Chinese antique ox bow arm chair, made of jumu (elm) wood with bent wood legs. The back splat is carved with a round good fortune symbol.

19th century

Dimensions: 36 1/2" high x 23 1/4" wide x 22" deep (seat: 13 1/2" deep)

An antique Japanese Hibachi with Maki-E gilt lacquer and inlay in a melon shape made of kiri wood. The gilt lacquer designs are of a bird in peonies and ivy trailing around the edge. Gilt nashiji flakes and inlay add depth to the nature scene. Interior has an old patina.

Date: Meiji period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 11" diameter X 8.5" tall

An antique Japanese bronze platter of mixed metals with silver. The image is of a masked swordsman. Bugaku court dance and music is the Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites mostly in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years. The dance is marked by its slow, precise and regal movements. The dancers wear intricate traditional Buddhist costumes which usually include striking masks. Gagaku is the court music that goes beside the Bugaku court dance. G...

This exceptionally well-formed tea bowl displays highlights of flaxen and scarlet visible through a classic black glaze. Raku tea bowls such as this are made by hand, without the use of a potter's wheel. In the process of shaping the bowls, potters handle the tea bowls in much the same manner that users will hold them as they drink from them. In this manner, a connection is formed between the creator of the tea bowl and the participants in the tea ceremony. For this and other reasons, Raku bowls...

Like many pottery traditions in Japan, Karatsu takes its name from the city where it originated. As early as the 15th century, Korean potters heavily influenced the development of this form—helping to endow it with the earthy, simple, and natural qualities it is so appreciated for. With crackled glazing and beautiful gold repairs of several types and from several generations, this antique tea bowl is quite attractive, a pleasure to use, and absolutely one of a kind.

In fine antiq...

Exquisitely painted cherry blossoms (sakura) and willow branches (yanagi) on a background of jet-black traditional lacquer.

The craftsman, Wakashima Takao (b. 1935) was born in the north of Japan in the picturesque town of Wajima. The lacquer technique particular to this region (Wajima-nuri) is rather unique in its use of an undercoating incorporating special compounds that make it exceptionally durable over time. Wakashima perfected this demanding technique and, over the course of...

A very rare Bronze Seal that was used as a pendant with an old glass bead. There are still remnants of the gold leaf surrounding the seal. I judge it as a Han seal or earlier. I have never came across one like this before

Jizo Bosatsu standing upon a stylized lotus-form dais, a hoju (sacred jewel) in the right hand and a long-stemmed lotus bud in the left, sculpted in relief from a large natural-form igneous stone. Clearly dated to the second year of the Taisho Era (1913). Excellent condition, with desirable softening of the lines and contours overall. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 52.5 cm
Width: 38 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Packaged weight: 60 kg

A large celadon bowl with well balance potted, decorated with engraved incised floral sprays. Song/Yuan Dynasty possibly Yaozhou ware found at Indonesia archipelago. Condition is very good, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration, except minor black spots to the interior and exterior. Diameter: 21,5 cm and Height: 7,8 cm.

Japanese antique carved wood relief of cranes. Beautifully carved and in excellent condition.

Date: Meiji age c1900

Dimensions: 17" long X 5.5 " wide

A pair of antique Japanese mixed metal candlesticks made of bronze and silver. The base of the tall candlestick has elephant trunks as legs. The top portion has reliefs of birds in foliage and a dragonfly on lotus leaves. The shorter candlestick has similar reliefs of birds and a dragonfly.

Date:

Dimensions: tall candlestick is 10.75"tall X 3.5" wide,the shorter candlestick is 5"tall X 4.5" wide

A delicately painted Satsuma pottery jar with two courtyard scenes of daily life for the Japanese elite. The rest of the jar features a complex ground of various patterns. There has been a professional repair to the vase lip, but otherwise excellent. Measures 6 inches high with lid. Signed on bottom.

Standing Jizo Bosatsu, the hands holding a long-stemmed lotus bud, sculpted figuratively from tuff, an igneous stone composed primarily of volcanic ash. Clearly dated to the 42nd year of the Meiji Era (1910). Excellent condition. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 51.5 cm
Width: 27 cm
Depth: 22 cm
Packaged weight: 43 kg

A charming Jizo stone, with lotus bud rising balloon-like overhead.

Exquisite and fine famille rose Mille Fleurs cup which known as thousand flowers with enamelled around the exterior with a dense composite floral pattern of blossoming peony, hibiscus, peony, chrysanthemum and narcissus below a gold rim, thinly and well balance potted. Qianlong seal mark to the base and possibly of the period. Condition is excellent, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Mouth Diameter: 9,5 cm and Height: 5,1 cm.

Meticulously embroidered panel for baby carrier that never got finished.. and was packed away to be finished later...probably by a loving grandmother, and then backed and border probably her daughter for sale. Miao people in the region of Zhi Jin including border ...measures 20 x 23.5 inches the last 2 pics are of the back side of the embroidery

Standing Jizo Bosatsu, the hands forming the gassho adoration mudra, sculpted in relief from tuff, an igneous stone composed primarily of volcanic ash. Clearly dated to the 10th year of the Kyoho Era (1725), mid-Edo Period. Minor old loss. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 53 cm
Width: 31 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Packaged weight: 35 kg

Seated Buddha, a branch-like nyoi (scepter) held in both hands, sculpted in relief from a brown igneous stone. Late-Muromachi Period ca. 1550. Minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours.

Height: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Packaged weight: 23 kg

Made by a women of the Miao minority often referred to as the "tiny Miao" ...not because of their stature but because they were recongnize for their "tiny" embroidery stitches... This jacket was worn for festivals ...and shows some use...wonderful display piece and also could be worn by a small person....