Small Chinese scholar multi-colored lacquered book chest. flowering lotus and scrolling vines throughout the geometric designs. Original pigments of white, green, blue, gold seen from all sides.

Age: 20th Century

Dimensions: 36 1/3" high x 24" wide x 12 1/4" deep

Antique Japanese hand carved wooden temple carving of a dragon amongst the swirling clouds. Beautifully carved of heavy keyaki (zelkova elm) wood with nice original details. The large dragon clasps the sacred wish-granting pearl in one claw. Around him are billowing rivulets of clouds. Gold and ink detailing can be seen for the eyes.
In Japan, they are thought to be tide gems, which cause the sea to ebb and flood, and are one of the primary treasures of Ryujin’s palace. In other words, ...

Antique Japanese Samurai meadate (samurai helmet decoration) of a gilt dragon made of hand carved wood with dry lacquer with metal details on tail/whiskers. Whimsical flowing hair and long eye lashes. Mounted on a custom antiqued bronze metal/walnut stand for presentation.

Age: Mid Edo period (1603 - 1868)

Dimensions: 11″ High x 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2"

Crystal standing six sided obelisk. Custom mounted with a brass and walnut base.

Age: Contemporary

17" High x 3" wide x 2 1/2" deep Points and obelisks have strong healing properties just because of their shape. They increase vitality, can make pain disappear. With migraine or headache complaints, the obelisk energy can have a very strong and healing effect.
In ancient Egyptians further believed that the obelisk could guide the souls of the dead t...

Wonderful pair of bronze roe deer with small horns, standing in a naturalistic pose. Roe deer are indigenous to Europe, from Scotland to the Caucausus. Very good detail, delicately rendered and condition with dark patination.

Circa 19th century, 1900s

Each measures 26" High x 26" Long x 7" Deep

Antique Japanese gunbai, war fan belonging to a high ranking samurai officer. Made of lacquered wood with shell inlay and with 2 large cut outs. This fan would have been used to shade from the sun and to signal troops. Though this shape of fan was not used as a weapon, it could have come in very handy in battle and there are legends of samurai heroes fighting with nothing but their war fans. The art of fighting with a war fan is called tessenjutsu. This fan comes with a custom metal stand. ...

Mounted antique Japanese 16th century carved hardwood temple fragment from Japans old growth forests. Depicting a pair of herons, king fishers, sparrows, fish, and front sitting amounts the blooming lotus flowers at waters edge. Mounted and ready to be enjoyed. Excellent original condition with patina consistent of age.
The herons symbolizes long life and is considered a sacred animal. Seen here depicted still in a pond with lotus, in connection with divine purity.
The pair of...

Kawase Hasui
Kiso River (catalog title: Mt. Fuji with Sailboat)
Date: 1930s.
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.75 x 5.125 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Artist's oval seal at lower left.
"Made in Japan" stamped on verso.
Reference: Hotei #Hp-1.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

This rare Thangka of the Bonpo Religion of Tibet is depicting the powerful Tantric Deity Magyu Sanchog Tartug, The Supreme Secret of Mother Tantras, attaining the Limit, Magyu for short. At the centre is the yidam, tutelary Deity, the Wrathful Magyu, with seven heads and sixteen arms, embraced by his consort. His colour is blue while his consort is red. He is wearing a leopard skin and a necklace of severed heads around his waist and is standing on corpses on a lotus, a mandorla of flames su...

Wooden netsuke of a standing Dutchman figure with his mouth open, leaning forward. He is wearing a long curly wig, a ruff and a long coat tied at the waist. In his right hand, the man holds a trumpet decorated with two tassels, while his left hand supports a small Chinese child (karakô) climbing onto his right shoulder.
The himotôshi consists of two holes, the lower one much larger than the upper one.

The Dutch are often depicted holding a trumpet, a rooster, a child or a do...

Ivory netsuke of a man wearing a wakizashi (short sword) on his left side and an inrô with his netsuke on his right side. His hairstyle is a chonmage and he is wearing a kimono with the lucky kanji kichi (吉) on the back.

In the feudal system that prevailed until the Edo period, the buke (武家) class corresponded to the warrior nobility. The man shown here belongs to this class and has the privilege of wearing the wakizashi, a highly regulated item. He may be a samurai in civili...

A shallow bowl in the Mishima style from Izumo named Meigetsu (Bright Moon) by the famous priest Takeda Mokurai dating from the mid to later Edo period enclosed in a fine kiri-wood collectors box titled Izumo Mishima Chawan. Perfect for summer Usu-cha, it is 13.2 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 4.5 cm just less than 2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
The origin of Izumo-yaki lies in the early Edo period, when the second generation Matsudaira Tsunataka requested a Hagi ware potter from t...

A collapsed water jar covered in iron glaze and enclosed in an ancient wooden box heavily annotated inside the lid and named Ho-gyoku by the Head priest of Bukkoji Temple in Kyoto. There is a red lacquered Ka-o signature used by the elite on the side of the vessel. It is 32 x 23 x 27.5 cm (11-1/2 x 9 x 11 inches) and is in fine condition. The box lid claims it was the property of or named by the head of Bukkoji Temple in downtown Kyoto.
In 1212, following his expulsion to Echigo, the Tru...

Diameter approximately 38.5 cm. There is a soft chip at the rim. In good condition.

Diameter approximately 34.7 cm. In good condition.

Diameter approximately 35 cm. In good condition.

An antique Japanese large Choba Tansu (merchant chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Hinoki (Cypress) woods. Four large drawers for merchant textile storage on the left and seven utility drawers with 2 sliding doors and a hinged door hiding 2 small drawers on the right side. All original hand forged iron hardware including the Hikute style handles. Originates from the Osaka region of Japan.

Perfect for use as a buffet chest or sideboard.

Age: Meiji Era (1880-1890)

Dimensio...

20th century heavily hand-carved camphorwood Chinese blanket chest trunk.

Age: 20th Century C. 1950's

Dimensions: 41" long x 25" high x 20" deep

Camphora officinarum is a species of evergreen tree indigenous to warm temperate to subtropical regions of East Asia, including countries such as China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan. It is known by various names, most notably the camphor tree, camphorwood.