SCHOOL GIRL SITTING NEXT TO ME

Assigned work of Japanese high school art class by a boy student named Ryoichi Sugimura. Oil painting on canvas, 38 x 45.5 x 2 cm (14.96 x 17.91 x 0.78in), Showa period, 20th century. Pinholes at every corners...

Shoki(Chang Kuo)and demons in bronze stained with gold. Edo Japan. The terrible divinity is represented standing preparing to kill a demon child that he holds firmly by the collar. The sculpture is superb, Shoki is theatrical his face is caricatured, the child is panicked and wriggles desperately as for the demon mother, she falls to her knees to implore the pity of the god. Despite being an evil demon this tense, offered, imploring mother is moving...

Very rare five dynasties yue mise covered box decorated with incised twin parrots motive. 12 cm diameter. 3 cm high. Excellent condition, small chips on the fottrim of the base, no crack or hairline and free from restoration.

Bag made of shina-fu (textile woven of the bast fiber, Japanese linden) with two mending patches and reinforcement seams. Shina trees are seen many in the Japan Seaside areas in Tohoku district, such as Niigata, Yamagata, Sado Island, Akita etc. It is used for grains. It has a hole in the top (fourth image) Early 20th century. W:30cm, L:87cm

A heavy Kurinuki Tsubo hollowed out from a block of clay by Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hai-yu Tsubo. It is 21 cm (8-1/4 inches) diameter , 23.5 cm (9 inches) tall and in perfect condition.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. From then to 1983 he worked as a decorator at the Otai Kiln moving out on his own in 1984...

A set of five sculpted bowls of exquisite celadon by master of the craft Yagi Akira enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Seihakuji Wan. Each is 12.5 cm (5 inches) diameter, 6.5 cm (2-1/2 inches) tall and all are in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Yagi Akira was born in Kyoto in 1955, son of avant garde Yagi Kazuo (1918-1979) one of the founding members of Sodeisha...

White glaze reveals olive-colored ridges on this organic deep form by Hagi Legend Kaneta Masano enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Hagi Kurinuki Hachi. It is 10 cm (4 inches) tall, roughly the same diameter and in perfect condition.
Kaneta Masanao likely needs no introduction, certainly one of Hagi’s most well-known and easily identifiable names...

Japanese Meiji period Satsuma earthenware cabinet vase in the form of a flattened round moon basket on four legs decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt highlights on a cream-colored crackle glaze ground. The two prominent sides feature seated male figures on one side and female figures on the reverse. The narrow sides and handle are decorated with geometric forms. The base bears a gold on black rectangular Kanzan mark. 3 1/8” high by 3” wide. Circa 1880-1910...

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Anonymous oil painting on canvas, 1996, Japan, 33.2 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm (13.07 x 9.64 x 0.98in). Aged deterioration as is.


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A classic Tamba Tea leaf storage jar (Chatsubo) with interesting mukimimi or “turned ears”, the tie lugs swirling like a Domoe on the shoulder next to the neck, each leaning to the right, as if listening to the next. In my experience this is quite unusual. The jar is covered in rivulets of flowing green leading down to an undulating belt line between the glaze and the raw clay...

A primitive design of overlapping squares in indigo blue on white porcelain by Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sometsuke Kakuzara. It is 32.5 x 32.5 cm x 5 cm (13 x 13 x 2 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979...

Splashes of Jackson Pollock in iron and ash festoon the flaring form of this sake-cup by Murakoshi Takuma enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sake-nomi. The base is thick, allowing the cup to be quite stable, while the narrow foot leads to a wide, flaring rim, which makes it both easy to hold, and perhaps far too easy to drink from. It I 9 x 8 x 5.5 cm (roughly 3-1/2 inches diameter, 2-1/4 inches tall) and in perfect condition, directly from the artist...

A soft red crescent tinges the rim and forms a distant moon in the center of this dark guinomi bowl by Morino Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 7.5 cm (3 inches) diameter 4.3 cm (1-3/4 inches) tall and is in excellent condition.
Morino Taimei was born in Kyoto in 1934, and was first accepted into the Nitten National Exhibition at a relatively young age in 1957 (a year before graduating the Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Art!)...

A Takatsuki stand of wood covered in black lacquer decorated with scrolling vines among which are randomly placed crests in the design of the Daruma Wheel on the stem, and the heraldic Mitsuba-aoi hollyhock crest within the tray. Slightly warped and worn with the centuries, finding a piece from this era in such good, original condition, is exceedingly rare. Early Muromachi, 14-15th century, it is 30 x 30 x 28.5 cm (12 x 12 x 11-1/2 inches)...

Ivory okimono, carved from a single block, depicting a subject from Japanese mythology with three figures of the theater dancing side by side. In the center dominates the figure of Emma-Ô, the King of Hell, depicted as an old man with a thick beard and a smiling expression...

Satsuma bottle-shaped vase embellished with a detailed central scene in which numerous characters bring gifts to the emperor. The upper and lower sections of the vase are adorned with a refined miniaturized decoration in gold on a cobalt blue background. The Kinkozan Signature impresses under the base. Period: Meiji late 19th century. Dimensions: 16.5 x 9 cm. Condition: Excellent general condition. The neck of the vase has been professionally restored.

Very rare five dynasties yue mise bowl decorated with incised twin butterlfy motive. 12 cm diameter. 3 cm high. Reglued two broken parts, 2 small chips but no missing part.

A platinum glazed porcelain bowl by Yamamoto Ichiyo enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Jun Purachina-sai Yudzuki (Evening moon). Autumn grasses, the full moon rising up behind an owl separated by exquisite patterns in pure platinum...