Tsuchiya Koitsu
Shiba Zojoji Temple
Date: 1930s. First and only edition.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11.5 x 7.75 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Takemura seal at lower right. H. Takemura stamp on verso.
Koitsu's "kiyoshi" seal at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-71.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Top back corners have residue.
This very rare print features beautifully embossed snow.

Ohara Koson
Rooster and two chicks fighting for a butterfly
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Bears Koson seal.
Publisher: Daikokuya (109)
Reference: K38.3 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...

A Chinese Porcelain Figurine from late Qing Dynasty or Republic. Good condition with repaired finger on the left hand as seen in the picture 1A and 1B. A small chip on the base part as seen in picture 1C. Approximate height is 32.5 cm. Free shipping with insurance.

A Chinese Porcelain Figurine from 19th/early 20th Century. In the shape of a man smoking a pipe. Good condition. No cracks. The head of the pipe is missing as seen in the picture 1A. On the left hand he is holding a stick which some part is missing as seen in the picture 1B. Free shipping with insurance.

Antique Japanese Hyotan made from a gourd plant for Sake. Painted with trailing flowers outlined in silver. Original red hanging rope.

Age: Edo Period (18th Century)

Condition: Very good condition, no restoration

Size: Approximately 8-1/4" high by 4" diameter at it's widest point.

Mint and elegant tea bowl by one of the greatest potters, Rokubei Kiyomizu VI.

This Kyoto-yaki item was made 70 years ago. It has a tasteful painting of pine on it. On the bottom you find Kiyomizu's seal. The tea bowl will be delivered with its original signed wood box.

The Kiyomizu family potters managed one of the most productive workshops in Kyoto’s Gojozaka district throughout the second half of the Edo period...

Small and rare fetish figure. Hardwood with feathers, glass, copper, horn, fabric. First half of the 20th century. H. 13 cm (20 cm with the solid brass stand). Ex. JM Desaive, Herve, Belgium. Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.

Antique Raku Chawan of rarest color, made by the 1st Choraku Ogawa, one of the most legendary potters of the 20th century. The Chawan is in great antique condition and comes with its originally signed and sealed wooden box. No chips or repairs. Only natural inborn kiln cracks caused during firing.

Ogawa Choraku was the founder of the Choraku lineage of Raku potters...

Igbomina region, Omu Aran village. Female figure with scarifications and two bronze bracelets. Early 20th century. Provenance: Ursula Voorhuis, The Netherlands. She owns one of the largest Yoruba collections in the world.

Wonderful kneeling female Agere Ifa Figure from the Yoruba People made of wood and pigment, carrying a bowl. The figure has good age and shows much handling.

Such figures could well have been used in the divination process among the Yoruba called Ifa. Cowry shells, cola nuts, may have been kept in the bowl being carried by the woman...

Japanese early 20th century earthenware teapot by SASAKI NIROKU. The wonderful teapot has a Chinese landscape design carved into the side. The teapot measures 5 1/4" wide, 4 3/4" tall and 5" deep.

Kawase Hasui
Heirinji, Nobidome
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1952.
Hasui signature and seal at lower left corner.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6mm seal in lower left margin, indicating a first edition.
Reference: Hotei No. 574.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Original drying pinhole in corner margin. Back margins have tape residue.

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)...

Colorful altar from the Ketu region in Benin. Carved all around with a maternity figure and 3 other figures. At the back there is an opening with a tin frame. Probably this part was originally covered by a small door. H. 40 cm, D 30 cm. Mid 20th century or older. Ex coll. Ursula Voorhuis (1932-2021), The Netherlands. Guy van Rijn archive: ao-0104491-001. Hans Witte commented about this object: this form is typical for the Oshumare shrines from Ketu...

元釉里紅鴛鴦蓮池螭龍耳扁方瓶 A Rare Yuan Dynasty FLask with Underglaze Red Motifs of Mandarin-Ducks in Lotus-Pond and Four Chi-Dragon Ears The flask boasts of both its ingenious design and superb workmanship. Dimensions: Height: 8 7/8 inches (22.23 cm) Medium: Porcelainware Date: Yuan Dynasty Condition Report: Good Condition Provenance: Property of a LA collection

Stunning Japanese 2 panel silver leaf screen with stylized ink calligraphy poem and signature.

Dates from 1950's

Dimensions: length 71" x height 29"

Kobako in the form of a dark brown tree trunk in a cross section. The back of the lid is made of golden hiramaki-e lacquer on a black background, representing in a close-up a branch of a Japanese cherry tree with its three fruits, with light brown outlines revealing a ring of the tree. Inside the box and base in nashi-ji lacquer. The Japanese cherry tree (Prunus serrulata) is an emblematic tree of the country, producing the cherry blossoms (sakura)...

A rare and nicely carved Huanghuali wood Guanyin statue made during the late 19th century to the first half of 20th century. Condition: good. There is an old crack(1-5/8" long, patched) on the back of the statue, please refer to photo #6. Height: 9 inches.

A beautiful Chinese Rosewood Etagere display stand hand carved in a faux bamboo design. Reticulated corner feet and floating floor panels. An exquisite example of art imitating nature.

Age: Early Republic Period (1912-1925)

Dimensions: 19 3/4" Wide x 30" High x 10" Deep

Art deco oribe ceramic vase by Shigetaka Kato b.1927-d.2013. Shigetaka was born the second son of Kato Tokuro in 1927. He graduated the Seto Industrial School of Ceramics and studied under his father. From 1959-1971 submitted annually to the Nitten where he received the Hokusho prize as well as the Modern Ceramics Prize among others. He also received the Japanese Ceramics Society award and governors prize at the Asahi Togeiten...

Framed Japanese woodblock print by artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) Signed in pencil, with inscription and artist's cartouche. Circa 1959. Size: (entire frame) 35.25" height, 29.25" width (artwork only) 22.5" height, 17.5" width

Japanese early 20th century bronze water lily design vase. By artist, BOKUZEN. Comes with TOMOBAKO, or original artist signed wooden storage box. The vase measures 11 1/8" tall by 7" wide at the widest point.

Chinese Natural Red Coral Figure Kwanyin Guanyin Fine Chinese carved natural salmon red coral figurine. The statue is in a form of Kwan Yin (Guan Yin) or depicting “Ma Gu Xian Shou (Magu Offers Longevity)”, with a basket of lucky flowers, delicately crafted from nonatural red coral. With an original silver-inlaid wooden base. Size: Coral alone 9.3 cm high Includes wooden base 13.3 cm high Condition: excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs.

Shiko Munakata (1903 ~ 1975)
Titled in Japanese: Flower(s) of Vienna, the great Leo Sirota ウィーンノハナ　レオシロタ大人
Dated: April 11, 1965.
Leo Sirota (1885-1965) was one of the world's most famous pianists. Munakata was his friend and produced this print shortly after Sirota's death.
Edition: Not known. A color version of this design exists.
Signed: "Shiko" in Japanese; "Munakata" in English.
Sheet size: 16 x 10.75 inches. Image size: 11.5 x 6.5...

This is a tea bowl of Japanese OHI pottery ware, which was made about 50 years ago by famous Chozaemon Ohi (1901-1986).

It has a fantastic black glaze. The work and the box has the sign of the 9th. Chozaemon Ohi. His name is inherited from the Edo era.

The Ninth Chozaemon was the son of the Eigth Chozaemon who had been making tea utencils from age sixteen until his death at age eighty-six. At 26,he received his title of Ninth Ohi Chozaemon following after his father. In...

Early 20th century male mask with scarifications. H. 31 cm. Ex David Utzon Frank, Denmark. Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.

A pair of vintage Chinese blue and white large ceramic Fu Dogs. The male is holding sphere which represents the world while the female is holding a playful youngling under her paw. They both sit atop their own decorative plinth each draped by a cover made to look woven.

Age: Mid Century (1960's)

Dimensions: Each measures approximately 9" Wide by 23" High by 12 1/4" Deep

Very old and nicely carved black mask, of typical conical coiffe and slightly smiling feminine face. Wood, fine patina. Africa, Gabon, Punu Peoples, Tsangui sub-group. Height: 13 1/4" (34 cm). Old accident on left side of coiffe, erosion due to age, otherwise very good condition. Ex. old French collection.

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Takanawa Sengakuji Temple
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.5 x 8.0 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seals on front and back.
Sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-83
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Chapel France that was made in 1960 and numbered 11 of 120. Deep purple hues border a silvery road which visually leads to the bare branches of a tree in winter. The focus then turns to a somewhat distant church in the background which is this prints main theme. Saito then layered this print with textured paint adding a depth unlike most of his other prints. With watermark and stamped artist label on back stating “self-carved...

Ohara Koson
Cherry Blossom and Full Moon, 1932.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the Watanabe C seal, indicating a first edition.
Reference: No. S43.8 and p. 211 in "Crows Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson" (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Excellent with very faint mark near lower left corner.
Very rare.

Ashanti doll, 2nd quarter of the 20th century, by a known carver. See Ron van Doorn - Herbert M. Cole : Akua’Ba Asante Wednesday Child, page 154-155. H. 24,5 cm. Provenance: private collection UK.

清 王翬 深山索居圖 水墨紙本鏡心 款識：巘邊石室低臨水，戶外雲峰半入天。伏暑蒸人，退處湖村。小築清風洞，越蕉竹交陰。偶採唐句。戲寫巨然筆法，劍門樵客石谷子王翬。鈐印：八十老人王翬、耕煙散人、太原、臞樵雅趣。Mounted Painting of Recluse Life in Remote Mountains / Wang Hui (1632-1717) of Early Qing Dynasty 32 1/4 X 20 inches 82.6 X 50.8 cm Ink on Paper Inscribed and signed with four artist seals. Wang H...

A vintage Japanese Ranma (transom) made of Kusunoki (Camphor) and Hinoki (Cypress) woods. Hand carved in deep relief depicting an auspicious Plum Blossom Tree with Bamboo and Irises. Celebrating the change of seasons from winter to spring, it shows many flower buds ready to bloom with a few blooming in all its beauty.

Age: Late Taisho through Early Showa Era (1926-1950).

Dimensions: 67 1/4" Wide x 16" High by 2 3/4" Deep

張大千/山居圖 設色紙本立軸 1980年作 款識：六十九年元月寫寄摩耶精舍八十二叟爰。鈐印：大千長年。張大千是二十世纪中國畫壇影响巨大、又最富傳奇色彩的國畫大師，在繪畫、書法、篆刻、詩詞方面都有相當造詣。早期專心研習古人書畫，特别在山水畫實踐和理論方面頗有建樹。後旅居海外，畫風工寫結合，重彩、水墨融为一體，尤其是開創潑墨與潑彩，发展了中國畫全...

An exquisite image of an emaciated man, the prominent bones about the eyes softly glowing pale white over the hollow cheeks. The mask is of the Yase-otoko type, and is signed on the back by the maker Iwasaki Hisahito in a carved seal above the eye. Superb craftsmanship!
Iwasaki Hisahito is a well known Mask carver currently 78 years old and still going. He was born in Oita prefecture, but moved to Nagoya then Yokohama at a youthful age. All processes are done by hand, from carving the w...