1930's Chinese Silver (tested silver with silver test kit) Cup & Saucer with Calligraphy Marked
The cup is 2.95 inches (7.5 cm) tall by 3.4 inches (8.6 cm) wide. The saucer is 1.2 inches (3 cm) tall by 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide. Total weight is 173 gram.
They have surface wears and scratches and tarnished silver (as seen in the photos).
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HAND-MADE WORK TABLE FOR JAPANESE HANKO SEAL CUTTER
Originally used to be hung the tools on those hammered nails. Unique and warmhearted simple device of a Japanese craftsman back to the mid 20th century...
Hongshan Nephrite Toggle pendant of Face with a Cicada headdress. Unique piece with extensive use wear and tremolite deposits throughout. Weight 56G size standing height 1.75" hanging length 2.5" . Collected Hong Kong 1980-1995.
Chinese Cultural Revolution Serpentine Stone Carved Girl Feeding Chicks
It is 8.3 inches (21.1 cm) tall by 5.1 inches (13 cm) wide with stand and 7.16 inches (18.2 cm) tall by 4.68 inches (11.9 cm) wide. without stand. The total weight is 1.5 Lb.
It has inclusions at figure, surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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According to the potter who crafted this fine piece, “The clay from our area in the north is alive. We listen to it in order to divine the most suitable objects to create.” Here we see the clay wished to become a well-formed ceremonial tea bowl with an impressionistic rendition of a Japanese Iris. Simple, well formed, and with a soft rusticity; a cup of tea becomes a meditation on the charms of quiet country living.
Originally from Iwate (b...
Sakiori obi (sash) for casual kimono. Wefts are strips recycled from silk kimono and warps are black cotton.
In excellent condition. 20th century. 13.5cm x 2m40cm
Shodo Kawarazaki (1889-1973)
Water Hyacinth (Mizuaoi)
Date: 1950s. Later edition.
Size: Oban. 16.0 x 10.75 inches.
Publisher: Unsodo. Publisher's "Gei" watermark at lower left. Carver and printer seals at left margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Artistically shaped, this zun pot is glazed in sky-blue. Around its mid-body are two raised xuanwen. The zun is extremely beautiful and characteristic of the fine workmanship of ancient Chinese ru ware.Height: 4¼ inches (10.8 cm). Highly collectible and in an excellent vintage condition.
Tibetan textile PANGDEN, woman's apron. 96x84 cm.
4 panels stitched together. Wool, probably Yak. Good condition. Small area of wear, see photo. Undated, estimated to be early 20th century. can be viewed in central London by arrangement and shipped worldwide, insurance and courier determined by buyer,
An attractive early 18th century Chinese export porcelain ribbed charger, thinly potted, decorated in famille verte enamels with a central panel of flowers and other foliage with butterflies above, within a segmented border of similar small panels...
Ohara Koson
Mallards in Flight
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-1923.
Bears Koson signature and seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (36)
Reference: A variation of K7.4 and plate 108 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent. Pencil number on back.
Provenance: The Bedford, NY estate of Eleanor Jay and Arthur Iselin...
Kawase Hasui
Morning at Niju Bridge (Nijubashi no Asa)
Date: Monday, August 17, 1936.
Size: 7.5 x 5.375 inches (19 x 13.6 centimeters).
Note: This rare print was the cover of a dinner menu for the Yasukuni Maru, a cruise ship on the N.Y.K. Line (Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha)...
Kawase Hasui
Mt. Fuji from Tago
Date: 1930s.
Image Size: 6.125 x 4.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Hotei Hp-12.
Hasui seal at lower right.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Tobacco pipe of curved shape, with lavish geometric decor, its bowl in the shape of stylized lotus. Silver, fine darkish patina. Thailand, Northern Region, Lawa Peoples. Height: 14 cm. Very good condition. Collected in 1974 by its former owner.
張大千 松隂聽琴圖 設色紙本立軸 1946年作 款識:喬松壘壘多奇節,冬無霜雪夏無热。根頭更有千歳龄,知誰可語長生口诀。丙戌春日大千張爰。钤印:張爰、大千居士。Hanging Scroll of Scholars Enjoying Music by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Dated 1946 Color & Ink on Paper Inscribed & signed with two artist seals.
Condition Report: Hand-Painted, Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a NY Collection
Dimensions: 51 x 25 inches 129.54 x 63.5 ...
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese bronze ink box for scholar use in excellent condition. Marked L:7.5cm Holding
An old Chinese large size hand carved in high relief ivory flower pendant, in excellent condition. Weights:24g W:2" H:2.5" SOLD
Small sweet container in the shape of a miniature kaioke, a box for the Japanese shell matching game. The outside engraved with flowers, the inside of the lid with a gilt kamon, maybe a sakura family crest, and an inscription. The base marked jungin (pure silver) and signed. Condition: the lid with a tiny dent. Dimension: 5 cm high, 5.5 cm long, weight: 90 g.