Japanese woodblock print by Torii Kiyotada VII (1875-1941) depicting an actor portraying a beauty in kimono holding a bamboo pole with an empty basket on the end from the series "Eighteen Master Plays of the Ichikawa Family." The print dates from the late Meiji to early Taisho Period (circa 1910). The artist's signature and red seal are at the upper left. The paper size is 9 7/8"V x 6 7/8"H. The print is in very good overall condition with only very minor soiling evident ...click for details
Japanese bronze hibachi with a copper colored patina densely decorated in relief with two opposing panels featuring Chinese scholars and an old man and child in a pine grove. Lion head relief handles at the sides. Late Meiji Period (circa 1900). 7"H x 7 1/4" diameter. Excellent overall condition with a nice patina.
Japanese round-form bronze kagami (mirror) decorated in relief with a motif of cranes among pines. The perforated knob in the center, which is designed to hold a tassel, is in the form of a tortoise. 19th century or earlier. 4 3/4" diameter. Excellent condition. For centuries, mirrors were customarily given to temples and shrines as offerings to deities. According to Merrily Baird in "Symbols of Japan: Thematic Motifs in Art and Design,” the Chinese style round mirrors remained i ...click for details
Large Japanese 19th century Imari porcelain 9 5/8” diameter x 3 ¾”H deep bowl. This piece was quite likely produced for New Year's celebration purposes in the year of the rabbit. A central roundel is bordered in an underglaze blue comb pattern band. It features an overglaze enameled Ship of Good Fortune (takarabune), which is laden with treasures and is known to carry the Seven Gods of Good Luck into port at New Year’s. The exterior and interior sides are decorated in underglaze blue and ...click for details
Large heavily potted Japanese Meiji period Imari porcelain 9 7/8” diameter x 3 ½”H deep bowl. A central roundel contains the “three friends” (pine, prunus and bamboo) motif in underglaze blue with touches of rust-red and gilt highlights. The interior and exterior sides are decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamels with gilt highlights in four alternating small and large vignettes featuring a sage meditating under a pine tree and ducks surrounded by flowering plants. The ca ...click for details
Japanese Meiji period Imari porcelain 6” diameter x 2 ¾”H deep bowl. The center of the bowl holds a circular shochikubai pattern in underglaze blue depicting the “three friends” (pine, prunus and bamboo). The exterior is decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamel with gilt highlights and features six alternating bird and flower cartouches set against a rust-red and gilt geometric patterned background. A ¾” wide band at the rim holds a Chinese-style pattern of three dragons ch ...click for details
Japanese Meiji Period “kuchi-e” (magazine frontispiece) woodblock print by Kaburagi Kiyokata (1878-1973) dating circa 1900. The print depicts two beauties at leisure viewing the ocean. Two cups of tea and an assortment of sea shells are beside them. One beauty holds a long pipe. Measures just under 11"V x 8 3/8"H. “Kuchi-e” woodblock printed illustrations were folded and inserted into the front of literary magazines and popular novels. Good color and overall condition. Not backed. Tw ...click for details
Kutani porcelain tea pot decorated on opposing sides in polychrome enamels with a beauty wearing a kimono in a landscape surrounded by flowering foliage. The scenes are bordered in aka-e (red painted) bands with gilt highlights. The spout, handle and finial are also aka-e with gold. The lid features two fans with flowers. A stylized "Kutani" mark is on the base. Dates from the late Meiji to early Taisho period (circa 1900 - 1915). 7"H to the top of the finial. Very good ove ...click for details
Kutani porcelain plate decorated in polychrome enamel and gilt highlights with three cartouches. One features a landscape scene, the second has white birds executed in moriage flying above pines, and the third contains two nobles. The vignettes are set against a cloud patterned background with gilt highlights. The back is decorated around the circumference with a pine and cherry blossom motif. It is marked in kanji in overglaze rust-red "Kutani Doi made." Dates from the late Meiji ...click for details
Japanese Meiji period "aka-e" (red) Kutani deep bowl finely decorated on the interior in overglaze rust-red and gilt highlights with three cartouches featuring two scholars in a bamboo grove, a bird in flight over foliage, and a spray of flowers, all set against a dense geometric patterned background. The exterior is decorated in three vignettes featuring foliage on rockery, a landscape scene, and a scholar reading a book. The base holds a red three-character mark reading in Japanese ...click for details
