Japanese Vintage Indigo dye cotton Stripe boro Tattered Patched noragi Pants. size:Length 82cm( 32.2") Hip 100cm (39.3")

Item Title: Authentic Native American basket Culture:Paiute / Washoe Age: 1890`s - 1910`s Made of: Vegetable fibers Provenance: Ex-OR estate Measurements: 3 1/4 inches tall x 5 inches diameter. Se picture with can for comparison of measurements Condition: Good, nice patina.

Item Title:Native American basket Culture: Tsimshian Age: 1890`s - 1920`s Made of: Vegetable fibers Provenance: Ex-OR estate Measurements: 5 inches tall x 7 inches diameter. Se picture with can for comparison of measurements Condition: Good, nice patina.

Ivory netsuke of a sitting courtier (recognizable by his tall hat) wearing formal garments and holding an open fan in his hands. Extremely well carved out of beautiful even ivory with cross-hatching pattern seen on the bottom of the piece. Excellent clean carving with expert polychrome decoration, wonderful level of detail, perfectly captured facial expression. Signed RYOSEI on the bottom - this very distinct carver is discussed in CONTEMPORARY NETSUKE by Miriam Kinsey, p. 225...

Two panels of yellow coarse cotton ground sewn together. Painted and printed with a leopard, snake and four quails. These cloths were used in Afghanistan for a special hunting technique of partridges. Please refer to the article about these textiles in "Asian Textiles: NEWSLETTER OF THE OXFORD ASIAN TEXTILE GROUP", No. 40. From an old Swiss collection. Condition: very good. Dimension: approx. 105 cm x 105 cm.

Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Snow at Hinuma Swamp, Mito, 1947.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the 6 mm seal, indicating a lifetime edition produced between 1946 and 1957.
Condition: Some toning and fading.
This print is difficult to find in this edition.

This rare Noh theater mask is a representation of Ikkaku Sennin, the one horn character born of a doe...

This Noh theater mask is a representation of Mikazuki (third day moon, in Japanese), a divine character who appears in many plays.

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The mask is beautifully crafted and in excellent condition.
Dimensions: 21 x 14 cm (8.4 x 5.6 in)

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Possibly of Malinke origin, the features of this wooden figure recall sculptures from both the Dogon and Bamana peoples. Made from a tight-grained wood and exhibiting a varied, medium brown, shiny patina, the figure stands 16" tall. The right arm is missing, and has been gone for quite awhile since the break shows an old surface. Metal eyes have been inserted. Early 20th century. Old private Florida collection since the 1980's.

Finely carved dance crest representing a female bust with an elaborate coiffe. Wood, with glossy dark-brown patina. Africa, Nigeria, Idoma Peoples. Height: 11 1/8" (28,2 cm). The piece is nicely mounted on a custom bronze stand. Old insect infestation (no danger), otherwise very good condition. Ex. old French collection.

A Yixing Zisha Teapot, 20th Century. Exhibiting a cylindrical barrel-shaped body attached with a long double curve handle and a long upright spout and a small convex lid with a small round knob. Ornamented on one side with a Mao medallion accompanying an enamel running script calligraphy on the other side. The base is stamped with the 'trademark' of Shi Dabing. Height: 12.5cm. Length: 15cm.

A pair of Japanese carved wooden statues of the deities, Ebisu and Daikoku. The small shrine comes from Izumo Taisha, one of the few major shrines in Japan. The central deity of Izumo is Okuni Nushi no Mikoto and the name Okuninushi is also read Daikoku, hence the association with the fortune god. The shrine contains a stamp on the door with the name of the shrine. Age: 1960s. Size: height 3.25" width 2" length 3.5"

late qing mark is of the period they are very run to the touch

approx. 37cm in height, 12cm in diameter (14.6in, 4.7in)

Very scarce as a hidden modern Mingei masterpiece hardly seen today.
Original extra-large vintage kokeshi doll of papier mache, by Igarashi Yutaka (1928-1982), an influential and representative artist in Nasu Heights, who had succeeded the tradition and the style of local art crafts of Nasu region and combined his creativity into works as well...

Lovely Art Deco bronze flower vase from the early Showa period, C.1930. Base has a rim of jewel-like elegance in fine relief. The top rim also has a wonderful diaper motif. Very good condition. Ask for shipping quote form California warehouse. H:9" x Diameter: 8"