A small Chinese agate carving of a tiger and her cub set on a wooden stand with motif of bamboo carved along with jagged rocks. The combination of bamboo and tigers in Chinese art can be seen as early as the Ming dynasty. The tiger, often represented as the king of the earth combined with bamboo a symbol of the mind of a literati, can be seen as the ideals of the individual. Age: 20th century Size: length 3.25" w. 2.5" height 3.25"
Hanging scroll. Black ink, light colors and gofun on paper.
Painting of the demon of Rashomon stealing back his severed arm from Watanabe no Tsuna. Excellent use of dry-brush technique.
Signed: Yoshimitsu saku, seal Hoko. Japan, Taisho/Showa era.
Newly mounted with original embroidered brocade.
Image: 24 x 12.5 inches.
Total length: 58 inches...
Wonderful 1960’s sterling silver concho belt by a very fine Navajo silversmith of N.P, c. 1950s-60s.
Unusally large and heavy plus very ornate with particularly fine select large torquise stones mounted on 12 Conches and the massive buckle.
The belt measure 130 cm. length and weighs 932 grams, almost a kilo. Probably the largest we've seen for sale and the high weight must be due to the larger size of the Conchos and buckle.
Ex. Danish Collection.
Japanese miniature black Raku Tea Bowl or Chawan in signed wooden box, Ca. 1980, the tea bowl measures 1 3/8" high, 2 1/8" diameter-top rim, impressed mark "Raku near the bottom and also top and inside the box, enclosed the paper information of the area of the kiln and how they made. Kiln crack on the white clay area where the impressed mark is located, but not on the black glaze inside the bowl.
A pair of vintage Chinese jadeite earrings with full 14k gold backing, in excellent condition. H:3.5cm W:2.5cm weight:16.4g $1350
Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
Spring from the Birds of the Seasons series.
"Flying Around the Plum Tree"
Date: ca. 1980.
Size: 21.25 x 13.5 inches.
Publisher: The Yoshida Family Studio. Issued by the Franklin Mint.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Top back margin has tape residue.
Vintage Chinese Coral Carved Cabochon 14K Gold Ring Marked
The size of ring is 6.5. The coral Cabochon is 17.89 mm long by 13.3 mm wide. It is 7.7 gram.
It has inclusions, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print by Tokuriki Tomikichiro (1902-2000) titled “Sanjo Ohashi (Bridge)” dating circa 1950. The artist’s black “tomoe” seal is at the lower right. Shikishi size measuring 11 3/8” x 10 3/4” (paper); image: 11” x 9 1/2.” Excellent color and very good overall condition. There are some slight wrinkles in the paper and a faint diagonal crease in the sky below the bridge...
A beautiful old Chinese burl wood stand,with plum tree design beautiful workman ship, except one piece of the wood is missing please see the photo, otherwise in very good condition. H:9" D:8"
Japanese abstract print, titled "Flame Tracer" # 42/90 in its series. Hand signed by the artist Kurosaki Akira (b. 1937). Embossed with print studio logo.
Akira Kurosaki began studying at the Kyoto Institute of Technology in 1956 and earned his BA degree in 1962...
Traditional pipe made of bamboo and copper used by the minorities in the south of China (Dong, Miao, Yao...)to smoke either tobacco and opium.
Very decorated bowl made of metals of different colors, with bats on the side; beautiful patina. 43 cms.
A pair of boro tabi (socks) made of indigo dye cotton and thick cotton cloth for soles. It has fine sashiko for reinforcement on insteps. Metal claps are lost in one of the pair. The first half of the 20th century. W:10cm, L:21.5cm
From our Chinese Monochrome Collection, a beautiful white porcelain Guanyin, Goddess of Compassion and Mercy, executed in the style of early 20th century slip-cast blanc de chine from Dehua, but actually a later vintage-era white porcelain example from Jingdezhen in Jiangxi Province...
A Japanese woodblock print titled "Nikko Sacred Bridge"by renowned artist Tsuchiya Koitsu (1870-1949). Inscription and red seal in bottom corner. Born in 1870 near Hamamatsu City (Shizuoka Prefecture) with the name"Sahei." Koitsu moved to Tokyo at the age of fifteen. He had planned to apprentice with Matsuzaki, a carver for the artist Kobayashi Kiyochika, but instead, he became Kiyochika's apprentice and moved into his home to study art and print design...
Japanese plaster and paper mache mask of a Boddhisattva (Bosatsu in Japanese), a Buddhist monk who has reached a high level of enlightenment. The mask has long earlobes, typical of a holy being in Buddhism, green lacquered hair pulled into two buns, and golden lacquer skin with traces of black lacquer. Early 20th century.
Size: 8.5" height, 5" width
Very long antique Chinese necklace with Baltic amber beads, some carved, in dark butterscotch and cognac colors. Guaranteed genuine natural amber. The beads are mostly opaque. The color is dark orange to dark cognac. Smooth round beads are spaced with larger carved beads along the strand, which is hand knotted, with a goldtone filigree clasp. This piece has probably been restrung with the newer clasp in the last 20 or 30 years. The beads are early 20th century, probably originally prayer beads...
Japanese sosaku hanga woodblock print titled “Shop Girl” by Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1997) dated 1960. Signed in black ink at the lower right. Paper size: 15 1/4" x 10 1/2" (image: 15 1/8" x 10 1/4). Very good overall condition and color. Trimmed margins. A color illustration of this print can be found on page 111, plate 338, of the 2003 catalogue produced by the Kiyoshi Saito Museum of Art, Yanaizu.
Before Contact, the eastern region of Canada was populated with the MicMac (aka Mic Mac, Mi'kmaq) tribal group of the Algonquian Nation.
This traditional vintage circular trinket box is made from birch bark and decorated with porcupine quill work. There are a some broken/missing quills around the side of the box.
measure 4.5 inches diameter and 2.5 inches high
This rare jar has a wide mouth over a short neck with the ovoid body tapering to a short foot. Song dynasty, Henan wares.
These types of jars are made by using clays of two different colours. The top and bottom are then made separate and joined together horizontally.
Condition: On this jar, in a section, the top and bottom has separated along the horizontal luting line. A picture has been provided showing this separation...
I have seen a lot of work over the last quarter century by Kawai Kanjiro, and among it all, this is an absolute stunner. 'Museum quality' as a quote gets thrown around a lot, but I do not use it lightly. The form, the clarity of the white, the crispness of the lines of color and his obvious deft touch. It ranks among the top ten percent I have seen by this important artist without a doubt...
a fine old himalayan mask with exaggerated large ears, back encrusted black patina. Hard wood , good condition considering its age. early to mid 20th century
Height 26cm, wide 21 cm
A pair of boro tabi (socks) with sashiko, which is made of cotton and indigo dyed and has four metal straps. The lining is cotton flannel. The first half of the 20th century. W:9cm, L:21cm.
WOODEN TABI PATTERNS
Five pieces set of wooden 'tabi' (Japanese socks) patterns and thick 'tatoshi' (folding case made of recycled paper), Taisho period (1912-1926), Japan,
Large pattern: approx...
Case mask painted black with green mark on forehead representing a snipe track and white moon symbols on cheeks, snout with teeth, wildcat skin ruff. Velvet shirt, white trousers. Carries a knife. Chaveyo may come at any time during the spring months if Hopi children are particularly bad. "The boogie man will get you if you don't watch out."
Voth, 1901; Fewkes, 1903; Stephen, 1936; Nequatewa, 1948, p. 60.
Provenance available.
Chaveyo with half moon marks is from First Mesa.
Height 11 1/...
Eijiro Kobayashi
A High Bridge by Night.
A design influenced by James Whistler and Hiroshige.
Series: Hasegawa Night Scenes.
Date: 1910s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro (No. 1241 in Hasegawa catalog).
Edition: One of the earliest examples - on thicker card with the verso stamp, "Printed by T. Hasegawa Tokyo" (All Rights Reserved)".
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Indentations in paper (see add...
Vintage Japanese attributed to Ando or Sato. Wireless Cloisonné Scenic Vase , beautiful and very rare to have a scene instead of just flowers . Nice image of a pagoda on a hilltop above a river with mountains in the back ground and boats . Undamaged condition with silver metal top and base unmarked and sitting on a fine carved huanghuali base included. vase 7.25" diameter 4.5" base 1.5" by 3.5"
2 Chinese brushes for traditional literati painting ; L: OL7-D :24 cms OL8-D:29 cms
Well carved helmet mask of the Bamileke People, Grassland of Cameroon around 1950, former collection of Dr. Heinz Werner Schmitt, Munich/Germany.
Size: 42 cm height. Good condition with great patina and some scrapes and scratches. Great.
The Bamileke are among the artistic elite of the Cameroon Grasslands area. They are ruled by kings, and many of their masks are for royal festivities. Masks like this one belonged to the regulatory society, (Kwifoyn). They are identified...
Ancient Neolithic Bi disk in celadon colored nephrite Jade, thick well shaped with extensive tremolite . Beautiful surface texture. Size almost 2.25" over .25" thick.
An Old Jade Fish Ornament Length: 4 5/8 inches (11.75 cm) Width: 1 5/8 inches (4.13 cm)
Condition Report: Hand-Carved, Good Condition
Chinese carved Wood Rice Cake Mold, Ca. 1930's, 9 1/2" long, 4 3/4" wide, 1" thick, with deep carved Chinese Peach and "Long Life" in Chinese Character in the center, very decorative and well carved out of raw piece of wood and hand saw mark in the back outside. The condition shows wear and tear.
An Exquisite Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddhist Statue. It portrays a disciple of Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), Founder of the Ganden monastery in 1409. Height: 8¾” (22.23 cm). Highly collectible and in an excellent condition.
Wonderful Art Deco-like Taisho Period c.1925 bronze ususbata flower vase. Thick bronze with bamboo in raised relief and very rare and unusual 3 ring tripod base.
Used for tea ceremony. Ask for shipping quote. (H:10" ; W:8")
A narrow open-mouthed vessel decorated with autumnal trees by Ito Tozan II enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The piece could serve as a vase, but comes with a black lacquered wooden lid and is titled Mizusashi, making it rightfully a fresh water jar for the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It is 11.7 cm (4-3/4 inches) diameter 22 cm (9 inches) tall and in excellent condition, likely dating from the 1950s.
Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began as a painter in the Maruyama school studying under Ko...
Hongshan Nephrite Rabbit Toggle pendant with white tremolite deposits throughout . The Biconically suspension hole shows signs of use . Collected in Hong Kong in the 1980-1995 . No restoration . Size L 2.5"
over 1.5" weight 54 G