Lovely cream and orange colored toggle carving with an interesting triangular shape of a pair of monkeys clinging to peaches attached by a branch and leaves with hole for a toggle string. Size: 1.5" Long x 1.25" High
Japanese wedding gown with a pair of oshidori (Mandarin ducks), flowers and maple leaves in the background colors of red and gold. This is a newer gown in very pretty cheerful colors and it's in excellent condition like new.
Dimensions: 51"W x 74 1/2"L
CURSIVE BUDDHIST HYMN
Precious portable book of 'goeika' (Buddhist hymn) in such rare style of only 'hiragana' (Japanese cursive syllabary)
when used for the Buddhist pilgrimage to the celebrated 34 Buddhist temples in Chichibu area and the 33 Buddhist temples in Kinki-Gifu area. Showa 8 (1933)...
Kawase Hasui
Mt. Fuji in Rain (Ame no Fuji)
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.75 x 5.25 inches.
Date: 1930s.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.
This print features silver mica streaks of rain.
Hongshan Red Nephrite Jade Rabbit Ear Dragon Pendant Toggle . Cute face large ears with a beautiful pitted texture jade with heavy smooth wear from use. Bi conically drilled suspension holes. Collected HK 1980-1990s. Size 2.4" by 1.75"
A Song Dynasty Ruyao Sky-Blue Glazed Floral Gu Vase Gracefully glazed in sky-blue, the ceramic vase is shaped after an earlier bronze vessel. Its outstanding design and firing technique are typical of the ceramic-making craftsmanship of ruyao kiln as developed in Song Dynasty.
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a NY Collector
Dimensions: Height: 10 inches (25.4 cm) Width: 4 7/8 inches (12.4 cm)
Medium: Ceramic
A beautiful Chinese famille rose porcelain buddha with five boys in excellent condition : H20.5cm $485
Japanese vintage woodblock print by artist Yoshio Kanamori (1922-present) titled 'Lake Mountain'. Numbered and inscribed in pencil, signed with red cartouche.
Size: 19.25" height, 13.25" width
Chinese Song-Sung Dynasty pair of Qingbai glazed funerary urns with elaborate applied dragons among clouds and bands of standing figures around the shoulders . Probably Sung 15" . Old Sotheby's auction stickers
Ohara Koson
Matsushima - A bay with rocky islands and a sailing boat seen from above
Date: 1900s-1910s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.5 x 8.25 inches.
Reference: K44.15 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent.
A very rarely seen seascape.
"Made in Japan" stamp on verso.
Chinese low cabinet made entirely out of beautiful light color hardwood, possible Huali, the two doors are carved with a raised floral design in the center surrounded by a raised key fret motif, hardware is made of brass, the interior has one shelf, very solid, early/mid 20th century.
Size: 32" high x 40" wide x 18" deep.
Red and white Peking Glass Calligraphy Brush with horsehair from the mid 20th century. Irises and bats decorate the handle. It measures 10" long.
Maiwai-gi which is a festive kimono of fishermem. It was given to fishermen from a master of fishermen or an owner of a fish boat on the occasion of large catch. It is mostly made of cotton with auspicious motifs with katazome (stencil-resist-dye) and partly hand painting. The original location of the Maiwai-gi is Boso peninsula in Chiba prefecture since late Edo period and spread along the Pacific Coast. This one has thick cotton lining so that it is made into yogi (kimono shaped bedding)...
This very well carved small lapis snuff bottle is 2 inches tall, 1 5/8 inches wide and 3 /4 of an inch in depth. It is 1970¡¯s product. One side depicts two cranes standing under a pine tree; the other side is plain. The color of the lapis is quite dark and interesting. It is in excellent condition.
Hongshan Red Brown Nephrite Jade Cicada Dragon Toggle Pendant. large and heavy this giant bug with a Dragon face the piece covered in tremolite and the underside with its biconically drilled holes show heavy wear and use. Weight 84G size 2.2" by 2.2" .75" thick.
Collected Hk 19680-1995
Handsome handcarved wooden ceremonial mask from Kenya. The mask is carved from a single piece of wood. Excellent condition, the back has a screw attached for hanging on the wall. Circa 1970. 12/1-2" x 5-1/4".
Tea Ceremony Seto Chaire Tea Caddy of
cylindrical form with slightly tapering sides, covered with a light chocolate brown and a running mottled black glaze. Ivory lid lined with gold leaf on the inside. Signed: Hikari.
It comes with a silk shifuku storage pouch.
Size: H 9,5 x 6 cm. Taisho -Showa period.
Good Condition!
Good Karen basket waterproofed with natural tree lacquer, good condition- i.e. no damage. Circa 40 to 50 years- purchased in the 1990s in Mae Hong Song, along the Thai/Burmese border. I was back there recently and old baskets have all sold out. See last enlargement for reference.