Japanese antique small lacquer box. The outside is divided into the form of two rectangles, one all gold with a scene of a vase and flowers, the other in carved red lacquer with a cloud motif. The interior is black lacquer with small nashiji circles.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 1 7/8" high x 3 3/4" long x 3" wide

An antique Japanese Tansu wedding chest called Kannon Biraki that was made entirely from Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware and aged patina. Warabite style handles. Upper section features 2 hinged doors that open and reveals a large drawer for the main wedding kimono, a medium drawer that stored the wedding obi and two small drawers that held the hair ornaments and other accoutrements...

Japanese antique okimono of an ancient turtle. Made of silver and signed Ryobundosei.
The turtle is the subject of many beliefs and tales in Japanese culture. One of the most famous is the Tale of Urashima Taro, the fisherman who saved a turtle from the torment of some young children on the beach. The turtle disappeared into the sea but returned to thank Taro and offer him a ride to the Ryugu-jo, the Palace of the Dragon King...

Antique Japanese handpainted sumu wrestling sign. Two sumo with Gyoji (referee) in middle of match. Straw matt is visible with white banner. Mineral pigments. This would have been mounted inside training space for teaching of sumo in Japan.

Age: early Taisho period (1912 - 1926)

Dimensions: 36 1/2" x 23" high

Japanese arts and craft hand hammered repousse lotus copper candle holder. Four lotus flowers springing up from a large lotus pad. Copper with nice original patina.

Arts and Craft period (1860 - 1920)

Dimensions: 14" x 8" x 20"

Antique Japanese Edo period shigarkai jar. Original condition, with no darmage or prior repairs. Bottem of the jar shows the railroad tie spacing when they where produced in the Edo period.

Age: Edo period (1603 - 1868) Circa Mid 1700's

Dimensions: 15" high x 12 1/2" wide

Shigaraki ware (信楽焼) is a type of stoneware pottery made in Shigaraki area, Japan. The kiln is one of the Six Ancient Kilns in Japan...

A striking black lacquered cabinet covered in maki-e vines by Living National Treasure Takano Shozan encloed in a black lacquered wooden storage box titled Takano Shozan Tsura Maki-e Hako. The top compartment is lined with silk. The hardware is all solid silver. It is 32.5 x 21.5 x 27 cm (13 x 8-1/2 x 11 inches) and is in excellent condition...

A pair of iron locks for old Japanese warehouse (kura). Mde of iron. In good condition, but one has a lost part. 19th century. W:13.5cm, H:10.3cm,

Birds populate the branches of a plum tree burgeoning with blossoms on the blue void of this baluster form porcelain vase by important 20th century artist Kawamoto Rekitei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 19 cm (7-1/2 inches) diameter, 24 cm (9-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Kawamoto Rekitei was born in Aichi prefecture, home of Seto-yaki and a long standing important production center for Japanese Sometsuke porcelains...

This amazing incense burner is shaped like a cottage. The roof is removable and the incense fumes escape through four chimneys made in the roof. The cottage is built with a white Kyoto stoneware plates, the details are incised in hollow or modeled in slight relief and enameled in green, red and gold. This is a very rare form of incense burner, difficult to create, the firing cracks are there to testify to this...

Displaying a bold Oribe glaze and sweeping comb pattern culminating in a dynamic vortex, this wonderful platter is the result of years of trial and error by one of Japan’s most lauded ceramic artists of the 20th century. Awarded the title of Living National Treasure for a lifetime of innovation, advocacy, and creative expression, Suzuki’s pieces stand as a lasting testament to his artistic genius...

White slip covers the dark clay of this striated tea bowl from the Edo period kilns of Hagi stored in a beautiful silk pouch in a period wooden box annotated with a poem by Tea Master Kawakami Soju (1777-1844). Slightly elongated, the bowl measures 12 x 10.5 x 9 cm (5 x 4 x 3-1/2 inches). There are two hairline cracks on the inside of the bowl which do not appear to go through to the outside.

A stunning work of Shino-ware by veteran potter Hayashi Shotaro—winner of numerous awards for his bold and innovative style and widely recognized as one of the true greats of the previous century...

Length: 4.8 cm (1.9 in)
Height: 3 cm (1.2 in)
Depth: 3.3 cm (1.4 in)

Quality carved netsuke of the seven lucky gods riding in a chicken boat; excellent modelling and staining of facial features and clothing; signed on the base; good condition

Height: 8 cm (3.2 in)
Width: 9 cm (3.8 in)

Japanese cloisonne lidded koro with gilt wire work creating panels of floral decoration with goldstone and other polychrome highlights; good condition.

Height: 10.7 cm (4.3 in)
Width: 4.4 cm (1.8 in)
Depth: 3.2 cm (1.3 in)

Quality Japanese carved okimono of a Sage holding a scroll; natural material; signed; good condition.

Cotton horse rein made of handspun cotton with katazome (stencil-resist dye) stripes which is vegetable indigo dye. It is folded into quarters of the original width, 35cm. It has a fragment with letters "Taian" which mean the most auspicious day, and it might have used for a ceremony or a festival. In good condition but has a few small brownish stains and indigo bleeding parts, however, inside is very clean. The second half of the 19th century. W:8.5cm, L:5m14cm

Cotton cloth with katazome (stencil-resist dye) with "Gosho-Guruma" (wheel of the ancient court carriage) motif, which is handspun cotton. The dye technique is Ai-gaeshi which means it is dyed with vegetable indigo twice. In excellent condition. The second half of the 19th to early 20th century. W:32.5cm, L:181cm