Early Chinese Han style carved stone Duck figure, the duck possibly Han period is carved from a soft stone and and came from a collector of ancient jade. No damage and very well carved. This did come from a home of a heavy smoker we did not want to clean any of the pieces and let the buyer decide no smell but tar . Size 3.25" by 3.5"
Length approximately 22.5 cm. Height approximately 20 cm. A chip, a dent at the cover. New patina added. In good condition.
Amazing Hagi pottery sake cup made by Living National Treasure 10th Miwa Kyusetsu (1895-1981).
10th Miwa Kyusetsu is one of the most significant potter of Hagi ware of all times.
Sake cups made by Kyusetsu Miwa are very rare to find, almost all are in private collections in Japan.
Sake cup with similar cracks is in collection of Yale University Art Gallery: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/177211
Hagi Yaki pottery became popular throughout Japan for tea ceremony during Edo p...
A very unusual and rare early 20th C. Chinese silver medallion coin with chain. In Chinese tradition people wear this for good luck. In excellent condition. Marked. L:25cm. $165
Nicely carved feminine fetish with a fine coiffe, serene face with lowered lids, elongated neck, holding her breasts with both hands, and showing scarifications around her belly. Wood, with fine dark glossy patina. A piece of old textile of red color is meant to represent a skirt. Africa, D.R. Congo, Luba ethnic group. Height: 9 3/8" (23,7 cm). The figurine is mounted on a custom metal stand. Remnants of old insect infestation, (no danger), otherwise very good condition.
Antique Chinese Chased brass shallow Bowl with Dragons, size just under 10" diameter.
A heavily glazed early square pottery dish by Kimura Ichiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The sandy clay appears to have been twice fired, the first firing unglazed with a simple ash burn later a very thick feldspathick glaze wiped on and re-fired. It is roughly 11 by 11-1/2 x 2-1/2 inches (28 x 29 x 6 cm) and is in good condition, no chips or cracks but some color has soaked into the crackled white glaze...
A large Chinese soapstone vase carved in deep relief featuring 5 birds feeding on a peony vine. In excellent condition, it measures 7.5" high by 8.5" across.
A deep, almost bulbous, Wan-gata Chawan by Ueda Tsuneji Titled Kikumon, or Chrysanthemum, enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The large bowl is covered in speckled green glaze turning blue on the lower edges, with a bodacious mum in blue and black. It measures 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) diameter, the slightly tapered rim just over 3 inches (8cm) tall...
Kawase Hasui
Fisherman at Sunset
Date: 1930s. This edition 1950s-60s.
Approximately 5.5 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's oval seal at lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along its top edge only to original card.
Condition: Excellent.
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
Kamoson Village on Sado Island
Date: 1921.
Size: Oban. 14.25 x 9.5 inches. Trimmed margins.
Hasui signature and diamond-shaped seal at lower right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Black 6 mm seal at lower right.
Reference: Hotei #66.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: The margins have been trimmed as shown. Slight fading.
"A villager and child look at the reflection of distant sails on the lake" - Narazaki
Nice old black and red lacquered cylindrical woven bamboo box from Northern Thailand No holes or broken bits. L: 19.5cm/7.2in and D: 4.5cm/1.8in.
Woodblock Print of Traditional Japanese Folk Potteries by Serizawa Keisuke. Issued by Nihon Mingeikan (Japan Folk Craft Museum) in 1970. H. 20"(51cm) x W. 26"(66cm.) Excellent colors, light toning to paper. Printed text in English. See also SK-2 in Japanese. Keisuke Serizawa (5/13/1895 - 4/5/1984) was designated a Ningen Kokuho (National Living Treasure) in 1956 for his work in katazome stencil dyeing...
An exquisite Chinese Export Silver filigree brooch with carved carnelian peony. Early 20th Century. Marked "Silver" and "China". 1-1/2" x 1"
A beautiful old Chinese silver enamel with circular tubing shape in excellent condition. Marked. H:6cm weight:34.3g Sold to Australia
Hanging Scroll of a Napping Cat
by Pan Tiashou (1897-1970)
26¾ X 17¼ inches
67.95 X 43.80 cm
Ink & Color on Paper
Dated 1954
Inscribed and signed with three artist seals
The cat is vividly hand-painted in a unique style on rice paper. It shows the artist's highly developed skills in black-white ink painting as well as his exceptional imagination. According to the inscription, the clever cat is painted after a real one of a neighboring household in early summer of 1954...
Silk meisen kimono with colorful geometric stripes. It has thin cotton lining and red silk cloth in the hem of sleeves. In good condition except for a few mending patches in the lining. 1930s. 124cm x 150cm
Shoda Koho
Futamigaura - Wedded Rocks
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11.5 x 8.5 inches.
Date: 1910s-20s. This edition 1938-60s.
Publisher: Hasegawa/Nishinomiya Yosaku. Seal at left margin.
Sealed by artist at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.