Catalog (1156)

Two(2) Chinese Fabric Covered Storage Boxes, one is older - 10" wide, 6" high, 6" deep, and newer one - 2 section inside, 11 1/2" wide, 5 " high, 6" deep.

Korean hanging Brown Lacquered Wooden Sword Rack, or Sword Display Shelf, vintage 1960, 26" wide, 22" high, 4 1/2" deep-bottom rack, three(3) Brass inlaid flying geese decoration on the top panel and 3 rows of the curved holders on both sides to hold each sword. One lower holder is glued together, please see photographs.

Pair Japanese Bronze Candlesticks, with complete set of Utensils, 2 covered pots and 2 pairs of tweezers, Ca. 1920, 25 1/2" high, 10" diameter for base with open cut design around gallery trim, hanging hook for tweezers, some old waxes are still remain caused some green color of oxidation on the round base.

Pair Chinese Hardwood Display Stand, small Scroll shape, 2" wide, 1 1/4" deep, 1/2" high, with bold beautiful natural grains, in good condition.

Pair Chinese Hardwood Scroll shape small Display Stand, 2" wide, 1 3/8" deep, 1/2" high, with beautiful natural wood grains, in good condition.

Chinese Rosewood Scroll shape small highly polished Display Stand, 2" wide, 1 1/8" deep, 5/8" high, in good condition.

Japanese Flag Fan, Paper and Bamboo, 11 1/2" long, in good condition.

Japanese Red lacquer finish Album with Black paper folder inside, 8 3/4" x 6 1/4" wide, 1 1/4" deep, 1970's vintage old album.

Japanese Red Lacquer Sake Dish, Meiji period, Ca. 1900, 6 1/4" diameter, 1 1/2" high, representing Japanese Makie Lacquer techniques used, Gold Castle, Silver Lacquered wall, trees and Mountains with peaceful fishing boat in the lake. This Sake Dish is "as is" small chip on top, two(2) areas on the side restored, please see photos.

19th century Pair Chinese Rosewood Wall hanging Brackets, folding Wall Display Shelves, Ca. 1900 - 1920, 9 1/2" high, 7" wide, 3 3/4" deep, carved marking "China" on the back lower area on both, wide open carved polished Rosewood of the fruit like Buddha's Hand and continuing vines with leaves, folding flat supported by brass hinges, and brass hanging hook in the back on top. It is very difficult to find as a pair for this kind of quality wide open polished Rosewood Wall hanging Display Shelves. The condition is good, no modification or restoration.

Japanese Military Solder's Canteen, early 1900's, 7" high, 3 1/2" wide, 3" deep, with embossed pewter like surface with curved Brass Hook in the back and top use as a cup which attached with rope. All original condition with wooden cap and other brass pipe for air.

Korean Wood Oil Lamp and White Porcelain Oil Pot and cover, Joseon Dynasty 19th Century, 19" high, 8" widest point on the bottom, Octagonal shape wooden bottom with column wrapped with ornamental Brass cover with ring in the middle section below the wooden cup, White Porcelain oil pot fitted inside the wooden cup with the cut out area for the porcelain handle. The condition is all original including porcelain oil pot with top.

Japanese Keyaki Wood front heavy weight two(2) section Tansu with heavy black Iron Eagle mounted and back plates plus Brass Turtle, Meiji period, 1890's, 46" high, 48" wide, 17 1/2" deep with two(2) long graduated size drawers on top section, lower section consist of one(1) shorter drawer on the left side and two(2) small drawers hidden inside heavily mounted hinged with black iron door. Black Iron raised Eagle back plates with Brass Turtle around key holes, handles are also heavy weight black iron, all the corners are wrapped around with black iron. Tansu has square wide and long handles for carrying on the side, and bottom and top sections can be fasted with these side handles, mixed wood inside the drawer, Cedar wood smells good. The condition is all original.

Vintage Glass Paperweight, Bookend, 1960's, with pink floral, the condition is good.

Vintage Glass Paperweight, 1960's, 3 1/4" diameter, 2 3/4" high, the condition is good.

Vintage Paperweight, 1960's, 3 1/4" diameter, 2 3/4" high, scratch on top.

Glass paper weight, Vintage 1960's, 3 1/4" diameter, 2 3/4" high, some scratches on top.

Pair Glass Paperweights, Bookends, Vintage around 1960's, 3 1/2" wide, 4 1/4" high, oval shape, Burgundy color floral pattern, the condition is good.

Korean 19th Century Joseon Dynasty heavy Elm Wood Coin Chest with Black Iron mounted, Ca. 1860 to 1887, 37" Wide, 19" Deep, 14" high, heavy thick bold grain Elm Wood and Black Iron mounted plus dovetailed each front and back bottom section and also both sides, with hinged Black Iron wooden top, lift up the top to open. One Board thick Elmwood used on each side, front, back and both sides. Half moon shape black iron handles on top of the flower shape backplates on both sides.

Japanese large three(3) section Kimono Tansu with ornate decorative simple hardware, Ca. 1920, 60" high, 47" wide, upper section has two(2) sliding doors reveals open space with shelves on the right side, and two(2) small drawers for lady's necessary assortment and jewelry in the left side above three(3) large drawers horizontally next each other and middle drawer has lock compartment with very pretty flower shape metal lock backplate. Middle section contains three(3) pull out long trays for storage of the large Kimono behind the two(2) large blind doors with lock compartment with flower shape back plate. Finally bottom section has two(2) long wide graduated size drawers, with contains lock compartment with flower shape back plate. This Tansu has a beautiful wood grains and all hardware are original. All 3 sections are lock in place using hardware on the side of the Tansu automatically, the condition is good.

4 Japanese Oribe Ceramic Tea Dishes, Plates, 6 1/2" diameter, 1 1/4" high, maples leaves and other plants over the running stream. The condition is good.

Japanese Oribe Ceramic Pottery Deep Dish for Tea Ceremony Serving dish with Wave pattern, 6 1/2" square, 1 3/4" high, incised marking with Japanese Kanji on the bottom. The condition is good.

Large size Lenox Rose Pattern Porcelain and Sterling Rim serving Charger, Platter, Ca. 1930's, 14 1/2" diameter, 3" high, and 1" wide for Sterling Rim with repoussé repeated pattern and multiple smaller rose and floral design in outer circle, and large bouquet of floral design in the center. Marked "Lenox, made in USA" in green, "Lenox Rose" in purple plus sterling marked "Wallace Sterling 4179" on the bottom. The condition is good, no damages.

Eleven(12) Tiffany mark English Derby Porcelain Dinner Plates, Ca. 1906, 10" diameter, with Cobalt Blue and encrusted Gold Border and Jeweled white raised Dots along the Encrusted Gold Drape design. Under the plate on the bottom marked "Royal Crown Derby, England, Tiffany & Co. New York" in red, and also impressed mark as "Derby 2-06", and top near the bottom rim numbered "7670R" in red. Some inner decorated with gold is worn, no damages, no restoration was done for this set.

Chinese Kangxi Famille Verte Porcelain deep scalloped edge Dish, Ca. 1662-1722, 4 3/4" diameter, 3/4" high deep scalloped rim, enamel overglazed Famille Verte design of Peony flowers in the urn within fenced garden inside the fan shape cartouche. Beautifully hand molded deep scalloped edge rim with repeated leaf shape design filled with green vine and leafy design. Underglaze blue Kangxi Rabbit mark and half circle inside the blue double circle underneath. Unglazed rim on the bottom has imperfect area is original Kiln mark. No restoration was done on this dish, this is a one of the best art work during the Kangxi period.

Japanese Samurai Warrior in full Armor on Noma Uma Black horse, special small tough Horse in Japan on black wooden stand, Ca. 1910, 15 1/2" high with stand, Samurai on Horse Doll is 12" high, 10" x 5" wide, fully dressed with typical Samurai Warrior outfit, with brocade cloth and some metal and paper decoration on the Armor outfit. Horse and Samurai have glass eyes, one eyebrow on left side lost some thick black hair. Old Paper Label said "Made in Japan" underneath the wooden stand, signed Kanji in black ink on the edge of the frame on the bottom. The condition is reasonably good despite of delicate materials and all the detailed sewing and different parts were used.

Japanese Wood Block Print, "Eisen" in black lacquered frame and mat, 18' x 14 for frame size, 14' x 9' for image size, Mt. Fuji background in bright orange color sunset, fishing boats going out in the Lake, and it is in good condition.

Six(6) panel Japanese Screen, early 1930's, 52" wide when all open, 8 1/2" wide for each panel, and 14" high, Water Color Painting of Japanese Farming Village Daily Life, boy on the Buffalo or Ox playing flute instrument while father is working in the farm, village people having lunch during lunch break by the lake, Monk is going rounds, village store owners are selling steamed buns in the mountain background, with brocaded silk border within black lacquered wood frame. the style of brush strokes for each panel is just beautiful and shows the Japanese country side customs and lives in early olden days. The condition is good, no damages.

Japanese Woodblock Print by "Tsuchiya Koitsu" "Hachiman Shrine" with two(2) women in in Kimono in front of the Shrine, dated 1938, 11 1/4" x 17" high-paper size, 10 1/2" x 15 1/2"-image size, some stains and some paste mark remain on the corners in the back, this print was out of mat and frame, and later edition.

Japanese Mizuya, one(1) piece Kitchen cabinet, Meiji period, 1880-1900, 68" high, 33" wide(top and bottom moldings are 5" wider), 15" deep, Persimmon wood drawer front with Copper handles on all drawers, all inlaid Persimmon wood arrows indicate the top up direction, two(2) frosted glass sliding doors above the metal mesh screen doors (one carving section is missing), stylish wooden display shelves are inside the sliding glass doors, constructed with side moldings on both sides. This small stylish kitchen cabinet was in use daily in private estate in Wash. DC area for many years.

Pair New York Brass Wall Sconces, 16" high, 9" wide, 7" deep from wall to front, stamped "Sterling Bronze" "New York", early 1900's, consisting two(2) Federal style Candle arms with Urn top in the center, original Brass Bobesches with tall thin sleeves, newly wired and ready to connect to the wall outlets. The condition is good.

Empire period Gilded on Wood Sconce, Ca. early 1800's, 15" high, 9" deep, 6" diameter-back plate, wire is ready to connect on to your wall, Gilding is old and shows old patina, no restoration was done, most parts are all original gilding except sleeve to hide the electrical part are new.

Pair Empire period Gilded on Wood Sconces, Ca. early 1800's, 13" high, 11" deep, 6 1/2" wide-back plate, ready to install, no need for rewiring, with fluted round back and graceful arms connected to Candle sleeves made of original Gold color metal parts. One sconce has split on the thick heavy wood back plate in the center, the other sconce is in good condition. Gilding is worn and missing in some areas of the vermeil Gilding surface. The condition is shown in the pictures, nothing is restored except cover of white sleeve to hide the inside electrical parts. The buyer has the choice to include the used white silk shade or not. Please inquire.

3 pieces trio set of Chinese Export Famille Rose Porcelain set, consist of the Tea Bowl, Saucer and a demitasse cup with handle, Ca. 1800, 5" diameter(saucer), 3" diameter and 1 3/4" high(tea bowl), 2 1/4" high and 3 1/8" wide include handle(demitasse cup), decorated overglaze gold and orange color of Initials "JMB" within pink floral drapes along the rim as well as inner circle, demitasse cup has restored chip on the rim, tea bowl and saucer are in good condition.

Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Tea Bowl and Saucer, ca. 1800, 3 1/2" diameter and 1 7/8" high(tea bowl), 5 1/2"diameter and 1 1/8" high(saucer), overglaze enamel design of small flowers and bugs within fluted rim. Saucer has two(2) small frits 1/8" wide and 3/8" long and glaze hair line extended from the frit on the rim 1/2" long.

Pair Chinese Famille Rose Wall Pocket, hanging Wall Vase, later part of 1800's, 10 1/2" high, 4 1/4" wide-widest part, 2 1/2" deep top area, overglazed Famille Rose decoration of Mother and child in the garden scenery within the border of low relief pattern of the Ruyi Head. Chinese letters written on the upper right side. The condition is good.

Japanese Bone flying Sprarrow Ojime, 5/8" high, 5/8" wide, with black eyes, mouth wide open, two(2) large holes on the top is the wide open mouth, and the bottom hole to push through cord for tightening to the Netsuke. The condition is good.

Japanese Brown Cafe au Lait color Lacquer nut shape Ojime, 11/16" high, 11/16" wide, 1/2" deep, hollow inside with large holes on the top and the bottom to tightening to connect to Netsuke. The condition is good.

Japanese Pink Glass Ojime Bead, 11/16" diameter, cord go through the large holes on the top and the bottom, to tightening for the Netsuke. There are some indentation on the surface and the open grains on the surface of the glass.

Japanese green Glass Ojime, 3/4" diameter, large holes on tops and the bottom where cord go through to tightening for Netsuke. There are some indentations on the glass surface.

Japanese Red Lacquer Double Face Ojime, Ca. 1920, 3/4" high, 5/8" wide, 1/2" deep, one side normal pleasant face, the other side is angry yelling face with mouth open, the condition is good.

Japanese Metal Tsuba shape Ojime, Ca. 1900 Meiji, 7/16" high, 7/16" wide, decorated with the raised gilded Birds on the Plum Flowering Trees on the both sides of the two(2) shades of Bronze color of shape of the Tsuba, one side is darker than the other. Cord go through the holes on the top and the bottom and connect with Netsuke.

Two(2) Japanese Bronze Fukurokuju, Ca. 1900 Meiji, one of the Seven Lucky God, representing "Longevity" and "Wisdom", 3/4" high, 5/8" wide, typical details of holding precious object with both hands in front with very long head, the condition is good.

Aubusson hand woven Pillow, Cushion, all wool French Tapestry style long Pillow, 24" x 14", all new material, zipper in the back, with dark green foliage design on brown color background.

Wool knitted Pillow, Cushion, 16" x 16", gold and beige color floral with vines in dark blue background, new material, with zipper in the back.

Chinese carved Wood round Cover or Top for Tea Jar or Tea Caddy, 1 3/8" diameter and 5/8" high (inside), your tea jar top must be smaller than this wooden inside measurement. the condition is good. Two(2) more tops are available, please inquire.

Chinese carved wood round cover or top for Tea Jar or Tea Caddy, 1 5/8" diameter 7/8" high (inside), your tea caddy top must be smaller than wooden top inside measurement in order to cover over the top. The condition is good. Three(3) more tops are available, please inquire.

Three(3) Japanese Door Handles, two(2) in shaped Bronzed finish on copper with same design, one(1) is oval shape in black lacquered on copper , 1930's, the condition is used good condition, shows the age.

Chinese Wire Black lacquered Lantern, hanging on the Tree in the Garden setting, Ca. 1930's, 15" high, 5 1/2" diameter-wooden base, hanging Lantern on the tree, outside frame comes out, and put the candle inside on top of the wooden base. The condition is nicely aged.

Set of eight(8) English Royal Doulton Cobalt Blue Dinner/ Service Plates, Ca. 1902, 10 1/2" diameter with fluted edge and beautifully detailed encrusted raised gold on true Cobalt Blue rim, the condition is good, specially details in raised gold is just beautiful. Marked "Royal Doulton England" with "Lion" on top in green and retailed by "Lovingston Brothers" in purple plus Impressed mark, also black numbers are "HB9482 & 9966" all inside gold bottom rim.

Japanese Wooden Shrine Pilgrimage Sign or Temple hanging box, Meiji period, 19th century, 27" long, 3 1/2" wide, 2 1/2" deep, Japanese "Kanji" hand script writing in black Ink, the condition is weather worn condition with beautiful old patina.

Japanese double Cedar Wood Scroll box, early 1900's, 29" long, 12" wide, 8" deep, Kanji Writing inside and outside box, the condition is old and no major damages.

Pair Japanese Cedar Wood Miso Merchant's Storage Tubs, or Barrels, Ca. 1940, 14 1/2" high include cover, 14" diameter top rim, heavy twisted Bamboo ropes wrapped around, lacquered chestnut color outside, Kanji writings for date and shop name on bottom for both barrels, inside is unfinished and shows beautiful aged old wood grains. The condition is good, no damages.

Japanese Chestnut color wooden Sake Barrel, Ca. 1940, 7" high, 11 1/2" diameter top rim, wrapped around with twisted Bamboo ropes, and stopper, signed Kanji writings on the bottom outside. The condition is good.

Japanese Red Lacquer on Wood large Sake Barrel with stopper, Ca. 1940, 20" high to the top of the 2 side handles, 19" diameter top rim, top has cover with black Mon design with hole and stopper, all one piece of wood include high 2 handles on the side, wrapped around with red lacquered heavy twisted Bamboo ropes. Japanese Kanji character written under the top cover. This Sake Barrel was used for many years and shows some red lacquer losses, that makes very fashionable decorative items for home.

Japanese Cedar Wood double Scroll Storage box, ca. 1940, 22" long, 6"wide, 4" high, pair scrolls in one box, the condition is good.

Chinese Brass Hardware, drop Handle with "Longevity" in Chinese Character, 1" diameter for "Longevity" character, 3/4" deep.

Japanese Two(2) pieces U shape heavy Black Wrought Iron Side Locks, 9" high, 3 1/2" wide(maximum outer measurement, 8 3/4" high, 3" wide, (inner measurement), 1/2" thick, Pin(2 1/2" deep), this set looks like two(2) divided area to put through heavy wood Rod for both sides and carry on two(2) men's shoulder, one in front and one in the back, with original attached heavy duty Iron nails or pins.

Three(3) pieces Japanese heavy weight Black Wrought Iron U Shape side Locks and Handles, side handles for 2 pieces Tansu(chest on chest), Tansu side handles for top piece, and use as a lock to the top piece from lower piece together as one(1) Tansu, 6" high, 3 5/8" wide=maximum outer measurement), 5 3/8" high, 2 5/8" wide=inner measurement).

Twelve(12) Japanese Brass and white brass Furniture or Box hardware, total 12 pieces, hinges, corners, handles, back plates, etc. hinges(1 3/4" high, handle(1 5/8" wide maximum), other side decorations(1 5/8" wide), total 12 pieces of antiques hardware.