An E-karatsu Yobitsugi bowl made of various shards attached with wide bands of gold to a discarded base: the pieces dating from the Momoyama to early Edo periods. It is 22 x 20 x 6 cm 8-1/2 x 8 x 2-1/4 inches) and comes enclosed in a modern kiri-wood collectors box titled E-Karatsu Hachi.
This method of using pieces from multiple works with lacquer repair is called Yobitsugi...
A Japanese Satsuma ceramic vase with a globular body that captures attention thanks to its reserves of various shapes.
Inside them, a narrative rich in detail is revealed, in which not only are fascinating scenes of daily life revealed with festive characters, but also spaces are opened up for evocative landscape depictions.
Under the base, the Kizan signature in gold testifies to the authenticity and origin of this work of art.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dim...
Kodansu in ivory in the shape of an elephant, resting on four feet, enriched by refined inlay applications in the sophisticated Shibayama technique.
The upper opening, facilitated by a bronze grip, reveals its interior.
It bears the signature, engraved on the side.
Origin: Japan
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 6 x 26 x 4.2 cm.
State of conservation: Very good
Tall Chinese Ming Dynasty Glazed Pottery Figure
This pottery model of an official figure was made during the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). It is quite highly-fired and made from a pale pinkish-brown pottery and includes an integral hexagonal plinth on which the figure stands. The head has been made separately and slots into the hole at the neck...
Offered are two, circa 1920 - 1930 era, hickory shaft golf clubs.
The first club, dating to 1925, has "TED RAY SEVENTY-TWO" "LADIES - SPECIAL - HAND FORGED and PUTTER" stamped on the back of the face. This WILSON-made club measures 33" from the heel to the top of the shaft and appears minimally used. The sturdy hickory shaft has a mild bend from front to back on the lower shaft...
Offered is a very handsome circa 1920-1930 era, hickory shaft, BRASSIE golf club sporting a fancy 7 DOT face.
This delightful club is marked "MAJESTIC" on the crown and is likely a Macgregor made club based on its quality plus the configuration of the seven dot designed face, which is a Macgregor feature.
This attractive club appears all original and is in very good condition considering its nearly 100 year existence...
Agata cup of a beautiful yellow and amber color. Decorated in hight relief of Chilong, Lingzhi and Fenghuang (dragon, mushrooms and Phoenix) with highly symbolic value, in fact the male principle chilong and the female fenghuang should signify a marriage, the presence of immortal Lingzhi making the union eternal. The artist used a part of the stone which is different, naturally spotted and cracked to cut the Chilong which is thus subtly spotted like a leopard...
Shabti for Mehy - Kha 2
Origin: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom, late 18th-early 19th Dynasty
Date: c. 1300 B.C.
Material: White glazed Fayence
Dimension: 11,3 cm...
The horizontal inscription reads: “Illuminate the Osiris of the priest of the goddess Smentet, PA-DI-USIR”. He was a priest of the goddess Smentet and priest of the sanctuary of Ptah-Un! His moters name is given as Irbinat.
This ushabti figurine is depicted as a worker holding two hoes for work in the fields of Osiris in the afterlife. He is wearing a tripartite wig which falls down between the shoulders. He has an Osiris-type beard which ends in a tight forward curl...
Rare bronze mythical turtle koro or incense burner from the early Meiji Period Ca. 1880. In the form of one of Japan's most famous legends is this mythological giant turtle known as the 'Minogame' or straw raincoat turtle due to the tail resembling a farmers straw coat. The Minogame is regarded as a very auspicious creature in Japan representing long life and good fortune. Sitting on its back is a nest of bronze waves holding a Hoju sacred gem koro or incense
burner...
This is Patchwork silk yosegire child kimono textile in Edo period(1800-1867).This yosegire kimono is a patchwork of natural safflower dyed shibori, shikon dyed katazome, and indigo dyed kaiki-silk.All are originals from the Edo period. The lining is red silk, and the stains on the outer material are due to the red silk. There are slight stains and damage. Recommended for collection. Size: Length 110cm (43.3") / Sleeve to Sleeve: 104cm (40.9")
This is a beautiful fukusa from the Meiji era.
This is a high quality silk fukusa designed by Fukurokuju (one of the Seven Gods of Fortune). Fukurokuju is said to govern happiness, status, wealth (being blessed with money), and longevity.
This is a fukusa that can be easily displayed on the wall. Also recommended for antique collections. There are some slight stains. However, it is not noticeable. There is no major damage and it is in very good condition...
Japanese antique silk fukusa tsuzure nishijin textile.This is a beautiful fukusa from the Meiji era.
This is a high quality silk fukusa with a design of a parent and child crane. Also recommended for antique collections. There are some stains. However, it is not noticeable. There is no major damage and it is in very good condition. Size: 72m (28.3 inches) / 64cm (25.1 inches)
A large Japanese Cloisonne enamel vase from the 19th Century from Meiji Period (1868-1912).
A Korean, melon-shaped, celadon glazed, lidded ewer from the Goryeo dynasty; C12-13th. Many celadon ewers produced during the Goryeo dynasty mirror the shape of calabash gourds or melons, such as this graceful ewer for wine...
A Korean celadon, Goryeo dynasty, melon form, lidded, ewer with incised floral decoration; C12th.
The ewer is modeled as a melon with incised details of scrolling flowers, applied with s-shaped spout and handle, covered with a transparent sea-green glaze.
Korea’s best-known ceramics, the celadon wares, were produced during the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), an era of supreme artistic refinement...
A large Korean celadon jar, with incised decoration of floral sprays.
Goryeo dynasty (12th-13th century)
Of high-shouldered sinuous form, moulded with four lugs, incised on the body with four lotus sprays and with a collar of auspicious fungus heads below the short, upright rim, the whole applied with a glossy celadon glaze.
Dimensions; 32 cm tall
Condition. With good glaze condition, there is an old repair as a large section of the foot has been re-attached. Three of the fou...
A Chinese Qingbai Glazed Vase with Petalled Rim. Circa, 12th-13th Century, Minqing Kiln, Central Fujian, Southern Song Dynasty.
Found in the Philippines.
Featuring a baluster shaped body rising from a slightly splayed foot, tapering to its shoulders onto a long waisted neck with a petalled mouth. Its body is adorned with carved and combed floral patterns and is covered overall in a green-white ‘Qingbai’ glaze stopping short above its foot. Its base is fully unglazed.
Some vases wit...