A very beautiful Japanese lacquered ginger jar, in contrasting colors of black and red lacquers. This has been one of my personal favorites and comes from my private collection. The jar dates to the 1940's and is in excellent condition and measures 6.5” high x 5” diameter.

A shadow before the moon, the call echoes in the dark, the cuckoo: a fine painting in the truest Nihonga tradition by Imao Keisho (1903-1993) enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Ink on paper with fine brocade border, the scroll measures 39 x 113 cm (15-1/2 x 44-1/2 inches).
Imao Keisho was born in Kyoto in May of 1903 the son of Imao Keinen (1845 - 1924), one of the most influential painters of the early 20th century...

A large flaring bronze dating from the first half of the Meiji period with key frets top and bottom and a band of sculpted waves crashing about rocks in which turtles play. On the base is a circular dragon dial in relief. The vessel is 15 inches (38 cm) tall, 9-1/2 inches (24.5 cm) diameter at the top, and in fine condition. There is a fan shaped inset in the rim, possible covering the stem where the bronze was poured into the mold. Fine detail and an excellent cast.

Old (1950) Japanese Cast Iron Owl Garden Lamp Lantern

It is 11 inches (28cm) tall by 7 inches (18cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no cracks, chips and repairs except overall rust.

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Stone natural-form mizubachi (water basin). Edo Period ca. 1800. Desirable loss. Excellent lichen accumulation.

Height: 10.5 cm
Maximum upper diameter: 26 cm
Depth: 5 cm.

Roughly textured, irregularly formed, lichen encrusted, desirably time-tempered. Wabi-sabi perfection. Uncommon.

Old Japanese Sterling Silver Salt Pepper Korean Couple Marked "Sterling 950"

The woman is 2.9 inches (7.5cm) tall by 1.3 inches (3.2cm) wide, and the man is 2.8 inches (7.2cm) tall by 1.3 inches (3.2cm) wide

They are in good condition with no repairs, chips, nor cracks, except surface scratches at the bottom, and small dent at the edge of the man's bottom (as seen in the photos).

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Vintage Japanese Wood Inlaid Puzzle Box

It is 2.9 inches (7cm) tall, and 6 inches (15cm) long by 4 inches (10cm) wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, nor cracks.

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A superb Meiji period uchidashi brass/bronze vase featuring the Kaze-no-Kami (god of wind) dashing through the cloud filled sky in raised relief. The term uchidashi (literally hammered out) describes pieces with raised textures which have been beaten out from the inside, leaving an impression both inside and out. The vase has been hand formed into its current baluster shape by hammer, leaving a stunning texture darkened with age...

Here is a roughly textured E-karatsu dish from the kiln of Nakazato Tarouemon XII (Father of the current Tarouemon, d. 1969) enclosed in the original signed and stamped wooden box. Perfect for serving sweets during the tea ceremony. Inside the dish is decorated with a heavily laden rice stalk, symbol of prosperity. It is 8 inches (20 cm) in diameter and in perfect condition.

Stone depiction of Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu, dated to the third year of the Anei Era (1774), mid-Edo Period. Virtually pristine condition, with excellent lichen accumulation.

Height 45.5 cm, Width 23.2 cm, Depth 16.7 cm.

Of all the deities in the Buddhist pantheon, only one, Nyoirin Kannon, is depicted invariably in the seated pose of royal ease...

This wonderful tea bowl is a Hagi-yaki (Hagi ware). Hagi-yaki has been made since the end of the 16th century in the region of Hagi, a small city in the Yamaguchi prefecture on the Sea of Japan. A Korean potter, who was brought back to Japan at that time, started the tradition. This particular piece was made by a fairly well known Hagi potter named Yamane Seigen, born in 1952. He is also a martial arts instructor and high levels of energy and concentration can be found in his pottery...

Large Japanese Kutani White Shishi & Pup Signed

The shishi is 14 inches tall, and 4.75 inches by 3 inches wide.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, nor cracks, except a manufacture firing crack at the stand (as seen in the photos).

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Pair of Japanese Kutani foliate form export porcelain plates very finely decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt highlights. One plate features a central Hotei figure (one of the Seven Gods of Good Luck) and the second the diety Fudo Myo-o, carrying in his hand the rope with which he binds the enemies of the Buddhist faith. Two dragons among clouds encircle the exterior cavetto. Various family crests are scattered around the front and back...

Drinking dancing and shamisen playing, a skeleton crew doing donchan-sawagi on the back of a pale gray jiban crepe-silk kimono. The figures are performed in the painstaking shibori technique where each dot is hand knotted before dying, each laborious knot making up one dot in the matrix of the design. The piece likely dates from the Meiji to early Taisho era, late 19th to early 20th century. This is not one of the modern bleached versions of this theme, but an antique original...

This splendid red Raku-yaki tea bowl is yet another example of utsushi-chawan (mirror chawan) made by Kyoto potters from the Meiji period (1867-1912) until the beginning of the 20th century. They modeled their pieces after the ones made by the Raku family of potters, and allowed ordinary people of that time to acquire ware that had been reserved to the aristocracy...