Japanese glass ojime in a form of tombodama bead with white core and two birds on a long branch with leaves and flowers. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Superbly made piece - see the individual petals and leaves, in perfect condition. Height 3/4 inches.

Kaoru Kawano
Two Girls
Date: 1950s-60s
Size: Approximately 16.5 x 11.5 inches.
Sealed by the artist at lower right and on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. We've removed this print from its original folder.

Furoshiki (wrapping cloth) with owner's name, made of asa (hemp) whose warps and wefts are hand-plied. It has 4 mending patches with same cloth as the ground. It has un-dyed cotton cloth for reinforcement in the middle and has sashiko. Used but in excellent condition. The first half of the 20th century. 132cm x 138cm

Chinese Rosewood highly polished small Display Stand, 1 3/8 Diameter inside top rim, 2 1/2" wide 5/8" high, square flare out curved corner, the condition is good. Several same size are available, please inquire.

Unusual early Showa period (1930s) Japanese mingei (Arts and Crafts) small shallow metal box with enamel decoration of a flowering prunus tree branches with leaves and blooms. Wonderful use of moriage (piled-up enamel) techniques, beautiful work, excellent patina, in perfect condition. Most probably made by the Ando company. Length 3 inches.

Pair of Korean black lacquer over brass vases with mother-of-pearl inlay. The brass is re-purposed from unused artillery shells and the vases are heavier than one would expect. One of the rim looks a little irregular, but the were purchased in Japan, as is, in the first half of the 20th Century. They measure about 7 inches high.

Huge Meiji Bronze Okimono of a Oni on stand. Wonderful sculpt late 19th c unsigned . Note there is some damage.The sculpture shows very well if the feet were attached no one would really see any loss. 1. loss of one finger tip as seen 2. loss of one horn as seen 3...

A Chinese gold gilded cloisonne dish featuring a pair of birds perched on a Chinese plum tree branch. The colors are vibrant yet complex. This dish or plate measures 6" diameter and is truly a very pretty and affordable piece.

An antique Chinese minature carved panel from boxwood of a pair of pheasants amongst a tree of cherry blossoms.

Date: Republic (1912-49) Dimensions: 5.5" long X 3.25" tall X 2.25 deep

Chinese Pink Quartz Snuff Bottle with original Top, Ca. 1940, 2 1/4" high, 1 3/8" wide, 7/8" depth, with round smooth polished stone with round top, dark spoon is attached from the top. The condition is good, has some dark stains inside and around the top opening.

Chinese carved and lacquered architectural panel depicting figures in a garden. Used wear size just under 13.5" by 4.3"

Chinese carved and lacquered architectural panel depicting figures in a garden. Used wear size just under 13.25" by 4.5"

Chinese carved and lacquered architectural panel depicting figures in a garden. Used wear size just under 13.25" by 4.5"

A pair of antique Chinese horn hooks incised with a circular design and floral cut out.

Date: Early 19th C

Dimensions: 9" long X 4.25"wide

A pair of Chinese antique horn hooks with incised with a circular design.

Date: Early 19th C

Dimensions: 11.25"long X 5"

A set of four antique Huanghuali wood Chinese bird feeders mounted on a stand.

Date: Republic Period (1910-1920)

Dimensions: stand is 10" long X 2.75" deep. Individual feeders are 2" high X 1.75" in diameter

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Cold Winter Wind.
Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.5 inches.
Date: pre-1936 (Mid-1920s).
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 204 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-4 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. On the back, there is clear tape along the top edge.

An pair of antique blue ceramic Vietnamese mini bottles. Found in a ship wreck from the Hoi An Hoard ship with a numbered label. Provenance: Prominent Private Collection from San Diego, CA

Date:12-13th C

Dimensions: 2.75" tall X 1.75" wide

Very rare, large lidded rattan basket from the Nung Rawang ethnic group of Northern Burma, Kachin State. The Rawang are a subgroup of the Kachin people and live in some of the last great wilderness forests left in Burma. Also it is interesting to note that the men do the weaving and with advent of plastic bags this pretty much an extinct craft. This is the oldest basket from this group I have ever found- conservatively at least 50 years plus. HL 42cm/16.5in and D: 27cm/10.6in...

An antique Chinese nam gua tray.

Date:Republic Period (1910-1920)

Dimensions: 10.75" X 7.25"

Drum stick with brown patina the top shows three grimacing faces, the middle part is a dorgi with deep carvings followed by a very flared original motif with vertically carved motifs. The tip shows a short beak of Makara framed by 2 very large eyes, and many miniaturized sculptures showing in particular shamans in trances arms raised and spread, very important signs of wear H 39 cm, presnted on an iron stand More information on request

Small drum handle probably from the small drum of a young shaman. The patina is light brown with beautiful sculptures showing deep reliefs. The design remains classic with a dorgi with deep vertical sculptures, the beak of the Makara is original with a bold circular opening, each side of the triangular tip is carved of the Shiva trident, a pair of intertwined snakes and a standing shaman. H37 cm. Presentezd on an iron stand . More information on request

Pair of (1920's) Japanese Bronze Tiger Signed & Marked

They are 5.15 inches (13.2 cm) tall by 7.65 inches (19.5 cm) wide. They are 8.8 lb (3980 gram).

They have loss of patina, oxidation, felt fabric glued at the bottom of one tiger, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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This is a beautiful small cloisonne vase decorated with with 7 butterflies of different sizes. Stands 4 3/4 inches tall. It is stamped Japan on base so it was probably made sometime between 1920& 1930. The enamel colors and style look like a few Ando pieces we have had from this time period. Condition is excellent with just wear to the rim coatings

This drum shows deep carvings, the 3 face s on top are rather unusual, they show fierceful faces , this handle has been collected from Chepang tribes from Hetauda district, this district is south of kathmandu , Chepang are more or less Gipsy people living in forests and they are moving often and are living in established houses. In the past 10 years they have been approach by christian missionaries and few years ago I saw many Dhyangro from this district arriving on the market in Kathmandu...

An antique Chinese square table of tieli-mu wood with a lacquered finish. The apron is carved bamboo leaves and is supported by four legs carved in stylized bamboo leaves. The table has a second tiered shelf.

Date: Republic Period (1912-1920)

Dimensions: 24" square X 36" tall

Utagawa Fusatane
An evening scene from the Snow, Moon, Flower series
Date: ca. 1850s-60s.
Size: 11.75 x 9.5 inches.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Two punch holes from original folio. Thinned area from wormhole at upper left.

Eijiro Kobayashi
Pagoda by Moonlight
Approximately 10.25 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1938-1960.
Red "Eijiro" seal at lower right.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. From the "Hasegawa Night Scenes" series. Hasegawa catalogue No. 1243.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Tibetan Himalayan Shigatze Wool Rug with two(2) Dragons chasing Flame in cream color 100% wool on cotton backing, bordered with wide floral branches in the separate Cartouches, thick heavy weight, 72"(6') x 36"(3'), owner purchased in Shigatze in Tibet around 1980. Cloth label in the back and in good condition.

Sophisticated Hagi Chawan by Living National Treasure Miwa Kyusetsu X (Kyuwa) (1885-1981) with warekodai made 70 years ago.

Many of Miwa's chawan have a split cross footring called a warekodai that was favored by busho chajin (warrior tea men); it traces its origins to Korean chawan. This chawan has a rare warekodai with only one split.

Miwa Kyusetsu X was a member of the group around Rosansin an Arakawa, which revived the momoyama ceramic...

Pair Himalayan Tibetan Stupa shape Brass Chops, Seals, Stupa Altar pieces, 2 1/4" high, 1" to 1 1/8" wide on the bottom, carved double fish and other Buddhist symbols inside hexagonal shape bottom, the condition is good.

A drum handle from a gompa used by a lama. The handle can be removed for a better handling, especially when the lama had to go for a family ceremony, marriage, funerals etc. the drum; the drum is quite heavy as it is made in a single piece of wood with almost no figurative carving only one chimeric animal on each side. Total height is about 94 cm; handle is 54 cm diameter 42/44 cm and thickness 20 cm.

This Phurbu shows an elegant scaffolding whose base is an elephant carrying 2 floors each sheltering 4 protectors standing hands joined in the ritual gesture of Namaste. The triangular blade is of traditional design with intertwined serpents carved minimally that come together, unusual, at two mouths of Makara different. Brown patina, age circa middle to 2nd part of the 20th. H 25 cm,

3 ancestor faces on top and very nice Makara at least early 20th, H22 cm

This pair of masks show a couple (man and woman). More information and pictures on request Sizes: for the male H 30.5x 27 cm, female 30 x 23 cm,

An antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in the shape of a double gourd with a robin egg crackle glaze. The top is blue glass and metal wrapping.

Date: 19th C

Dimensions: 3.5"long X 1.25" wide