A woodblock print by the artist Karhu. The print is labeled "Avoiding Stepping". The full narrative is "As You Would Avoid Stepping In Shit, Ignore Fools". Clifton Karhu became one of the most successful contemporary Western artists working in Japanese woodblock style. Karhu lived permanently in Kyoto, Japan, where he was the head of the Kyoto branch of the renowned Japan Print Society. Print is signed and numbered 17/100 Date: 1976

Dimensions: 26" X 9.25"

A beautiful Japanese black lacquer over wood with applied mother of pearl charger featuring 2 sparrow-like birds surrounded by cherry blossoms. The branches have gold highlights and the cherry blossom buds have red lacquer accents. One small mop bud is missing, otherwise in very good condition. Measures 17 inches in diameter.

Bird and flower painting depicted tit birds in the cotton flower. Painted with ink and pigments on silk. Signed Gyokkei and sealed.

Mochizuki Gyokusei(1900−1951）was a Japanese painter born in Kyoto. He was a pupil of prominent artists Nishiyama Suisho (1879-1958) as well as his father Mochizuki Gyokukei (1874-1938). Gyokusei graduated from and taught at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts and the Kyoto Municipal Special School of Painting for further art education in Kyoto...

Uzbek/kazak hand knotted wool rug. The center is dominated by a light yellow medallion edged with red. The exterior band has a rectalinear pattern in blues, greens, reds and yellows bordered by two narrow bands filled with flowers. Dates from mid 20th century. It measures 42" by 53".

MAN SITTING

Bronze sculpture by a Japanese artist, Akahagi Kenji, 1967, H 38.3 x W 9.5 x D 12 cm (15.07 x 3.74 x 4.72in). Cracks and chips at stone pedestal as seen.


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Varied repeating geometric patterns exquisitely embroidered in satin stitch in silk thread characterize this dress panel from Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Executed in a counted-thread technique in relief on a cotton linen background, the monochrome colors of the thread reflect the light in such a way as to confer a high degree of elegance to this textile which measures 17 x 148 cm and is fully reversible on each side. Condition is perfect, no stains, no holes, no odors...

Embroidered on a brown plainweave cotton linen, this wedding food cover (lali posh) was made by the Lakai Uzbek residing near Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. Six suns edged with waves (symbolizing power) are worked in blanket stitch and chain stitch in bright, multicolored silk thread, surrounded by free-flowing, stylized floral motifs. The rasberry silk fringe border on all sides is crocheted and the reverse side of the textile is lined with two separate panels of printed fabric from Russia...

A Rare Yuan Dynasty Junchi Wine Pot with Underglazed Red Floral Motifs. It is well made with its bottom unglazed. Condition Report: Good Condition Provenance: Property of a LA Collection Dimensions: Height: 4 3/4 inches (12.1 cm) Medium: Porcelainware

A woodblock print by the artist Karhu. The print is labeled "Wealth & Happiness". The full narrative is "Wealth & Happiness come to Those Who Don't Deserve Them". Clifton Karhu became one of the most successful contemporary Western artists working in Japanese woodblock style.
Karhu lived permanently in Kyoto, Japan, where he was the head of the Kyoto branch of the renowned Japan Print Society...

Morigami Jin bamboo flower basket Hanakago High shape with an extended rim. Made with very thin strips of madake bamboo in different techniques, rattan and lacquer. Insert water container in black lacquered bamboo. Unsigned but it comes with the artist’s old information paper and old Japanese paper box. H 19 cm x Ø 17 cm Perfect. Morigami Jin ( Osaka b.1955 ), is now living and working in Beppu, Kyushu, Japan...

Wall vase of irregular cylindrical shape. Middle brown stoneware with irregular natural ash glaze dripping decoration. Metal eye at the back for hanging. Marked with 3 dots at bottom, which is the mark of the Karatsu potter Nakazato Toraemon XII Muan. Japan, around 1960s/1970s.

H ca 7 in., W at foot 4 ¼ in.

Mint condition. The piece does not come with a box.

Nakazato Muan (1895-1985) inherited the artist name Taroemon XII, in 1927, following his father who was Taroemon XI...

Chinese porcelain panels decorated in underglaze cobalt blue representing lake mountainous landscapes. There are three panels.The price is for one:600$.To be sold separately or in pairs. Must have been part of a screen. Good condition except for some minor wear. Dimension approximately 161 to 166 x 500 to 504mm. I don't know the period. I think that it's not modern probably later 20th century or ealier?

Antique hanging scroll. A dragon dressed in kimono and apron stands on hind legs, and holds up high a jewel, as if offering to an invisible celestial divine creature. Above them is a swirl.

Signed: Shoto …utsutsu. Seal: Moroku sensei.

Black ink and mineral color on paper.

Japan, Taisho era, 1910s, perhaps 1920s.

Painted area: ca. 52 x 13.5 in. (132 x 34.5 cm).
Total length ca...

This handmade kilim from Maimana shows the medallion design and double interlock designs typical of the kilims from this area, inhabited by Uzbeks, Ersari Turkomen, and other tribal groups. It measures 87 x 127 cm. In excellent condition. Late 20th century. It is made of 100% sheep's wool.

This old textile from Maqur district in Ghazni province, Afghanistan dates from the early to mid 20th century and is embroidered in silk thread on a muslin ground, on an additional muslin background. Abstract volute motifs are dynamically joined in ladder stitch and tightly worked to showcase the two central medallions which are the centerpiece of the composition. This textile measures 55 x 81 cm and is in excellent condition.

Clog-shaped chawan, tea bowl to be used in the tea ceremony. Over a whitish fine clay a silky black glaze and crackled white slip over which a decoration of interlocked diamonds and rings in iron brown.

Seal impressed in bottom/underside: Juzan. Refers to the Oribe potter Mizuno Juzan.

Mino ware, Oribe style, Japan. Showa era, 1950s

H 3 x W 4.25 in.

Perfect condition

There are at least two generations of Mizuno potters going by the name Juzan...

Wonderful tea set with silver wire iridescent blue enamel ground with an undulating dragon with copper rims, tea pot and covered sugar bowl with a large, scalloped rims and with pink, white and dark red clouds green enamel interior and base, spout handles resemble scales of dragon...

A pre war early 20th century Chinese ink painting by anonymous artist, nice art for tea drinking culture

Japanese framed woodblock print by sōsaku hanga artist Haku Maki (1924-2000). This print is titled "Wan - 33", numbered 117/151 and signed with a red cartouche. The print depicts gold tone calligraphy over a bowl with silver highlights and embossed texture. Size: (entire frame)14" height, 11.25" width (artwork only) 9" height, 6.25" width

A pair of Chinese famille-rose enamelled 'landscape' vases on a pink graviata ground with numerous sprigs of flowers spaced throughout. The bases with Qianlong marks (1736-95).

Size is 9-1/2" high by 4-1/2" diameter

Age: Estimated at mid 20th century.

Antique Hindu Bronze figure Chola - Javanese style seated figure . Stylistically similar to Hindu Chola figures but probably Javanese. This sculpture sitting on a base attached to a more cylindrical bottom that probable fit into a larger altar sculpture. Complete in its self.Size a little over 3" by 1.75" wide .

DESCRIPTION: A Chinese pendant with coral colored stone mounted as a brooch in high relief with a scholar standing under a twisting pine in a mountain setting. The rectangular gilt frame is cast as four bamboo stalks and has a sturdy open “mesh” backing fitted with a stick pin and gold loop so that it can be worn as a brooch or necklace. Very fine work overall with no tarnish anywhere to the gilt frame. DIMENSIONS: 2 3/8” long (6 cm) x 1 7/8” wide (4.8 cm).

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. The back decorated with three sprigs of flowers with a shop mark surrounded by double circles in under-glaze blue.

Age: Kangxi Period (1662 - 1722)

Size: 11-1/2" diameter by 1-7/8" high

Condition: There is an old st...

Chinese Qing Dynasty blue and white porcelain jar vase, with a floral border and a stylized bird . The vase has many many rust spots under the clear glaze the base also has rust spots and glaze debris. Great condition other then some chips on the foot as seen in the pictures.Size H 6" D 6-6.5"

Japanese Mid 20th Century print of "White Heron in the Rain" by IDE GAKUSUI (1899-1982). Signed and stamped by artist in lower right hand corner. Also, title and date in lower right hand border. Printed in Showa 25, or 1950. The feathers of the heron are embossed. Fine color and impression. This is the first printing of this famous print. A posthumous edition was printed in HEISEI period. The paper measures 10 1/4" wide by 15 3/8" tall. The print measures 9" wide by 14 3/8" tall.

19th c Meiji Dynasty Bronze altar Temple Toro - Lantern in Bronze , heavy well made and gives off wonderful light . Collected in the Japanese country side in the 90s. Size H 18" diameter 7" and it has 4 pieces. Buddhist altar lamp. 4 parts top near finial slightly bent.

China 206BC -220 AD Han bronze bells on a custom black iron stand . The bells are in nice condition with good patina . Size over all H 7.5" bell H 2 1/4"almost 2.5" and 1 3/4" w

Antique Korean buncheong pottery inlaid banded jar Joseon Dynasty; D: 5 1/4" No stand, undamaged nice original condition.

Antique Chinese lidded bowl the lid decorated with a well painted leaf pattern with an almost iridescent sheen on the paint work , the base has a pie crust like edging . The base marked. Perfect condition 4" by 6"

Antique Hindu Bronze figure Chola - Javanese style seated figure . Stylistically similar to Hindu Chola figures but probably Javanese. This sculpture sitting on a base attached to a more cylindrical bottom that probable fit into a larger altar sculpture. Complete in its self.Size a little over 3" by 1.75" wide .

Chinese thinly potted famille-rose enamelled vase on a lime green graviata ground with five figures in different poses surrounding. The top rim is edged in gilt. The inside and the base are glazed in turquoise blue. The base has a four character mark in iron red surrounded by a single iron red square border.

Size is 10-1/8" high by 7-7/8" diameter

Condition: The gilt edging at the top rim is worn in places and there are some frits. The enamels show some minor wear.

DESCRIPTION: A Chinese scholar's wrist rest crafted from reddish-brown bamboo, the surface covered with fifteen lines of finely carved, raised calligraphy citing a 1962 poem by Mao Zedong. Excellent condition. DIMENSIONS: 11" long (28 cm) x 3" wide (7.6 cm).

Chinese Han Dynasty bronze mirror of simple form with a deep circular pattern and quite heavy for its size. The nipple in the center still retains cord fragments from ancient times. D 3"

19thc Hindu stone figure of the Monkey God Hanuman,Size H 7.2" by 4.2"

Pair of Chinese cloisonne baluster vases with matching covers. Designed all over with fish swimming among lotus pods and other foilage on a white background. Ruyi shoulder design. The insides are enamelled in a dark blue. The rims and bases in copper. The covers designed the same with the same blue enamel on the inside.

Condition: These are in good overall condition. There is some slight wear to the enamels. On one of the lids, the inner copper is dented where it fits into the ...

Chinese Tomb Pottery Tile Probably Sung Dynasty. The tile depicts figures with ladders . Undamaged size 8.5" by 7"