Flower arranging is one of the great arts that Japan has managed to take to ever greater heights of refinement over its long history. Here we have a classic example of a kake-hanaire (hanging flower vase) fashioned from bamboo by a lineage of craftsmen that started in 1578 with the first Kuroda Shogen...

Old monkey mask for Eastern Himalaya, Hard wood, H 20 cm wide 17 cm , obvious sign of important age, at least from early 20th, more information on request

Shoda Koho
Bridge in Rainy Season
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.0 inches.
Date: 1930s.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Artist's signature and seal at lower left.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku. Seal at right margin and stamp on verso.
Condition: Excellent. Back has tape residue in two spots.

Vintage Japanese Satsuma tea set with 2 cups with lids and a teapot with bamboo handle. the set is dedicated for a honorary gift written in gold on the back side and each cup and the teapot are signed. Good condition though there is some staining from use. This set was purchased in 1990 in Kagoshima . No damage wear to gold, size cup h 3" to finial and 3" wide the teapot 4.25 to top of finial.

Pair of Famille Rose Mandarin flattened quatrefoil form vases brightly enamelled with shaped moulded panels enclosing figures at leisure. One side displays a balcony setting and the opposite side displays a picnic setting with each having a lake and mountains in the background. The sides have a further rondel with flowers and birds. All displayed on a bright orange diaper ground. The sides are moulded with twin dragon handles in gilt. The lids with a foo dog finial...

Oversized Japanese limited edition “kappa-ban” (stencil print) by Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996) titled "Noah's Ark.” The predominantly black and white composition is divided into five horizontal rows featuring pairs of animals and four figures disembarking from Noah's Ark onto dry land. Noah and his wife are at the top. The scene is set against a bold red background and is executed on the crumpled hand-made momigami paper characteristic of the artist's work...

A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese export silver enamel bracelet with jade stone, in excellent condition. Marked. L:17cm

Netsuke of standing Jurojin (one of the 7 Gods of happiness, usually associated with longevity) holding a scroll and a fan in his hands, with a reclining spotted deer (symbol of longevity) by his feet. Excellent carving - see the detailing of his face, incised fingernails, coat and spots of the deer. Great quality staining, beautiful patina. Signed SHINZAN on the bottom - for a brief discussion of the artist see CONTEMPORARY NETSUKE by Miriam Kinsey, p. 237. Height 2 1/16 inches.

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 tipped along its top edge to original card.
Condition: Excellent.

Chinese Dark Cherry Amber Bakelite Carved Lady Figure

She is 15.9 inches (40.5 cm) tall by 5.1 inches (13 cm) wide without stand. She is 2376 gram.

She has inclusions, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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A large Chinese 20th-century celadon glazed porcelain vase with a baluster body, rising to a trumpet neck, flanked by a dragon handles with rings.

The body is richly adorned with an incised in a low relief lotus pattern.

CONDITION: In very good condition, no cracks, chips, or repairs.

MEASUREMENTS:

Height: 32cm (12.6 inches).

Width: 22 cm (8.7 inches).

Chinese Tang Style Black Jade? recumbent foo dog Lion scholar object possibly a scroll weight. Well carved foo lion in a black stone with very heavy wear on the base showing what seems to be hundreds of years' worth of wear as well as the mid-section of the body. Export seal on head. this came from the estate of a noted archologist. Size l 3.25" w 2" h 1.6"

A large pair of decorative vases painted with a pattern of stylised peonies in underglaze blue and gilt set against an iron red ground. The vases are of compressed mallet shaped form with wasted body and flared mouth, a form used at the Fukugawa factory from the late 19th century onwards. Probably early 20th century in date. The vases weigh respectively 2.152kg and 2.016kg and stand 29cmand 28.7cm high...

Decriminalizations:
A Bronze Oil Lamp Sets was preserved in good patina.

Date: Early 20th century.

Height: 53cm

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Spring at Sensoji
Date: Pre-1916. Pre-earthquake.
Numbered edition: Numbered "48" inside fan seal at lower left corner. Part of the kanji character "8" is off the edge.
Size: 19.625 x 8.5 inches.
Shotei signature and seal at left.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: O-36 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Laid down to board...

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.

This is a hinggi from east Sumba, probably dated to the mid to late 20th century. The weave technique is warp ikat, plain woven and hand spun cotton. It measures 132.08 x 274.32 cm and is in immaculate condition. Ikat is a resist-dye method of patterning textiles. Prior to weaving, the maker ties the warp and/or weft threads tightly and immerses them in a dye bath. The tied sections resist the dye...

Antique Japanese Shino ware Chawan made by Kato Gorohachi (?-1900.
The potter signature is written on the bottom.

There is not much information about this potter available even in Japan and his birth year is unknown.
He worked in the Hinno kiln of Aichi Prefecture in late 19 century.

Size
Diameter 12.7cm
Height 7.6cm
Weight 245g

Condition
Good.
No chips, no cracks