacquer box in the form of a lobed squash or fruit with stem for handle, deeply carved with intricate scenes of flowers and butterflies, interior is lacquered black.
Mid 20th century.
Size: 6" wide x 3 1/2" high including stem
Mid 20th century.
Size: 6" wide x 3 1/2" high including stem
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1468458
(stock #Keith007)
Era Woodblock Prints
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Elizabeth Keith (1887-1956)
Chinese Matriarch, Soochow
Date: 1934.
Sheet size: 17.625 x 13.625 inches. Image size: 13.25 x 11.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
Medium: Colored etching.
Provenance: Henry McBride collection.
Condition: Upper right corner margin crease. Tape at top back margin.
Notes: Richard Miles opined that this is one of Keith's greatest images and noted that the etching was produced...
Chinese Matriarch, Soochow
Date: 1934.
Sheet size: 17.625 x 13.625 inches. Image size: 13.25 x 11.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
Medium: Colored etching.
Provenance: Henry McBride collection.
Condition: Upper right corner margin crease. Tape at top back margin.
Notes: Richard Miles opined that this is one of Keith's greatest images and noted that the etching was produced...