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Abhaya Asian Antiques
$500.00
Exceptionally rare, handled drinking vessel from the Liao (Khitan) people, circa 907 CE to 1279 CE. There are very few Liao pottery pieces in collections today so this piece would of interest to anyone specializing in this period. Please note last enlargement for reference of a similarly shaped gilt silver piece dating form this period. This particular type of jar shows a much closer affinity with Central Asian cultures than the Han. There are two filled chips and crack on the handle, ...
Zentner Collection
SOLD Antique Korean pair of small Koryŏ porcelain cups. Elegant form with small feet and sharply flared sides. Fine celadon glaze in pale blue with high transparency. The interiors are a paler translucent glaze. Each cup has a simple blue underglaze dot in the underside of the foot.
Goryeo (Koryŏ) Dynasty (918 (935)-1392) Dimensions: 2 3/4" high x 1 5/8" wide diameter each
Zentner Collection
$3,500.00 Antique Japanese bronze candlestick with a whimsical scene of a cat chasing a mouse. The cat slinks around the round base while the mouse clings to the candle pricket high above. The animals are especially well modeled and have highly detailed fur. The base of the candlestick is cast with an archaic motif made popular again during the Meiji era. Provenance: William Lipton Collection, New York City
Age: Meiji Period (circa 1890) Dimensions: 7 1/2" high x 5 1/4" wide (diamet...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1434727
(stock #Shotei116)
Era Woodblock Prints
$607.50 Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Shower at Takaido; passengers at a loss Size: Mitsugiri-ban. Approximately 15.0 x 6.625 inches. Date: pre-1936. Artist's seal at lower right. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. No. 210 in 1936 Watanabe catalog. M-10 in Shotei catalog. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Excellent. Back has a bit of brown residue.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1940
item #1434722
(stock #J597)
Haruko Watanabe
$100.00 Four sheets of Chiyo-gami which is woodblock print on washi (handmade paper). It is originated in Kyoto and developed in Edo later. It is used for paper dolls and paper crafts. The first half of the 20th century. 53cm x 38cm (the largest one)
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$200.00 MOTHER MASK Paper clay mother mask with such impressively bright pink lips made by an elementary school student for an assignment. She must be very funky mom! Regarding the note in Photo#8, the teacher gives the impression of this mask, as "Nice shape of lips! If you paint it more carefully, it would be much better.". Late 20th century, Japan. approx. 23 x 18 x 4cm (9.05 x 7.08 x 1.57in) selected by Jinta * ... An antique statue of the lucky goddess He Xiangu holding a lotus, carved from a large bamboo piece with nice patina. One of the eight immortals of the Chinese Taoist pantheon. Condition: a small chip near the hem. Dimension: c. 35.8 cm high. Please compare to item # 1434476, item #1435291 and item #1435015 for another carving of the same group.
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese scroll painting of blossoming morning glories on a vine. painted in vibrant mineral colors on silk. Signed by the artist. "Kido Son, 貴堂草衣, (1899-1984) was born in Kyoto. He studied painting at the Kyoto Municipal School of Painting and under Yamamoto Shunkyo (1871-1933). His work was consistently accepted into the Teiten and Bunten National art exhibitions." Comes with original double box.
Age: Taisho Period (1912-1926) Dimensions: Total: 55 1/2"...
Zentner Collection
Price on Request Antique Japanese calligraphy scroll painting by the Confucian scholar, poet, koto musician, calligrapher and artist, Ryū Kōbi (also called Ryû Sôro) (1714-1792). Sumi ink on paper. With three seals, one being his trademark Dragon seal.
This work is Waka poetry done in traditional 5-7-5-7-7 syllables or a 5-line wake poem. Which traditionally calls up an image of nature that then alludes to an emotion. This poem is one written long ago by the famous Chinese poet Zhang Ji (A... Chinese late Qing to early Republic period lady’s robe embroidered in polychrome silk and gold couched thread on a black silk ground. Eight gilt dragon and phoenix bird roundels are on the front, back, and shoulders. The bottom of the robe is gilt decorated in the traditional pattern of waves, stylized mountains, and diagonal bands of upright water (li shui) permeated with auspicious symbols. Black silk decorative borders accent the front opening, side slits, and neck. Sleeve cuffs are embroid...
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1434678
(stock #Konen002)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Uehara Konen (1878-1940)
Hirosaki Castle Size: Mitsugiriban. Approximately 15 X 6.75 inches. Publisher: Likely Watanabe Shozaburo. Date: ca. 1920s-1930s. Artist's seal at lower left. Medium: Japanese woodblock print Condition: Excellent.
Lilly Parker Antiques, Inc.
$150.00 Japanese Military Solder's Canteen, early 1900's, 7" high, 3 1/2" wide, 3" deep, with embossed pewter like surface with curved Brass Hook in the back and top use as a cup which attached with rope. All original condition with wooden cap and other brass pipe for air.
Wood spoon, its handle finely carved in the shape of a standing female figurine. Nice age patina. Ifugao tribes, Northern Luzon Island, Philippines archipelago. Height: 18 cm. The spoon is nicely mounted on a custom stand. Very good condition. Provenance: Zemanek Munster tribal art auction sale # 77.
Japanese : Other Prints : Pre 1940
item #1434660
(stock #J596)
Haruko Watanabe
$100.00 4 sheets of Chiyo-gami with autumn leaves designs which are woodblock prints. The paper is washi, a handmade paper made from mulberry fiber. Chiyo-gami was originated in Kyoto and developed in Edo later. It was used for paper dolls and paper crafts. Generally the larger one is the older.
Clockwise from top left: 53cm x 37cm, 52cm x 37.5cm, 41cm x 32cm, 53cm x 37cm The top left one has rather thick texture and others have thin texture. The fourth one has a break in the corner. The first half of...
Fine & Rare Chinese Yuan Dynasty Black Pottery Censer
We have recently been lucky enough to have acquired a collection of very rare examples of burnished black pottery items made during the Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279 - 1368). Such items are relatively unknown and very little has been published about them. They are found in the northern provinces, particularly Gansu province in the north-west. A black pottery censer; it is quite heavily-potted with a wide flat rim and three legs. It has a burn...
The Kura
sold, with thanks! A set of sake decanters in the shape of Split Bamboo Tea Whisks by the third generation Kiyomizu Rokubei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The artists stamp is clearly impressed into the nunome cloth-textured base. They are 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition dating from the mid 19th century.
Kiyomizu Rokubei III (1820-1883) was the second son of Rokubei II (1790-1860) and took over the family kiln at the age of 18 after his father retired in 1838. (His fa...
Palmrose Asian Antiques
$110.00 A Chinese porcelain oil lamp decorated with blue scrolling clouds and leafs. This is a fine example of antique Chinese straits folk art from the turn of the Century. The lamp measures about 5 1/2" high x 3 3/4" in diameter, and it is in perfect condition. The asking price includes shipping within the USA.
Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1930
item #1434589
(stock #Shotei115)
Era Woodblock Prints
SOLD Shotei Takahashi (Hiroaki) (1871-1945)
Arai Inn (Omori Arai Inn) Series: Eight Views South of the Capital Date: 1921. Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.75 inches. Shotei seal at upper right. Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Reference: O-20 in Shotei catalog. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Condition: Center crease. Soiling in margins. Toned paper. Very good color. - The blocks for this print were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 192... |