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Abhaya Asian Antiques
$320.00
Fine and rare old Yao/Mien all hand spun and woven cotton wedding veil with silk thread embroidered geometrical design, circa 50 years old. This piece is from Kim Mien group and was originally collected in Northern Laos. The colors on this piece are subtle and restrained (please note the use of shades of brown and blue in enlargements) and the brown and white tassels. Except for a couple of tiny holes this piece is in excellent condition. W: 47cm/18.5in and L: 75cm/29.5in.
The Kura
sold, with thanks! A superb Landscape by Yano Tetsuzan dated the second month of 1924 enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The arched rooves of Chinese style pavilions rise in the placed waters under th shelter of precipitous verdant cliffs, trees in fall colors in the foreground setting the stage. Above a long verse in Kanshi signed Tetsuzan. Ink and pigment on silk in a dark blue-green satin border with ivory rollers (the rollers will be changed for export). The scroll is 54 x 193 cm (21-1/2 76 inches...
Original work of Yanagisawa Kien (1703-1758) Antique Japanese Painting of Jurojin, the God of Longevity
Yanagisawa Kien was a samurai in the middle of the Edo period and a pioneer of Nanga painting style. He is also known as Chikkei and Gyokkei. His father was one the important member of the Yanagisawa samurai clan, which rose to prominence under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. As a child, he lived in Edo and developed an interest in painting at the age of nin...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, Thank you Enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1998. It is 16 x 10 x 12 inches (40 x 25 x 30 cm) and is in fine condition.
Yanigahara Mutsuo (b.1934) was raised in Seto, and studied in Kyoto along with contemporary Morino Taimei with whom he maintained a lifelong friendship. His work is largely sculptural, and his choice of colors is his reflection on the decadence of Japanese society. A list of exhibitions and awards would be much too long but includes the Japan Ceramics Society Gold pr...
Japanese Art Site
SOLD Edo Period late 18th/early 19th Century Japanese Ningyo of Yamauba, the Forest Goddess, half woman and half spirit. She found Kintaro abandoned in the forest by his father, and saved his life. She raised him, and he became the Hercules of Japan. For sure one of the rarest of all Ningyo. Also the rarest of female images. Only a few of these may actually exist. She bares her breasts to nurse Kintaro, as seen in Japanese woodblock prints as a popular subject by artists such as Utamaro. She is holdi...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, thank you A stunning large Vase by important Hagi artist Yamato Yasuo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Ensai Henko (Flattened Hagi Vase in Flame Color). The top is raw earth burnt red by the flame, Below dark iron turns to ocher then the soft earthen beige of hagi, which gives way to pink, then cream before turning dark gray. It is 36.5 x 13 x 35 cm (14-1/2 x 5 x 14 inches) and is in excellent condition.
It is likely no collector of Hagi will need an introduction to this inn...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$450.00 A pink sunset band rings this Caribbean blue bowl by Yamato Tsutomu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Hagi Chawan. It is gorgeous to behold, wide and comfortable in the hands, perfect for tea in the warm seasons. It is 15 cm ((6 inches) diameter, 9 cm (3-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Yamato Tsutomu was born the second son of Yamato Yasuo, the man who brought Hagi into the 20th century, in 1965. He graduated the Yamaguchi University of Arts in 1988. ...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$660.00 A superb example of the flame licked works of innovative Hagi artist Yamato Tsutomu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Kohiki Honosai Yonmen Hosoguchi Hanaire. It is 32.5 cm (13 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Yamato Tsutomu was born the second son of Yamato Yasuo, the man who brought Hagi into the 20th century, in 1965. He graduated the Yamaguchi University of Arts in 1988. He has exhibited with Asahi Modern Craft Exhibition, the Nihon Dento Kogeiten (Nati...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$500.00 Pink belts this blue-gray bowl like the rising sun reflected off a pre-dawn cloud by Yamato Tsutomu enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Chawan and featured in the 59th National Traditional Crafts Exhibition (catalog page 65, catalog included). It is 15.5 cm (6 inches) diameter and in perfect condition.
Yamato Tsutomu was born the second son of Yamato Yasuo, the man who brought Hagi into the 20th century, in 1965. He graduated the Yamaguchi University of Arts in 1988. H...
Zentner Collection
$3,500.00 Tibetan Buddhist thangka protraying an image of Yamantaka, which is the wrathful form of Majushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom. The deity is flanked by Chenresig, Lama Tsongkhapa, a Bodhisattva similar to Namgyalma, and a blue tara. Age: 18th/19th century. Size: height 35.5" length 24.5" width 0.75"
Modern Japanese Ceramics
Sold, with thanks Lines of burnt straw scar the surface of this voluminous work by Yamamoto Yuichi enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 17-1/2 inches (45 cm) tall, 9 x 10 inches (23 x 25.5 cm) at the base and in excellent condition.
Born the son of Living National Treasure Yamamoto Toshu, Yuichi was raised among the clay and kilns of Bizen, at a vital time when Bizen was devastated by the war economy, and the dramatic years of growth and research following. He began making pottery in 1959, at...
Treasures of Old Times
$500.00 Excellent Bizen Chawan by Yamamoto Yuichi (b. 1935)
Size Height 8cm Width 13cm Condition Excellent Supplied with signed box Yamamoto Yuichi, born in Inbe, the renowned Bizen center of Japan, is the eldest son of Living National Treasure Yamamoto Toshu. He embarked on his pottery journey in 1959 under the expert guidance of his father. Since then, he has garnered numerous accolades, including the Director's Prize at the Higashi-Chugoku Bran...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1910
item #1468250
(stock #Shoun007)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Yamamoto Shoun (1870-1965)
The Old Willow Tree (Titled: "Snow Hamlet" in 2005 Museum of Kochi exhibit catalog, A View of Nostalgic Japan and the Beauties of Those Days: An Exhibition of Shoun Yamamoto's Work) Date: ca. 1900-1910s. Size: Approximately 17.4 cm 11.6 cm. 6.875 x 4.5 inches. Artist's signature and seal at lower right. Publisher: Matsumoto (No. 446). Condition: Excellent. Brown dash mark near signature. An early and rarely seen design. Note: ...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1254236
(stock #Yamamoto071)
Artist: Yamamoto (seal)
Gotemba in Snow Bears artist's seal. Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Bears round Takemura seal. Date: 1930s. Collected after WWII but very likely from Takemura's pre-war stock. Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Tipped at top to original greeting card. Condition: Print is very good. Card is discolored. Size
Height 8.1cm Width 13.4cm In excellent condition Supplied with signed wooden box Born in 1944, Yamamoto Izuru has made an indelible mark in the world of male ceramists, specializing in the revered Bizen pottery tradition. His unique ceramic style seamlessly blends the time-honored techniques of Bizen ware, passed down by his father, the esteemed Living National Treasure Toshu Yamamoto, with sculpting methods acquired during his sojourn in France. <... Japanese shin hanga woodblock print titled “Tasogare” (aka Dusk or Twilight) by Yamakawa Shuho (1898-1944) depicting a beauty in dressed summer kimono holding an uchiwa (non-folding fan) from the series “Four Images of Women” published by Bijutsusha in April 1928. This is the oban edition with gaufrage and mica highlights. The Shuho signature and red maple leaf seal are at the upper right. Plate: 14 1/4” x 9 3/8” (visible paper size: 14 5/8” x 10 1/8”); frame: 21" x 16 5/8." ...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1003659
(stock #Yamakawa 001)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Yamakawa Shuho (1898 - 1944)
Premonition of Snow, 1927 Size: Oban, approximately 15.0 x 10.5 inches. Publisher: Bijutsusha Condition. Unframed. This print has had tears and toning professionally restored. An intriguing bijin image with an unusual title.
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, thank you A stellar Black water jar by Yamaguchi Shozaemon XIII enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kamakura Nioi Mizusashi. Scraped cut and beat out of form with looping ribbons of clay for handles creating a bold, lively experience. Here is a Mizusashi which certainly does not let down. It is 21 cm (just over 8 inches) diameter at the base, 16.5 cm (6-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Yamaguchi Shozaemon was born in 1913 in Seto city, the heartland of one of the oldest ... |