All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1456006
19th century lacquer ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) carved in medium relief with various auspicious objects - a drum, a magic collar and a sword in fur scabbard. Material for the piece is created by layering differently colored lacquer, so the sides of incisions show those differently colored layers. Wonderful work, beautiful design, metal liner to the central hole. Height 3/4 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1348423
Unusual 19th century Hirado Japanese porcelain brush rest in a shape of a karako (Chinese boy) lying on his stomach with his head and feet raised, his head is moveable. Wonderful modeling with incised details, excellent face, beautiful glaze, unglazed bottom, in great condition (no chips, cracks or repairs), very pleasant to the touch. Typical Hirado underglaze blue highlights, rich cobalt firing beautiful gray/brown in saturation areas, brown glaze on his pants...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #620935 (stock #606-10)
Gideon Antiques
$150.00
This is a striking Japanese Imari porcelain hexagonal plate boldly decorated with an underglaze cobalt blue large scale design reminiscent of a textile pattern, having a broad scalloped border rim, wavy potting on top of plate, very heavy, greige ground color, the base having a single spur mark, measuring 10 in x 11 3/4 in; Original condition, several rim chips.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1920 item #1348702
Japanese woodblock print of a beautifully poised geisha, holding a paintbrush in her hand. Signed and titled in right margin.

Size: 8.25" W x 12.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1920 item #1484034
Late Meiji - early Taisho (1900-1920) wooden Japanese okimono of an actor wearing a voluminous robe and holding a scroll on one hand. Skillfully carved out of chosen matsu (Korean pine wood) in ittobori (one cut) style characteristic of Hida school of netsuke carvers with clever use of wood grain as element of design - in this case almost forming deliberate patterns on the robe. Wonderfully captured facial expression, very nice patina...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1920 item #1283415
Beautiful antique Japanese Abura-tsubo bottle. This bottle is painted in traditional blue with the hand painting of a fish. Used to store hair and massage oil. Wonderful condition with no chips or condition problems. The kilm is from the Seto area of Japan. Meiji period Dimensions: 2" High X 3" Wide
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1837 VR item #1470494
Single early 19th century menuki - Japanese sword fitting - depicting a butterfly fluttering above a wave. Elegant design, crisp casting and detailing, excellent gilding. Length 1.68 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #1482128
Japanese Meiji period woodblock print by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915) depicting Kusunoki Masashige (1294-1336) parting from his eldest son Masatsura (1326-1348) at Sakurai Station as he entrusts Masatsura to lead his clan in battle against Ashikaga no Takauji. The title cartouche is at the upper right and the date of 1883 is at the lower left. Kiyochika’s name is at the lower right. Paper size: 14 1/4" x 9 5/8." The print is not backed and is in good overall condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1837 VR item #1299511
This is a child kimono of a merchant's family used in Shonai for Edo period. Probably this was used as a gorgeous kimono carefully. Put it on top of one another, and this was worn. This is a jacket. This does not have stain damage. The state is complete. Size 116cm x 108cm (45.6 "x 42.5")
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1437274 (stock #20210116-01)

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Offered is a fine pair of Japanese 18th Century porcelain bowls, made in Arita circa 1740 to 1780, give or take a decade. They are decorated in underglaze blue and white (sometsuke). These bowls measure approximately 5 3/4" (about 14.6 cm) wide and just under 2" (5.2 cm) high, and the weight is 225 grams for one bowl and 267 grams for the other...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1910 item #1485557 (stock #13860)
Haruko Watanabe
$150.00
Two pairs of fireman's gloves made of cotton and hand-stitched sashiko. Long ones are used but in good condition. Short one look almost new. The second half of the 19th century. Long gloves L:40cm, W:17cm. Short gloves L:24cm, W:14cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1239430 (stock #2676)
EastWest Gallery
£ 150.00
An interesting and rare dish, something of a homage both to Nabeshima ware and root vegetables. The central motif is a Daikon painted in underglaze blue, following a similar motif found on Nabeshima porcelain, see Les Cadeaux au Shogun page 155, plate no 28, for a large Nabeshima dish decorated with a similar representation of a daikon set against a repeating wave ground,...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1470637
19th century Asakusa school staghorn netsuke of obihasami type carved with a couple of bamboo stals. The hooks at the top and bottom of the piece go around the edges of obi - a sash holding a kimono. Simple clever piece typical of Asakusa school, warm patina, darker porous areas as is usual with staghorn. Length 4.14 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1360025
19th century Japanese ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) carved out of a fruit pit as a mother monkey eating a fruit with 3 babies loitering in her arms while a teenager climbed on her back and is eating a smaller fruit on her head. Wonderfully captured mood of the scene, very nice carving with great level of detail, wonderful faces, pleasant mellow patina. Height 1 inch.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1424154
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 "Kutani made" mark...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1479238
19th century Japanese carved wood obidome (sash ornament) in a shape of a theatrical mask of demon Hannya. Could have been used as netsuke as well. Obidome is worn on an obi cord that holds the obi sash together, and is the only type of jewelry worn by Japanese women on formal occasions. Good design, nice detailing, eyes highlighted with gold lacquer. Height 1.8 inches.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1156691
Spoils of Time
$150.00
each cup and saucer
A Fukagawa tea cup and 5 3/8 inch tea saucer dish. Iris decoration from Chuji Fukagawa's own 19th century design book. Blue underglaze and red, yellow and gold overglaze enamel decoration. Mt. Fuji mark in underglaze blue inside the foot rings. Late Meiji or early Taisho. Good condition. Priced for each cup and saucer, there are now three cups and saucers available. We are happy to quote a group price or entertain an offer for all available pieces we have in this pattern.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1900 item #605808 (stock #0007)
From the series: “Twelve New Tales from the Miserable Storehouse” issued 1859

Two uncut horizontal chuban prints – numbers eleven and twelve on one oban leaf. The upper print depicts a warrior battling demon ghosts and the lower is a shrine scene.

Upper and lower prints are both signed Yoshitsuya in red cartouches with aratame and date seal to 1859, good impression, color and condition, remnants of recent hinge paper on upper corners, a new narrow line of old backing paper on ...