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The Kura
sold, thank you A small vase sculpted in the shape of a cluster of roses covered in cockscomb red by Kiyomizu Rokubei V enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vase shows the influence of Art-Nouveau, and Rokubei was one of the leading proponents of blending Western and Eastern ideals in clay art. The vase is 6.5cm (2-1/2 inches) diameter, 18.5cm (7-1/2 inches) tall and in perfect condition. It comes wrapped in the original artist stamped cloth complete with the original black wood stand...
Conservatoire Sakura
$900.00 Fine earthenware dish from Satsuma. Polychrome decoration where blue (typical Gosu blue) is dominant, this type of decoration was called "Imperial" although these ceramics were not intended for the emperor but mainly for export to the Europe and the United States...
Zentner Collection
$1,200.00 An antique Japanese transom (Ranma) made of Hinoki (Cypress) wood. Hand carved image of a crouching tiger moving with stealth and grace in a bamboo forest. Pronounced wood grain adds depth and movement to the image.
In Japan, the Ranma was placed above the Fusuma doors to provide air circulation in both rooms that it shared...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
$1,000.00 A gossamer work by the demanding young female artist Lu Xueyun enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Breeze 2019-I. The vessel is made up of married sheets of thin porcelain, so thin in fact that light passes easily through it. Her works are truly exquisite, captivating in their frailty...
The Kura
$3,800.00 A pair of vases in the shape of old wooden well buckets (tsurube) in white glaze upon which is scrawled in beautiful grass scrip a poem by Otagaki Rengetsu...
Spoils of Time
$189 A teal colored cloisonne enamel vase with peony and vine decoration within fine silver wire and with subtle blue on yellow hues accenting the petals and leaves. Two character signature on the silver footrim and in the box (and with printed material) accompanied when acquired. Excellent condition. Height, 8 1/2 inches
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1489383
(stock #Koitsu753)
Era Woodblock Prints
$75.00 Tsuchiya Koitsu
Kyoto Kiyomizu Temple Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Round Takemura seal. Date: 1930-40s. Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Titled and sealed by the artist. Reference: TK-TM-140. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent
The Kura
sold, thank you A very rare Mashiko platter by Living National Treasure Hamada Shoji decorated with a poem cradled in an offset ring forming the mika-tsuki or third day moon by poet Shimizu Hian. The poem reads: Akaki Mi no Omoto no Hotori Dainaru Maruki kono yo no ishi okitari, and is signed by the 76 year old man Hian meaning it was made either in 1958 or 59 (depending upon whether Hian was going by the Western or Japanese manner of counting age)...
The Kura
sold, thank you 3 robed figures appear decidedly relaxed on the edge of a rock-strewn river lost in dark mountains. Above a poem reads:
Furusato ha Arukiteyukeru Tokoro ni-te, Yama ari, Mizu ari, kataru yuujin ari (Walking through my home(town) I find mountains, water and friends for conversation). Ink on paper bordered in patterned silk with bone rollers... Antique Japanese bronze koro (censer) in the form of the trickster, Tanuki. In this depiction, Tanuki takes the form of a monk with a wide hat on. Fine details of his fur and vines of grape leaves wraps around him (fittingly as Tanuki is fond of wine). The leaves on the vine and on his hat are made of cloisonné in various fall colors. There is a raised cartouche on the bottom. The hat can be removed to put incense inside the Tanuki container...
Modern Japanese Ceramics
sold, thank you A large Serving dish covered entirely in a volatile landscape of scholars and winding mountain paths populated by towering temples and bridges spanning precipitous gaps by Shigemori Yoko enclosed in a wooden box titled Sansui E-zara. Performed with blue over a cream colored glaze, it is 33 x 35 x 3.5 cm (roughly 13 x 14 x 1-1/4 inches) and is in excellent condition, directly from the artist’s family, with a wooden box signed by her brother Naoki...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970
item #1489341
(stock #Hasui639)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD 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 attached along its top edge only to original card. Condition: Excellent.
Momoyama Gallery
$695.00 Slightly distorted Kuro Oribe Chawan from the mid 19th century (late Edo) made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potters knife in its lower part and covered with a very deep black iron oxide glaze inside and outside...
Haruko Watanabe
$280.00 Cotton futonji with tsutsugaki tsuzumi (hand drums) and cherry blossom design, which is made of hand-spun cotton and vegetable indigo dye. The cherry blossoms look "shidare-sakura", weeping cherry. Meiji period (1868~1912). In excellent condition, no hole or no stain. W:130cm, L:144cm
tomoe art
$800.00 Flowers. Painted with ink and pigments on paper. Signed Baiitsu and sealed. It is attributed to Yamamoto Baiitsu(1783-1856). Circa 19th c.
Yamamoto Baiitsu(1783-1856) was a Japanese Nanga/literati style painter of the late Edo period (1603-1868). Studied painting with famous painter Cho Gessho（1772-1832）. Baiitsu was excellent at painting flowers and birds...
Helen M Edwards
$790.00 Width: 15.3 cm (6.1 in)
Height: 5.5 cm (2.2 in) Fine Japanese Satsuma scalloped bowl; depicts Geisha sitting and conversing in a central cartouche; all surrounded by the finest gilt and polychrome chrysanthemums and detailed diaper work; the reverse decorated in florals; signed Fuzan
The Kura
$650.00 Water streams between the verdant hills on this lurid landscape by 20th century artist Shimizu Hian. Ink on paper completely remounted in silk with black lacquer rollers. The poem reads: Hana chirite Arui ha, Samuki hi mo arinu, Haru no Yukue no shizuka nari keru (Early flowers have fallen and the cold lingers, nonetheless Spring quietly approaches)...
Antique Japanese suiseki on base. Suiseki (sui=water, seki=stone). This natural stone formation resembles a mountain and has pleasing fine quartz striations. It sits on a low wooden base.
Age: Taisho Period (1912-1926) Dimensions: 11 1/8" high x 17" long x 7 1/2" wide |
