Qing Dynasty (19th century) Chinese Manchu style robe decorated in embroidered dragons chasing flaming pearls (symbolizing the Buddhist notion of enlightenment) executed in gold-couched thread on a blue silk ground. The eight full-face and profile four-clawed dragons are surrounded by clouds and various auspicious symbols. The dragon's eyes are accented in black and white. An embroidered panel surrounding the neckline is filled with additional dragons running across the top of waves. The bo ...click for details
Large Ming Longquan celadon charger with everted rim, the center decorated with an incised floral design surrounded by an incised cross pattern around the cavetto. A crackled glaze covers the undecorated underside. The orange base is unglazed within the ringed foot. 14 1/8” diameter x 3” high. Circa 15th century. Very good overall condition with some original production flaws to the interior. From the private collection of a former American expatriate to Guangzhou in 1983-1984. Please not ...click for details
Antique Chinese scholar's desk soft wood (possibly cypress) root sculpture depicting the "three star gods," representing longevity, happiness, and wealth. The god of wealth holds a small child representing wishes for future good fortune through healthy offspring. Measures nearly 11" high by 12" long. Late Qing dynasty to early Republic period. Very good overall condition. There is old bug damage to the back of two heads which appears at one time to have been filled (se ...click for details
Original limited edition hand colored etching titled "Haggling" featuring Korean women in a marketplace by German artist Willy Seiler (born 1903) from his Korean series. Signed in pencil on the lower margin. Reverse with limited Korean edition seal marked Plate #68A/110, stamped in red "original hand colored," and with Seiler's address in Japan (see enlargements). Willy Seiler's etchings captured the essence of life in rural Japan. They were enormously popular with th ...click for details
Chinese covered jar decorated in colorful polychrome enamels with two phoenix birds set against flowers and butterflies in a garden setting. Late 19th century to circa 1900. 12" high x about 9" diameter. Very good overall condition. This piece is from a local Tucson estate.
Chinese late Qing to early Republic period ceramic modeled container shaped like a "ha ma," or toad, with a hollow body and flat base covered in a monochrome pearl glaze with a seeded finish. Measures about 10 ½”L x 9 ¼”W x 6”H. There are some old surface cracks visible. The back section appears to have been restored and the gray areas in the pearl glaze appear to be old restorations which were executed in China. There does not seem to have been any effort to disguise these repairs ...click for details
Square form travelling scholar's ink box with rounded corners featuring a center circular medallion inscribed with calligraphy and surrounded by a stylized floral wreath. The copper base holds a “baitong” mark and what appears to be a maker’s mark (see enlargement 6). 19th century. Measures just over 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” x 7/8.” Very good overall condition with wear consistent with its age and use. The base is slightly dented. This piece is from the private collection of American expatriates wh ...click for details
Oversized modern limited edition Japanese woodblock print depicting a rural farming scene viewed through a forest by Unno Mitsuhiro (1939-1979). Signed in kana “Mitsuhiro” and dated 1972 in white ink at the lower left corner of the image. Pencil-signed “M. Unno,” titled in kanji, and numbered 16/100 in the lower right margin. Paper size nearly 19”V x 24 ½”H (image: 15 1/8”V x 21 ¼”H). Very good overall condition with a faint mat burn evident (see enlargement 5). There are a few small ink sp ...click for details
Japanese "sosaku hanga" woodblock print titled "Angel with Biwa" by Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991). Pencil-signed and numbered 92/100 in the lower margin. The bottom margin also bears a black ink title, in Japanese, the date 1962, and a red seal. The artist's signature is in red ink at the lower left corner of the image. A watermark is in the lower left margin corner. The paper measures nearly 17"V x 11 1/4"H (image: 14 1/2"V x 9 3/4"H). Very good o ...click for details
Large Chinese 19th century bombe form stoneware censer with incurving neck and everted rim, high ringed foot, and applied opposing lion-head handles on the shoulders, covered overall with a pale grayish-white Ge style crackle glaze ground. The glaze extends slightly over the rounded rim and to the edge of the foot. The base and interior are unglazed. Measures 9” diameter including lion-head handles (8” diameter of the rim), by 5 ¼” high (7” high on the stand). Very good overall condition. C ...click for details
