A boxwood netsuke depicting a seated monkey stopping a turtle with its right paw. Period: Edo 19th century Dimensions: 4 x 3.2 x 3.8 cm. Condition: Excellent condition.

Height: 18.4 cm (7.4 in)
Width: 9.5 cm (3.8 in)
Depth: 8.3 cm (3.3 in)

Pair of quality carved Japanese brush pots; natural material; depicting individuals involved in domestic and artistic endeavours within rural settings; original wooden stands; minor wear; good condition

Vintage rattan and walnut oval dining table with two leaves. Each leaf is 18 inches wide. This table can adjust to a 45 inch round or up to a 81 inches and 29 inches high. It can easily seat 6 -8 chairs depending on the size of the chairs. The legs and trim are a striated organic rattan with the top and leaves in walnut. Two original leaves included.

Age: 1980's

Dimensions: 45ʺ Diameter (74" long with 2 leaves) × 45" high

Small boro which is used to be a futonji. It is made of handwoven and vegetable indigo dyed cotton. The second half of the 19th century. W:63cm, L:106cm

Gustav Stickley Side Chair c1902-3 Excellent example of this rare, iconic side chair. Signed into the wood on backside cross rail. Original finish. Quartersawn oak hardwood with Unobscured wood grain
Gustav Stickley was an American furniture manufacturer, design leader, publisher, and a leading voice in the American Arts and Crafts movement...

(After) Kawase Hasui
Pine Beach at Miho
Date: January 1936.
Size: 7.875 x 5 inches (20.1 x 12.8 cm).
Note: This rare print was the cover of a dinner menu for an N.Y.K. Line cruise ship. There is no menu inside.
Publisher: Likely Nippon Mokuhan Co. Tokio (Japan Woodblock Co. Tokyo), who produced another of our ship menu woodblock prints.
Medium: Shin-hanga woodblock print...

Takahashi Shotei
Drawing up seawater under moonlight.
The figures are engaged in saltmaking, likely at Suma Beach
Date: pre-1936.
Size: Approximately 7.125 x 4.875 inches.
Shotei's Rakutei seal at left.
Reference: S-50 in Shotei catalog.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Lightly foxed. Paper residue on back.

An antique Japanese artist carving of a mated pair of Sika deer. Made of a rare Palm wood with real antlers, this pair is resting peacefully in a meadow.
,br> Sika deer symbolize longevity. In Shintoism, they are considered a sacred animal and a messenger of the Gods. This is one reason they are allowed to roam freely around Japanese temples and shrines...

An antique Japanese root wood composed of many intertwined pieces of various root woods including Keyaki, Hinoki, Kuruminoki, Tsugenoki, Honoki, Sakura, and Wisteria. Beautiful finish in a blackened soot with a Urushi lacquer top. Used for Ikebana and Tatehana.

Age: Meiji Era (1880-1900)

Dimensions: 20 1/2" Wide by 19 3/4" High by 14 1/2" Deep

The gaze is stern on this Edo period image of the divine general Shori Ken (Chinese: Zhongli Quan or Han Zhongli), god of war and one of the eight immortals in the Daoist pantheon. This character is most discernable by his feather fan which was said to be able to resurrect the dead and here he holds out prominently in front of himself. Astride a typical stocky Japanese horse in full trappings, he would have looked down on visitors from a gate or the eaves of a palace or shrine...

A very rare pair of Art-Deco era bronze candlesticks covered in polished nickel by Hata Zoroku enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Each is 12 x 7.5 x 35 cm (5 x 3 x 14 inches) and is in overall excellent condition, with some minor wear to the nickel. They come with teh original adapters for samller candles.
Hata Zoroku I (b. 1823) was especially famous for his iron kettles used in tea ceremonies, which often featured intricate designs and ornamentation...

A horse shaped koro from the kilns of Bizen dating from the later half of the Edo period enclosed in a period iron bound wooden storage box. The ears are removable, and the saddle lifts off to reveal a compartment for burning incense. It is 27 x 14 x 17 cm. One ear and one tassel along the saddle have been repaired...

Shoda Koho
Country Scene (sepia version) from the Hasegawa Night Scenes series. Also known as "Canal by Moonlight"
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.25 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910s-60.
Publisher: Nishinomiya. stamp on verso.
Sealed by artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
This example bears the unusual "Nishinomiya Art" stamp on the back. The print was issued, adhered in this case, to a thick card like some very early Hasegawa Night scene editions...

A pair of Japanese Shigaraki blue glazed ceramic Hibachi.

Hibachi is a traditional Japanese heating device.

Age: Japan, 19th Century
Size: Height 23 C.M. / Width 24 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to their age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

A set of five fluted dishes decorated with draped branches dating from the mid to later Edo period enclosed in a period age-darkened wooden box. Several have had repairs made with lacquer nad powdered silver, enhancing the beauty and sense of age. They all bear on the base the Mizoro stamp impressed into the raw earth. Each is 16 x 10 x 4.5 cm (6 x 4 x 2 inches) and all are in overall fine condition, with the silver repairs blending with the finely crackled glaze and dark iron decoration...

PRAYER

Anonymous plaster figure in the ‘gassho’ praying pose, Showa period, 20th century, Japan. Without pedestal: H 24 x W 10 x D 16 cm (9.44 x 3.93 x 6.29in)...

A set of 5 matching candle sticks in the shape of nets drying on a pole enclosed in the original antique wooden box. Dating from the 19th century (Late Edo to Meiji periods), they are 28 cm (11 inches) tall, 12 cm (5 inches) diameter and in overall excellent condition.

A raw porcelain sake cup patterned with blended colored clay by Kusaba Eight enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Neriage Yakishime Guinomi. It is 7.5 cm (3 inches) diameter, 4.5 cm (just less than 2 inches) tall and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Kusaba Eight was born in Arita in 1982, son of the prodigal Kusaba Yuji, who began working the family kiln the year Eight turned 3. Eight as a personality is quite intense, and quick to smile...