We are glad to can offer you a real authentic piece of real Japanese tea ceremony culture, a Shigaraki-yaki Edo period antique mizusashi (water jar) with its o r i g i n a l and signed antique wooden box.
Dated Bunsei 13 (1830).
This is one of the rare originals, which are hard to find in and outside Japan.
As it is in brilliant condition, it can still be used for the tea ceremony.
Height : 14,5 cm
Diam...
Are you interested in high quality chinese paintings? Up for sale is this rare 19th. century ancestor portrait of an important gentleman. It is exquisitily painted with oil colours on linen and emanates an intensive sense of real chinese art.
The colours are still vivid and shiny, and the paint cracks intensify the antique aura. It is very valuable.
The Size is 99 cm x 51 cm (38,98'' x 20,08'')...
It is hard to find real antique wooden Buddha Figures, and we are happy to offer you one rare piece of chinese art.
This is a highlight of our exhibition.
This large Buddha is approx. 250 years old and is carved of one piece of old DARK wood. It came from a well known antique dealer in Bejing, China...
Here we show you a real rare antique and authentic small wooden hand carved Buddha Statue in form of a Bodhisattva, called Myoken Bosatsu.
It was made more than 140 years ago in the late Edo Period. The eyes of the statue are made of crystal and that technique is called gyokugan.
Myōken Bodhisattva, or Myōken Bosatsu in Japanese) is a bodhisattva, who is the deification of the North Star. It is mainly associated with the Nichiren, Shingon and Tendai temples...
CONDITION : Good ( little damages due to an age of more than 200 years, but they do not reduce its beauty )
SIZE : Width 20cm (7.9''), Length 15cm (5,9''), Height 42,42cm (16.7''), Weight 930 g
This is a Buddhist statue of Japanese coloured wood carving. It was made about 200 years ago and it is a real authentic original. It is never imitation. Such very old buddhist statues are very rare and valuable...
This Buddhist Scroll painting was drawn about 200 years ago during the Edo Period in Japan. It is hand painted on paper.
You will find a Hermit with tortoise with a Wabi-Sabi atmosphere. It is drawn very well and it is a very good composition.
Such simple touch is the soul of a Japanese painting. It leads to WABI-SABI. This style of painting is called KANO-HA painting...
Age: Burma, Shan period, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 27.1 C.M. / Width 14.8 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age including old wears). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
Age: Burma, Shan period, 18th Century
Measurement: Height 25.7 C.M. / Width 16.1 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age including old wears). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details...
We present a Japanese Hanging Scroll of the famous painter Kano Eisenin. This is a real poetic and romantic theme in Japanese culture - Crescent Moon.
Kano Eisenin Michinobu (1730~1790) was the 6th of Kibikicho Kano-ha.
His father is Kano Furunobu, and his son is Kano Korenobu. In 1762 he was given rank of Hogen when he was 33 years old...
This Tea Bowl (Chawan) in the style of Kenzan is decorated in white slip and underglaze iron.
It is in excellent condition, there is a tiny chip on the lip but no other damage and no repairs. It dates from the late Edo Period.
The Tea Bowl is from the Dikran G. Kelekian Collection.
Kelekian (1868-1951) was a very important dealer and collector, largely in the fields of Islamic and Modern French Art.
He had galleries in Paris and New York and was a major...
Antique Wooden Buddhist Temple Bell (mokugyo), dating from the end of the Edo Period. 15 x 15 cm.
Handcarved and made of one piece of wood. The Buddhist Mokugyo has a nice sound and symbolizes a japanese carp kingyo. It has been used for more than two hundred years in a Buddhist Temple in Gifu. It was once given as a gift to a member of our family, who was a famous ambassador. Lacquered with Urushi.
It represents the aura of true wabi-sabi with its spoils of time.
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