A Rare Bizen Stoneware Jar Dated 1819. Bunsei Period.

Ht. 10 ins. (25.4 cms) This handsome Bizen jar is typical of the products of the ancient kilns of Bizen with the mottled glaze caused by flying ash in the firing. Unusually it has a dated inscription which reads from right to left. 1st. line " 2nd. year of Bunsei (1819) 16th. year of the 60 year zodiac cycle, lucky day". Middle line "Tenryo Kurashiki". Left hand line "made for or by Kado-ya"...

A Japanese Bizen-yaki Stoneware Vase. Middle Edo Period.

Ht. 6 3/4 ins. (17.3 cms) Diam. 7 3/4 (19.8 cms) This fine example of "real" Japanese pottery was made at the Bizen kilns during the 18th. century. The shape is distantly related to archaic Chinese bronzes but with an identifiably Japanese character. It would have been used for ikebana displays...

A Japanese Folding Woodblock Printed Fan by Yamamoto Shunkyo 1871-1933

Ht. of fan 10 3/4 ins. (27.3 cms) Max. width opened 17 7/8 ins. (45.5 cms) This beautifully printed fan is by Shunkyo, a major figure on the Kyoto art scene and member of the Imperial Art Committee. It is one of a small collection of Taisho fans recently found in Kyoto and is it excellent unused condition, The reverse is gold with a cracked ice pattern. Note the pierced bamboo outer sticks...

A Japanese Folding Woodblock Printed Fan by Tessai 1837-1924.

Ht. of fan 12 3/4 ins...

A Japanese Folding Woodblock Printed Fan by Takeuchi Seiho 1864-1942

Ht. of fan 10 3/4 ins. (27.3 cms) Max. width of opened fan 16 3/4 ins (42.5 cms). Seiho was one of the greatest painters and designers of his era. His fan designs are scarce if they have been mounted as a folding fan. This fan is part of a small collection of Taisho period fans recently found in Kyoto and is in excellent unused condition. The design is of a sparrow frightened off by a bird scarer. The lower part of the ...

A Rare Japanese Folding Fan by Kitano Tsunetomi (1880-1947)

Ht. of fan 11 1/2 ins (29.3 cms) Max. width opened 18 1/2 ins. (47 cms). Tsunetomi was mainly known as a painter and did comparatively few print designs, the best know being the "Heron maiden". This fan design is a rare survivor as most folding fans, if much used, soon become very worn and were usually discarded. The fan is published in a Japanese book on Tsunetomi where is is dated to Taisho 9 (1920) ....see photo.

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This very rare and attractive porcelain bowl was made early in the history of the Arita kilns, c. 1650 - 1670. The makers of Arita porcelain in this early period were heavily influenced by Chinese Late Ming Dynasty & Transitional porcelain and early Arita porcelain can easily be mistaken for Chinese Ming Dynasty porcelain. This bowl has been nicely decorated with the karakusa pattern that resembles the ...

A Fine Japanese Shijo School Drawing by Dozan. Late Edo Period

10 1/2 x 9 1/4 ins. (26.7 x 23.5 cms) This superb Shijo drawing of a woman carrying a ladder and a stool on her head is sealed Dozan, a plainly very accomplished artist whose identity remains a mystery. Several drawings by the artist have come on to the market since the 1960s. At Christies London on 17th. June 1996 an album of 22 similar drawings by the artist were sold for GBP 3680. The brisk confident brushwork and sensitive...

This impressive figure of Shou Lao, the God of Longevity, was made during the 16th - early 17th century at the Cizhou kilns in the north of China. The figure sits on an integrated rectangular base with his head turned slightly to his right, beside a recumbent deer. It is made from porcelaneous ware and coated in a creamy-white glaze on top of which it is decorated with iron oxide giving various shades of brown and flesh col...

This interesting vase dates to the second half of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). Each side features a moulded dragon against a background of waves and clouds. It is made from a sandy yellow stoneware and was most likely made in Shanxi province in the north of China. The outer surface, and inner mouth, are coated in a white slip on top of which is a very attractive and finely-crackled turquoise glaze. 

Height 21.5 cm (8.5 inches). There ...