A Rare/Fine Korean Water Color Painting by Won Suk Yeon(元錫淵-원석연)(1922-2003): “A Young musician playing a Korean traditional musical instrument in Royal dress” Korea, circa 1960s, framed, and painted on paper elaborately, and signed the artist’s round seal “원석연” in Korean stamped on the lower right.. It measures 12 3/4” x 16 1/2” painting only It’s in very fine condition without any noticeable damages. Framed.

Arai Yoshimune
Pine Beach By Moonlight
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Date: 1910s.
An early edition removed from its original matted presentation folder. Size: Chuban. Approximately 9.875 x 7.0 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa
Condition: Faint matte line from original folder.
- A rarely encountered night scene design.

Gold willows drape over the highly unusual silver-tinged blue lacquer surface of this water container by Tonami Sosai II enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Uwajima Nuri Seigin Yanagi Te-oke Mizusashi (Silver Blue Uwajima Lacquer, Willow, Bucket Shaped Mizusashi). The outside is a shimmering blue tinged with silver, while inside is black covered in powdered silver flake. A striking combination. The willow is delicately depicted in tendrils of gold about the circumference, on the...

Noragi (work wear) made of asa (hemp) whose both wets and warps are hand-plied. The sleeves are vegetable indigo dyed cotton. A few holes with mending patches. Late 19th to mid 20th century. 109cm x 71cm

Yuki-boshi (snow hat) made of weed and from Shonai region in Yamagata prefecture in Tohoku district. It is said it was worn by "matagi", a hunter. It has fragments of washi dyed with kakishibu (persimmon tannin) for waterproof. The second half of the 19th to early 20th century. In good condition. 45cm x 50cm

Hiroshi Yoshida
In a Temple Yard
Date: 1935.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.00 x 10.625 inches.
Signed and sealed in the image. Titled and signed in pencil.
Jizuri seal at upper left margin indicating self-printing by the artist.
Reference: Abe #197.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent color. A few surface marks at upper right. On the back, a conservator has removed adhered paper at the top and bottom right.

HONEYCOMB ROOSTER

Rooster of Japanese honeycomb paper craft called 'Denguri' (lit. Somersault) in Japanese for its acting as "fliping it over", Showa period, pre-1960s, approx. 24 x 20cm (9.44 x 7.87in) when folded.


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Rare small table hairdressing table in black and gold lacquered wood. Chinese furniture made for export at the end of 18°. Charming model in a moving condition . A copy of identical shape is kept at the Metropolitan Museum. 2 others with same decoration were sold in the 80s. Inside a drawer there is still a whole set of 6 original boxes which are perfectly preserved and have kept their colors. 77x39cm. Very damaged mainly on the top and the pediment is missing but technically restorable pe...

A good Chinese Tang dynasty white glaze jar with lid. Ht. 20cm. Condition: minor firing frit to body, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

An adorable Chinese Tang dynasty Sancai glaze pot. This pot suppose located in the middle of a seven star tray. Dia. 4.5cm. Condition: cracked line to base, no chip, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A beautiful Chinese Warring States pottery pot. Ht. 37.5cm. Condition: no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A fine Chinese Han dynasty pottery cocoon jar. Ht. 33cm. Condition: minor chipped mouth rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A nice Chinese Yuan dynasty Jun glaze dish. Dia. 10.5cm. Condition: restored mouth rim, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A large Chinese Han dynasty pottery Hu vessel with impressive beast face decoration. Ht. 40cm. Condition: restored foot rim, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering.

A black Raku ceremonial tea bowl displaying an excellent patina bestowed by time. The light colored clay peeks through in areas giving this piece a unique feel. Though the box is signed by the artist known as Rakuen, details on this particular potter seem to be lost to time. Condition of the box and the look of the tea bowl suggest a date of produced sometime in late Edo to Meiji (100-200 year ago).

In excellent condition, this tea bowl is 4.3 inches in diameter at its widest point ...

Being based in Kyoto we occasionally come across fine Chinese and Korean tea-ware to mix in with our Japanese offerings. Here we have an example of a ceremonial tea bowl by a Korean potter Ji Sun Tak who dedicated his life to reviving ancient techniques of the past by excavating and documentation of a number of historic kiln sites on the Korean Peninsula. Surprisingly light in the hand this piece has a look refined through the centuries, the work of a master artist and winner of one of Koreas hi...

Six matching pairs of sterling silver salts and pepper shakers, artistically done in the form of the koi (carp or goldfish). The container for the salt is also silver, and the finely ground pepper loads into a threaded hole at the base and comes out of the holes in the mouth and eyes. Each fish measures about 3 1/2" long, and is marked "sterling". The 12 pieces weigh a total of about 11 ounces. The condition is very good with some light tarnish, and two fishes have a small dent in their fore...

Mother of pearl flowers rise among the large leaves of a paulownia tree on this small lacquer box and tray dating from the early 20th century enclosed in the original signed wooden box by Yoshida Rissai. The workmanship is flawless, with a fine sense of depth brought on by the mother of pearl lined with gold powder and set against a ground of golden mist on black. Inside is a rich, red tinged nashiji ground. The box is 14 x 11 x 5.5 cm (5-1/2 x 4-1/4 x 2-1/4 inches) and both box and tray are ...