Antique Japanese small wood carving of a running fu-dog, beautifully carved with great attention to movement and detail, painted and lacquered with gilt body, mounted on custom metal stand, Edo Period.
Size: 11 1/2" long x 6" high (7 1/4" high with stand).
Antique Japanese cast iron tetsubin (kettle for heating water for tea) in the shape of an ancient tortoise with small tortoise on his back (on lid), wonderful whimsical form, signed on bottom, Taisho Period.
Size: 13" long x 7" wide x 7 1/2" high
Antique Japanese beautifully worn wood fragment, lacquered with deep brown lacquer with gold lacquer on the sides, writing in gold lacquer is a 5 line verse entitled Spring in the Mountains. "The world might be harsh, but Spring is very kind". Lines 4+5 talk about the appearance of the worm wood on the back, how it is an original form from the past, branch with blooming flower remnants, melancholy thoughts, mother's kindness, cherry wood, wood from temple stockpile. Signat ...click for details
Antique Japanese large carved wooden tray, natural form and curled edges reminiscent of a lotus leaf, beautifully sculptured, late Meiji/early Taisho Period.
Size: 24 1/2" wide x 15 1/2" wide x 1" deep.
Antique Japanese cast iron tetsubin (tea kettle), beautiful natural form, cast with signature on body of pot, bronze lid also with signature, Meiji Period.
Size: 10 1/2" high x 7 3/4" wide including spout.
Antique Japanese cast iron tetsubin (tea kettle), cast with wonderful design of shells on each side, beautiful shape with tall handle and iron lid, Meiji Period.
Size: 11" high
Antique Japanese pair of gilt copper candle holders (shokudai) engraved with Kodaiji style pattern on the base and the bottom of the holder. The Kodaiji pattern contains repeating pattern of chrysanthemums and paulownia flowers. The pattern originates from the noted temple on the eastern hills of Kyoto which the name is derived from. Age: Edo Period 17th/18th century. Size: Height: 24.5", Diameter: 9.5"
An aesthetically pleasing bamboo basket vase. The vase is woven with repeating loop like patterns. The vase comes with a bamboo container to put flowers inside. Vase comes with a jidai bako (period box) with an inscription, " jidai Jo tekago" which reads, period hand basket. Age: 19th century. Size: Height: 20.5" Diameter: 10"
Antique Japanese beautiful ranma (transom carving) highly carved on both front and back with a scene depicting a pair of foxes in a mountainous setting with bamboo and rocky outcroppings, carved of keyaki (elm) wood and painted in mineral colors, hardware with buddhist details, Edo Period.
Size: 13 5/8" high x 75 1/8" long
Beautiful Japanese antique 6 panel byobu screen painting, scene of early spring with flowers beginning to bloom, rocks and green ground near stream still have a dusting of snow against a back drop of gold mist, skillfully painted in mineral colors with gold leaf on paper, 19th century (Edo/Meiji Period).
Size: 48" high x 113 1/2" long
