An English or French shagreen and white metal etui made to hold a single perfume flask. Shagreen, called galuchat in France, is the skin of the shark or ray. The white metal is probably silver, it is not hallmarked and I have no way of testing it. 1930's.
A traveler’s portable Buddhist shrine, repousse silver front on a copper body, 20th century manufacture. Although of no great age I could not resist this gau because of its wonderful handwork, it seems to be a distinct cut above the rest. A central opening is surrounded by a frieze of fabulous animals within a larger border of the eight Buddhist objects amongst scrolling flowers. My ...click for details
A FINE JAPANESE WOODBLOCK KABUKI PRINT BY UENO TADAMASA. 1941
This fine design is part of a series entitled Eighteen Kabuki Makeups (Kabuki kumadori juhachi ban) published by the celebrated publisher, Watanabe Shozaburo in 1941, this design titled "the Two Line Makeup of Matsuo. This was a superb series of which this design is probably the most striking. Tadamasa Ueno (1904-1970) is known for his dramatic kabuk ...click for details
