An image of the white robed Kannon (Quanyin), Goddess of Mercy, by Mashimizu Zoroku dating from the early 20th century. Exquisitely crafted, The figure is 14.5 x 12 x 21.5 cm (5-3/4 x 4-3/4 x 8-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Kannon, also known as Guan-yin in Chinese or Avalokitasvara is a Bodhisattva, (one who has prolonged their own eternal enlightenment to stay behind to alleviate the suffering of others in this ephemeral world. Generally shown as feminine or androgynou...

Laos bamboo basket.

Age: Laos, 20th Century
Size: Height 23.7 C.M. / Width 26 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

1920's Chinese Silver Kingfisher Feather Butterfly Shaped Brooch

It is 1.7 inches (4.5 cm) long by 2.6 inches (6.7 cm) wide. It is 6.6 gram.

It is tarnished and has minor missing feathers and surface wears (as seen in the photos).

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Flowers blossom all about this soft pink vase by Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan I published in the book Miyagawa Kozan Yukasai (2018), page 32 figure 25. A copy of the book will be included. It comes in a modern wooden storage box. According to the book it was made circa 1902. The vase is 18.5 cm (7-1/4 inches) diameter, 22.5 cm (9 inches) tall and is in excellent condition.
The name Kozan was granted by Prince Yasui-no-Miya in 1851 in honor of the tea ware produced during the later Edo for t...

A part of boro which used to be futoji. All fragments are hand spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye, which are: check with kasuri, plain and stripes. The outside is cotton katazome (stencil-resist dye) with plant motif, vegetable indigo dye. W:64cm, L:69cm Late 19th to early 20th century. From Tohoku district.

1920's Japanese Makuzu Kozan Studio Vase with Bird & Insect on Peach Tree Marked

It is 7.25 inches (18.4 cm) tall by 4.25 inches (10.79 cm) wide. It is 0.9 lb.

It has minor surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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Height: 3 cm (1.2 in)
Width: 3 cm (1.2 in)
Depth: 3 cm (1.2 in)

Japanese carved netsuke of a seated mushroom collector; well carved throughout; natural material; marked on the base; good condition

Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)(1871-1945)
Waterfall in Moonlight
Date: Pre-1923 earthquake. Blocks destroyed.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Shotei seal at lower right.
Reference: S-127 in Shotei catalog.
"Made in Japan" stamped on back bottom margin.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print attached along top edge only to original 7.75 x 5.25-inch blank card.
Condition: Excellent.
- A rare and beautiful design.

Antique Japanese iron lantern, 6 sides and 3 feet, cast with beautiful ornate open lattice work on all sides. Great outdoor original with nice details.

Early 20th Century

Dimensions: 15 1/2" high to hanging loop by 12" diameter at widest points.

An antique 2 section Korean herbal medicine chest with a Maple wood and Horse Chestnut front. With original brass hardware, there are 80 drawers total, 74 visible and 6 hidden behind the hinged doors. Each drawer is identified by the herbal name that was stored there.

Age: Early 20th Century

Dimensions: 36 3/8" Wide by 53 1/4" High by 13" Deep

Height: 9 cm (3.5 in)
Width: 10.8 cm (4.4 in)

Quality Chinese porcelain ovoid vase depicting a number of qilin surrounding the belly of the vase with lappets below the rim and a scaled border above the base; double circles to the base; good condition

A hardwood carving of a gnarled pine bristling with needles over clouds in what appears to be some type of dark rosewood. Beautifully crafted, it is 19 x 15 x 5.5 cm (7-1/2 x 6 x 2 inches) and is in excellent condition, dating from the later 19th to early 20th centuries at the height of the Sencha tea movement.
Sencha, as we know it today, started to gain popularity during the 18th century with the rise in Literati thought in Japan. This is partly due to the influx of Chinese at the fall...

A set of 4 exquisite lacquered wooden boxes with trays decorated with Tsuba (sword guards) in gold on a jet black mirror surface dating from the early 20th century enclosed in a four tier black lacquered wooden box. Inside is silver Nashiji with scattered cherry blossoms. The trays feature solid silver rims and are signed Ryoshin. Each box is 13.5 x 10.5 x 5.7 cm (5-1/4 x 4 x 2 inches) and each tray is 17.6 x 14.6 x 1.7 cm and all are in overall fine condition.

Girl's kimono made of hand-spun cotton with auspicious motifs, such as plum blossom, pine tree, bamboo, which are kata-Yuzen-zome, and hand drawn turtles and waves. Kata-Yuzen-zome is a dye technique with katazome (stencil-resist dye) and colored by hand. The ground cloth is benibana (safflower) dye. Benibana has been grown in Yamagata prefecture from Edo period, and it was very precious. It was traded to Kyoto and dyed there for kosode kimono or other textiles. This one is generally in good con...

Cotton girl's kimono with auspicious motifs, such as plum blooms, bamboos, pine trees, which are kata Yuzenzome (stencil-resist dye and colored by hand), and hand painted turtles and waves. The ground cloth is benibana (safflower) dye which is very precious. Safflower has been grown in Yamagata prefecture in Tohoku district. It was sent to Kyoto and dyed there in Edo period, but it went declined in the end of Edo and chemical dye replaced benibana dye later. Generally, in good condition but ha...

Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Ferry at Takeya, Mukojima
Date: Pre-1917.
Numbered edition: Numbered "44" in Japanese inside fan cartouche at lower right corner.
Size: 13.625 x 6.875 inches.
Shotei seal at right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: M-153 in Shotei catalog.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Marks. Paper residue on back.
- The blocks for this rare, numbered print were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquak...

A bold extension of the Art-Nouveau aesthetic by Teishitsu Gigei-in Ito Tozan I with intricate designs piercing the crimson red elongated form. It is stamped on the base, 20 cm (8 inches) diameter, 40.5 cm (16 inches) tall and in excellent condition, enclosed in a modern wooden storage box.
Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began as a painter in the Maruyama school studying under Koizumi Togaku. In 1862 he became a pupil of Kameya Kyokutei, as well as studying under Takahashi Dohachi III nd Kanzan D...

This is an exquisite older "Hakoseko"! This is to be placed in the chest area between Obi and Kimono with the chains from Kanzashi dangling. Hakoseko is still being used in Japan only for very special occasions now. These older kinds are becoming very difficult to find. It is lined with orange silk with a mirror and thick brown "Washi" tissue papers still remains inside. The fabric is a beatifully woven silk, with the shiney red silk and metal (turnished silver?) threads. Circa, early t...