Description: A Japanese Satsuma ware vase with hand painted scenes on four square sides. The vase has a wonderful motif of Buddhist themes of Rakan, Kannon and Japanese geisha ladies in a garden. Two of the motifs have the perfected saints of the Buddhist tradition (Rakan) and the other two sides have four geishas in garden settings with a flowering wisteria tree overhead and a gilt foo lion in relief at the shoulder. These four side panels are surrounded by finely painted designs in gilt a ...click for details
Japanese Banko ware vase in brown tapestry with applied decorations of flying cranes and white chrysanthemum flowers in low relief. There are also multi colored enamel and gilt stems, leaves and small flowers applied in relief. A ring of white dots is applied around the lower section of the body.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Marks: There is an impressed maker’s mark on the bottom of the vase.
Date: Early 1900’s.
Size/Weight: 6”H x 5”Diameter
Exceptionally fine tall Japanese porcelain vase with a flaring rim and fluted edge. It has a blue ground with a combination of applied lacquer and underglaze enamel designs. The first of the four reserves is decorated with a scene of Japanese sail boats in the midst of other designs, including mountains, trees, flowers and a fish net. The second reserve scene is of fans with cherry blossoms and peonies. The third scene is of a flying bird on the neck of the vase, with its beak open. Below t ...click for details
Vintage Japanese transfer ware (inbante method) blue and white porcelain charger with a piecrust edge. The Meiji period was known for its transition of Japanese art, because new foreign materials and techniques were introduced that blended the old and new into modern styles of artistic expression. Transfer ware was one of the techniques that was first introduced in Japan after the end of the Edo period of isolation. The plate has an underglaze blue design with two alternating designs around th ...click for details
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Japanese gilt lacquer on wood document box, with an overlapping lid. The top is decorated with gold maki-e (sprinkled-gilt design)with metal fittings and ring loops. The top features gilt raised cranes flying over gold raised pine trees. the bottom has gold raised trees with the metal fittings and ring loops. The interior of the box is decorated throughout with gold flakes in a translucent, amber-colored lacquer. The size is 10-3/8" Long x 3-3/8" High x 4" Deep; weighs 1 lb. Th ...click for details
Japanese Hina Emperor and Empress in seated position on silk cushions and thrones in custom original box. The dolls have the early style carved wood faces and hands, covered in white gofun, and feature glass eyes. They have their original headdresses and flags are mounted behind the figures. They are in custom made wood cabinets (glass is missing). The sizes of dolls are 4-1/2" H x 5-1/2" W x 2-1/2" D, and the wooden cabinet is 11-1/2" H x 15-1/2" W x 6-1/8" D, a ...click for details
