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Japanese Art Site
$9500.00 Fine and rare early example of a Jomon Period Dogu Clay Figure, the earliest
known Japanese figures. The Dogu acted as effigies of people. They
manifested some kind of sympathetic magic. For example, it may have been
believed that illnesses could be transferred into the Dogu, and then
destroyed, clearing the illness, or any other misfortune. Because of the
ritual destruction of Dogu, they are quite rare. This primitive abstract
fertility figure has a futuristic look...
Japanese porcelain Kakiemon saucer dish. Overglaze red, green, yellow and blue enamel decoration with black outline. Signed by a later generation Kakiemon descendant. Very good condition. Diameter 6 1/8 inches (15.5 cm)
Spoils of Time
$900 A fine, modern footed dish with red, green and yellow overglaze and with cobalt blue and manganese underglaze decoration. The hexagonal, everted rim with red border defining a cloud band around conforming hexagonal cavetto with chidori (sparrows) alternating with polychrome squares - borders of decoration all picked out with manganese (giving an iron effect but fading nicely into the blue decoration rather than spoiling it with fade to brown...
Antique Stones Japan
SOLD. Standing Jizo Bosatsu, the right hand holding a shakujo (crozier) and the left a hoju (sacred jewel), sculpted in relief against an overarching funagata-style mandorla from a high-quality granite. Early-Edo Period ca. 1650, possibly earlier. Very minor old edge loss and softening of the lines and contours.
Height: 96 cm A notably large-scale Jizo stone with good age and exceptional presence.
Zentner Collection
$1,500.00 Simple yet elegant sobriquet seal utilizing a Chinese stone similar to chicken blood stone. The seal contains an inscription which translates as: The seal was carved on an auspicious day in December of 1958 (for) Fujiwara Gyokuun. The carved bottom of the seal contains a three character text reading: Kingensen, or The well where gold can be found. Size: height 1.75" width 0.5" length 1.25"
The Kura
Sold, Thank you! Feminine figures dive upwards, forming the handles on this large art-deco vase by Nakajima Yasumi II enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Jundo Eikan Kabin. The vase is 13 inches (32.5 cm) tall and in excellent condition. Inside the box lid is an inscription stating it was given to commemorate the first run of a three year old thoroughbred Arabian Stallion at the Amagasaki Race course in 1958...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1960
item #1202957
(stock #Shien020)
Era Woodblock Prints
$110.00 Shien
Carriages Date: 1930s ~ 1950s. This edition is early post-war. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Size: Approximately 5.75 x 4.0 inches The print is tipped along its top edge to what was the cover sheet of a greeting card. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Antique Stones Japan
SOLD. Standing Jizo Bosatsu with hands in the gassho adoration mudra, figuratively sculpted from a charcoal-gray volcanic stone. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1775. Minor old loss.
Height: 34 cm An endearingly expressive, and winningly slim-legged, Jizo stone.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1202820
(stock #Nouet003)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Noel Nouet(1885-1944)
Kuromon, 1936. From the 24 Views of Tokyo series. Size: Oban. Approximately 15.5 x 10.25 inches. Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Carver: Ikeda, Printer: Yokoi. Bears the Doi watermark. An early edition of rarely seen design. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Palmrose Asian Antiques
$60.00 A Japanese porcelain suiteki with dye transfer blue under glaze decoration. The dropper measures approximately 3" x 2" x 1" and dates to the 20th Century. Condition: The condition is excellent with ink stained feet. Free shipping within the USA.
Antique Stones Japan
SOLD. Isseki gorinto (single-stone 5-tiered stupa) sculpted in one piece from granite. Early-Muromachi Period ca. 1400, possibly earlier. Very minor old loss, with light lichen accumulation overall.
Height: 59 cm The gorinto is a uniquely Japanese style of stupa comprising five geometric forms, which correspond (from bottom) to earth, water, fire, wind, and ethereal space...
Antique Stones Japan
SOLD. Seated Jizo Bosatsu, the hands holding a long-stemmed lotus bud, sculpted in relief from a high-quality granite. Meiji Era ca. 1900. Excellent condition, with very slight lichen accumulation.
Height: 42.5 cm An endearingly round-headed Jizo.
The Kura
Sold, Thank you! First we hear the clang of the hammer striking the bell, then the steadily approaching clop of his wooden shoes before the horrifying creature dressed in the robes of an itinerant priest appears; a ledger in one hand noting our sins. Hanging from a chord around his shoulders is an umbrella, testifying to his constant state of movement. A spectacular carving of an Oni-no-Nenbutsu praying Demon taken from burled cedar...
A Fine Japanese Shijo School Drawing by Dozan. Late Edo Period 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 ins. (26.7 x 23.5 cms) This superb Shijo drawing of a woman carrying a ladder and a stool on her head is sealed Dozan, a plainly very accomplished artist whose identity remains a mystery. Several drawings by the artist have come on to the market since the 1960s. At Christies London on 17th. June 1996 an album of 22 similar drawings by the artist were sold for GBP 3680...
Zentner Collection
$1,200.00 Beautiful antique Japanese imari porcelain charger decorated with motif of chrysanthemums, butterflies and other floral patterns in green, blue, red, and gold. Well painted in the kinrande style. Age: Taisho / Showa Period (c.1930). Size: 18" diameter.
Zentner Collection
$975.00 Attractive Japanese charger of unusual design. Blue and white underglaze with red, green, gold and purple and yellow overlay. Center medallion with lotus and water theme. Four delicate and well drawn scenes. Triple diamond shape with scene of court officials with flaming torches by the water's edge. Round shape with scallop edge with scene of lady with a fan and a courtier. This scene is derived from the Tales of Ise, in the Akuta river chapter...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Beautiful Japanese blue and white imari charger depicting Sho Chiku Bai or the "Three Friends of Late Winter" namely the plum, the pine and the bamboo. Includes metal stand. Age: Meiji Perido (c.1900). Size: 21.25" diameter.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese, three section kiri or paulownia wood, stackable tansu. Each section has wrought iron fittings and hardware to stack the tansu and protect the tansu from damage. Each section is distinct in its design. The first section has a short cabinet with two sliding doors and five small drawers beneath it. The second section has a cabinet with three shelves. The shelves have cut outs so that one can pull the shelves out...
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