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Zentner Collection
SOLD Japanese two section mizuya (kitchen tansu for storage). Constructed of Hinoki (cypress) wood frame with Sugi (cedar) wood, original dark finish. The top section holds a compartment behind pair of sliding panels with Keyaki (zelkova) wood details, open work carving and wire for ventilation. Next to this is a larger compartment with sliding panels with vertical iron studded slats and Keyaki hardwood insert...
EastWest Gallery
$180.00
An Arita abalone (Mother of Pearl) shaped dish painted in somenishikide style with a stylised landscape of Mountainous Islands, a shoreline with rocky outcrops with various trees including Pine, flowers and grasses with a rather peculiar and precarious structure in the foreground seemingly lacking several posts in its construction. The reverse decorated with landscape vignettes to the reverse and a six character mark for the Chinese Emperor Qianlong...
EastWest Gallery
$120.00
A fine large straight sided Japanese Ko Imari cup, inoguchi, or hogs mouth beaker; sometimes referred to as “soba choko”, a cup for “soba” buckwheat noodles.
It is decorated primarily in underglaze blue with a leaping Chinese Lion or karashishi in a landscape of rocks and Tree Peonies, botan, a classic subject in Japanese art known as “Botan-ni-Shishi”, which combines the auspicious qualities of the King of Beasts and King of Flowers...
EastWest Gallery
Sold An oak leaf shaped moulded dish of six-sun size in “Ko Sometsuke” style decorated in underglaze blue with three seated figures sitting around a low table with a typical Chinese style landscape of mountainous islets in a costal setting with a Ting, small pavilion in the foreground. The reverse decorated with prunus blossom sprigs and a seal for the Kameyama kiln in the centre of the foot-ring. Dating late Edo, Tenpo era...
Zentner Collection
$5,500.00 Rare Japanese four drawer gyosho bako, or peddler's chest, constructed of Sugi (cedar) wood, with iron hardware and mounts, iron rings on the sides for carrying. The chest is trapezoidal in shape and tapers towards the top of the chest. Original finish and condition. With key included. Exhibited at the Palo Alto Cultural center
19th century Edo period (1603-1868) Dimensions: 26" w x 12 1/2" d x 26 1/4" h
Zentner Collection
SOLD Unusual Japanese single section isho tansu from the Sendai region, made of solid Keyaki (zelkova) hardwood with burl front panels. The iron hardware and mounts have floral motifs throughout. The corner plates have scalloped edges, the drawer pulls are mokko (melon) shaped with chrysanthemums mounts, the round lock plates are incised with Kiri leaf mon and two are outlined with scrolling vine motifs. The safe door opens to reveal three inner drawers for small valuables...
Momoyama Gallery
Sold Another wonderful example of the beauty of Shino-yaki from the early Edo Period: Little deformed cylinder (hazutsu) shaped, in the style of shino ware - the bowl shows finger marks from throwing; foot ring and bottom have been cut with a potters knife. Typical for a Nezumi-Shino shino bowl, the light, unrefined Mino clay has been covered with an iron bearing engobe - with the exception of the bottom area...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1403568
(stock #Hasui448)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Kawase Hasui
Katada in Ohmi Date: 1930s. Size: Approximately 6.25 x 4.25 inches. Hasui oval seal at lower right. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Japanese 2-section isho tansu (chest on chest for clothing) from Yonezawa Area. Drawer fronts are made of kiri (paulownia) wood, frame is made of sugi (cryptomeria) wood. 4 large drawers and 2 small drawers. Iron hardware includes round lockplates with butterfly mon (family crests) of the Taira Clan.
Meiji Period (1868-1912) Dimensions: 41 1/2" high x 35 1/2" wide x 15 3/4" deep.
Zentner Collection
SOLD A Japanese copper writing box used for paper and writing supplies. The lid is engraved with grape leaves and grape clusters. The border is nail studded. The interior is beige velvet.
Date: Taisho c1920 Dimensions: 11" X 9.25" X 2.75"
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese rare plique-a-jour cloisonne vase. This is a very early plique and in perfect condition. Intricate enamel design of a blossoming tree and a blue bird flying through a light blue sky with little clouds. The design is made with fine silver wire and enamel. Plique-a-jour is made when the inside metal armature has been etched away until the enamel is held in place by the wires only. The effect is a beautiful jewel-like translucency...
Zentner Collection
Sold A Nihon Matsu tansu with hinoki (cypress) wood drawers. The round lock plates on each drawer feature a bird and bamboo leaf motif. There are 4 large drawers with spacious interiors and on the right lower side is a safe box door with key with two interior drawers.
Date: Meiji c1900 Dimensions: 51" X 45" X 17.5"
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1403535
(stock #Akiyo003)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Artist: This signature has been read "Choka" or "Akiyo". These prints are sometimes attributed to Nishimura Hodo.
Boat On a River at Night Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Red Takemura seal at lower left Size: 10.0 x 7.25 inches. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Scuff at upper right. Small smudge on mountain. - A rare print similar to Shoda Koho's Hasegawa night scene, "Country Scene with Moon".
Zentner Collection
SOLD A large round Ottoman Empire hammered copper tray with verdigris patina throughout. The Qajar-themed artwork depicts various men, women, and animals. Figures are shown playing music, some on horseback in battle skirmishes or hunting with their swords, bows and arrows, and spears. The figures are shown in a repeating pattern against a floral scroll ground...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1403460
(stock #Shotei095)
Era Woodblock Prints
$517.50 Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Woman returning in autumn evening Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15 x 6.75 inches. Date: pre-1936. Shotei seal at left. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 205 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-5 in Shotei catalog. "Made in Japan" stamped on verso. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent.
Zentner Collection
$1,100.00 A delightful Japanese wood tray in the shape of a lotus leaf. Chiseled Katabori with raised veins and stem and stippled leaf rolled back on sides. The back of the tray is as detailed as the top with an intricate pattern of veins and curved stem. The tray is used in the tea ceremony.
Date: Meiji Period circa 1890 Dimensions:12" X 9" X 1"
Zentner Collection
$650.00 Nagoro banana leaf tray lacquer over wood. The black lacquer shines through the red to reveal the ribs and veins of the leaf.
In the literati tradition, banana leaves were used by scholar recluses as paper to write calligraphy. Later, this motif was incorporated into other forms of art making the image one of the symbols of the literati aesthetics.
Date: Tiasho circa 1920 Dimensions: 16" x 6" X 3/4"
Zentner Collection
SOLD A rare, large architectural Buddhist temple carving of a Dragon (Ryu), with reverse glass painted eye. The high relief carvings show the dragon's body coiled behind clouds of smoke and waves. Its serpentine body reveals his 3 appendages with classic three claw anatomy. The relief is solid keyaki "zelkova serrata" wood with the original red patina.
The dragon which symbolizes the heavenly realm has control of rain, fire, and earth...
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