Oblong brown lacquer kobako box imitating a cherry branch. The lid is decorated with cherry blossoms in gold takamaki-e lacquer. The inside is in brown lacquer.

Japan – Meiji era (1868-1912)
Length: 8.3 in / 21 cm – Width: 2.5 in / 6.5 cm

Very old mask of the Kyogen traditional theater representing the character of Bishamon, with a very fierce expression enhanced by finely, well detailed, carved features. Wood, with traces of the original colouring. Japan, early Edo period. Height: 21 cm. Abrasion due to great age, otherwise very good condition. The mask is nicely mounted on a custom stand. NOTE: Bishamon, or Bishamon-Ten, is one of the four guardians of Buddhism, often shown at the entrance of temples.

GHOST UNDER THE WILLOW TREE

Hand-drawn Japanese yurei-ga ghost painting on silk mounted to hanging scroll (paper). Early 20th century. Length 143 cm x Width without roller ends 37 cm (56.29 x 14.56in)...

INARI FOX

Worshipped household pottery fox as the messenger of Inari god, early 20th century, Japan, H 26 x W 13 x D 19 cm (10.23 x 5.11 x 7.48in)...

RIVER OF GOLD, SEA, AND UNIVERSE

Vintage Japanese calligraphy on old washi Japanese paper with some strokes of gold dust, with unidentified artist's red-seal, Showa period, 20th century, 135 x 69 cm (53.14 x 27.16in). Because of too free-style Japanese poem in unique rhythm and composition to translate (express) in English in detail, if summary in one sentence like "Sea and universe are waiting for the golden river with massive heave, confident, and thought..."...

The deity is presented standing with his hands together in a position probably of prayer. It is carved in a piece of solid wood, lacquered in black and gilded with gold leaf. The crown and jewels are in cut and embossed copper, there are traces of mercury gilding in inaccessible places. Glass paste beads hang from the crown. The eyes are made of rock crystal, mica or glass. It is difficult to date these Japanese sculptures because the styles have to little evolved for centuries...

This rare antique bowl has a traditional, round shape with a slightly flared rim and a glazed foot ring at the base.
The surface features subtle horizontal ridges, while the inner surface shows concentric circles and patterns, both indicative of the Mishima style technique.
The visible gold lines highlight the repairs made to the bowl using kintsugi. This technique not only fixes the item but also adds beauty and history, embracing the flaws and imperfections...

MARBLED CHAWAN

Anonymous marbled pottery ware tea bowl in such free and rustic style of forming. Heisei period, Japan. D 13.8 x 7.5 cm (5.43 x 2.95in)...

ROUGH SKETCHES OF JAPANESE SIGNBOARD CRAFTSMAN

Washi Japanese paper, 18 pieces, Taisho period (1912-1926)...

Stunning feather pattern on a silver silk lame cracked ice ground. The feathers are embroidered with three shades of metallic gold threads, and orange and red silk threads. Decorated on both sides for the full length, this was made for a very wealthy Japanese woman. Very versatile, it can be used as table or credenza runner, draped over a tall chest, or as a wall hanging. In very good condition commensurate with age, it measures: 12.5ʺ wide × 164ʺ long. Obi hanger not included.

A very rare 19th century tea bowl by Ohashi Shuji enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both the artist and a tea aficionado named Horinouchi Fusensai. It is 10 cm (4 inches) diameter, 12 cm (just less than 5 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Ohashi Shuji (1795-1857) studied medicine before coming to pottery at the age of 37. A practitioner of the Hisada School of tea, he studied in Kyoto under Ogata Shuhei, and was adept at many styles...

A beautifully formed earthen flask made of Karatsu clay. The flask can be used as a Tokkuri bottle to serve sake wine or with a little flower as a wabi arrangement. It was made 200 years ago during the Edo Period (1603 - 1868) and comes with a custom made wooden box.

Karatsu ware embodies the ethos of wabi-sabi, celebrating imperfections and simplicity, resonating with collectors who appreciate the aesthetic of rustic charm and natural authenticity...

A pale glazed deep Tsutsu-gata chawan tea bowl by the first generation Kuze Kyuho decorated with dried lotus leaves by famed painter Hirai Baisen enclosed in the original wooden box signed by both artists. It is 11.5 cm (4-1/2 inches) diameter, 10.5 cm (roughly 4 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hirai Baisen graduated the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine Arts and was a regular exhibitor with the Bunten from 1907-1931...

BANNER TEMPLATE WITH PROTECTING EMBROIDERY AGAINST EVIL

Very rare type with various embroidery of 'jufu' (talismans), early 20th century, Japan. 128 x 14.5 cm (50.39 x 5.70in)...

A fabulous Toyoraku-yaki pottery bowl covered in colorful lacquer dating from the Mieji period enclosed in an old wooden collectors box. Insed Oribe green flows down from the rim to garden scene of iris and ya-giku (wild chrysanthemum) growing along a rived on the white crackled glaze. Outside geometric patterns in alternating gold green and red supported on three black bamboo shaped feet...

AT THE FIELD

Early Japanese impressionist oil painting on wooden board, titled ‘At the field’, by Shichitaro Shimizu (1889-1967), Iwate prefecture, February, Taisho 13 (1924), 33 x 23.6 x 0.5 cm (12.99 x 9.29 x 0.19in)...

A footed square plate with sake cup inserted of raw colored porcelain clay by Kusaba Yuji enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Neriage Yakishime Nami-mon Ita-Zara (Mixed Colored Clay Unglazed Wave Pattern Flat Plate). It is 24.7 x 13 x 3.5 cm (10 x 5 x 1-1/2 inches) and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Kusaba Yuji was born in Arita, the heartland of Japanese porcelain, in 1955, and graduated the prestigious Nihon Daigaku in 1979. He returned to the family kiln i...

Exceptional vase in copper alloy inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi. The decoration represents two pairs of mandarin ducks at the edge of a river under a hundred-year-old pine covered in snow. The cast is excellent and the finishes perfect. The inlays are in solid metals, there is no gilding, only gold which is exceptional, this kind of work in mixed metals are almost always or largely simply gilded. The inlays, chiseling and engravings are of surprising perfection. It is the work o...