At various times over the long history of tea practice in Japan, Korean-ware has come into high fashion and ships full of the finest ceramics from the neighboring country were brought to its shores. Such pieces have long been favored by learned cha-jin (tea people); and, older pieces such as this are quite prized today as relatively few from this era have survived in such good condition...

Antique Japanese fushima (sliding door panel). Painting with a crane and pine tree on a background of gold mist. Painted in mineral colors on a sugi (cryptomeria) wood panel and framed with black lacquered hinoki (Japanese cypress) wood.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 68 1/4" high x 36 1/4" wide x 1 1/4" deep

Antique Japanese choba tansu (merchant's chest), keyaki (elm) wood front, sugi (cryptomeria) wood frame, 2 drawers on top, 6 drawers of various sizes on bottom portion, middle portion has sliding panels with horizontal slats of keyaki wood with sugi wood panels, behind sliding panel on right hand side are two shelves and two small interior drawers with keyaki wood fronts and iron hardware, behind the sliding panel on the left side is one interior shelf, extensive iron hardware on front ...

Antique Tibetan Buddhist tsakli miniature painting, considered to be an important visual aid for monks in training when conferring empowerments. This tsakli painting depicts the fierce deity Mahakala, wearing a tiger's pelt and elephant skin, with decapitated heads strung around his waist. In his hands he holds a kapala skull cup containing the elixir of life and a kartika or ritual flaying knife. He also holds close to his body a khatvanga or ritual staff with three human heads at the upper end...

Antique Chinese monochrome porcelain round shaped water pot with peachbloom glaze, with impressions of two stylized dragons in clouds with waves below. 18th-19th century, 6 character Kangshi mark. Size: Height 2.5" , Diameter 5"

Height: 16.5 cm (6.7 in)
Width: 12 cm (4.8 in)

Quality Chinese sapphire blue porcelain tea caddy depicting Eliza images in domestic and rural settings, all surrounded by rocks, bamboo and plantain; the lid is decorated with a young boy; minor scuff marks; good condition; email for more pictures

The porcelain body decorated in iron red and gold. Qianlong period 1736 - 1796. L : 24 cm. Condition : Perfect. An exactly similar tureen was offered at Christies New York, Wednesday Sept. 16. 2015 with an estimate of 10.000 - 15.000 US$. Please have a look at Christies New York, "Mandarin & Menagerie" The Sowell Collection, Part II, Lot 674.

A Japanese impressive brown patinated bronze incense burner with shades, depicting a Shishi standing in a garden of flowers with its mouth open, holding a sphere (koro) with its paws. Rectangular base with engraved band supported by four wavy feet. Made up of three pieces: the base, the Shishi and the sphere. Komainu 狛犬 or Shi Shi dogs are more commonly found as pairs of guardians at the entrance to Buddhist temples and shrines in Japan, usually one with its mouth open and the other...

A silver mounted 16th century Annamese vase with definitely the strongest and deepest cobalt blue ever reported on Annamese ware worldwide. Take me at my word that neither in any museum collection nor in any private collection can be found any Annamese piece with a better cobalt blue than the blue of this vase...

A rare Chinese Tang dynasty Sancai cobalt blue glaze jar with lid. Ht. 18cm. Condition: lid broken and reattached, glaze deterioration, in fair condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A definitely extremely rare dish like this normally only can be found in Museum-collections. A quite similar dish, just for example, can be found in the University of Sussex - collection ( Jameelcentre, Ashmolean ). Dark-brown stoneware-body with green-crackled glaze. Produced at Longquan- or Ge-ware kiln. Long-Quan, Chekiang- or Zhejiang province. Song - Yuan Dynasty 13th - 14th century. Diameter : 13,8 cm. Condition : Perfect.

Keman in cut, chiselled and gilded copper alloy détails in shakudo. The keman were suspended from the ceilings of the temples and replaced the baskets of real flowers. This model already existed in the 13th century at the time of Kamakura. It is therefore difficult to date them, I think this one is Japan Edo period. The inscription in Chinese characters should give us a precise date. Good condition, gilding a little worn. 44cm x 31cm.

The censer is cast with twin upright handles and the body is decorated with three taotie panels divided by flanges. It is raised on three tall supports each decorated with a stylised mask and a flange. Late Ming Dynasty, 16th - 17th century. H : 25,9 cm. There is an old inventory Number to the base of the body. Ex Christie´s London.

A good Chinese Song dynasty Jizhou painted moon and prunus tea bowl. Dia. 13cm. Condition: no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

Framed Chinese 17th century Ming dynasty Imperial dragon robe fragment. This greenish yellow ground five claws dragon fragment is the shoulder to chest part of a dragon robe and needs to combine with another pieces in order to finish a whole robe. The horns and eyebrows seem to be missing but is meant to leave space, visually form the eyebrows and the horns by the surrounding patterns and colors...

A large and magnificent pair of Chinese fu lions ready to guard your home and protect you from evil spirits. The hand-carved foo dogs are solid wood and sit on platforms or separate bases that not solid. The male foo dog has a decorative ball under his left paw while the female dog has a playful pup lying on its back under her right paw. The dogs are in very good antique condition with normal wear and surface cracks expected with wood carvings of this age and size...

Round kobako forming a drum (taiko 太鼓) decorated with gold and silver lacquer pampres with mother of pearl inlay. Inside in nashi-ji lacquer. Mon is composed of three tomoe.

Japan – Meiji (1868-1912)
Height : 5cm – Diameter : 11 cm

A serene vision of enlightenment, calming and compassionate, can be seen in the later Edo period Buddhist carving of Amitabha. He stands on a lotus base, with a flame like mandala rising up behind him in the shape of a jewel, the entire gilded in pure gold worn soft with age and care. The figure alone is 39 cm (15-1/2 inches) tall. With the base and mandala, it is 65.5 cm (just under 26 inches) tall. It is in excellent condition...