Small wooden statue of a female seated ancestor image covered in natural lacquer from an Ibanic ethic group in Kalimantan- (Indonesian Borneo). Circa last quarter 20th century, this an authentic tribal piece- not for the tourist market. H: 16cm/6.2in, acquired from an old Australian collection.

Purple grapes dangle behind broad autumn-tinged leaves decorating this voluminous Tsubo by Hashizume Masahide enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Yubyo-kasai Yamabudo-zu O-tsubo exhibited at the 47th National Traditional Crafts Exhibition. It comes complete with the Exhibition catalog in which it is featured (page 35). It is 35 cm (14 inches) diameter and in perfect condition.
Hashizume Masahide was born in Nagano Prefecture in 1959, and graduated advanced studies at the T...

Koro size: 2 3/4" Dia x 2 3/4" High, 3 1/2" High with Silver Cover
This is Rare Japanese Ko Imari Porcelain Blue and White Koro, Incense
Burner with Jungin (Sterling Silver) Hoya (cover). Koro has Oranda-Jin forms.
(Dutch/Holland men) design work done in Sometuke. Koro is octagonal shape.
It has four Oranda-jin design windows. Other four window panel
with Geometric designs. Inside top rim area with landscape design
painted. Koro came with Jungin (sterling silver) H...

additional photos of Japanese Ko Imari Koro w/silver cover. Please see the Incense Burner Choko Cup Photo in the book of "Four Centuries of BLUE AND WHITE", Frelinghuysen Collection of Chinese and Japanese Export Porcelain, by Becky Macguire. I have loaded the photo page of item, and one close up one.

Antique Japanese Suzuribako depicting rolling landscape with young pine and early cherry blossom trees. Inside cover lacquered in gold with flowering wild flowers along a bamboo fence and a slender crescent moon finished in silver. The night sky is speckled in gold.

Dimensions: 8 3/4" wide x 9 3/4" high

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

An antique Japanese portable storage box for tea ceremony accoutrements. Made almost entirely of Kuwa (Mulberry) wood, it has a bamboo carrying handles. Lift out door opens to a storage compartment with a removable split level shelf. Four drawers of varying sizes were used to house an assortment of tea ceremony paraphrenalia. All original including the bronze hardware.

Age: Meiji Era (1890-1910)

Dimensions: 11" Wide by 11.63" High by 7.63" Deep

A simple two compartment Japanese inro. Constructed of box wood with an even stippled finish. Original black and gold lacquer finish, threaded with cotton cord and finished of with a well worn carved toggle in a floral shape.

Dimensions: 2 3/8" squared

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

An antique Philippine Ifugao tribal transport basket incorporating a shoulder and back rain protector. Made of rattan and bamboo, this piece acquired a beautiful sooted patina over its lifetime of use. The rain protector was made using layers of thinly thatched bamboo fiber creating a water resistant fur-like construction for weather protection from jungle travel. Hidden bamboo woven rope chain for hanging to dry.

Age: Early 20th Century

Dimensions: 20" Wide by 18" HIgh by 12" De...

This piece is just about as good as it gets for this type of carving. The carving, the stone, the composition are superb. Please examine the photographs and see for yourself.The piece measures 3-1/2" X 1-5/8". This piece has been examined and authenticated by one of the leading experts in the field, a Senior Fellow of the Institute of Archaeology at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the author of a fifteen-volume reference work, entitled "The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China...

Small Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain circular form lidded seal paste box, the lid decorated with a round panel holding a seated figure in a landscape set against a white ground. The central panel is surrounded by powder blue that covers the sides and bottom. The white glazed base holds a six-character zhuanshu Qianlong mark. 3 1/4” diameter x 1 1/4” high. 19th century. Very good overall condition. From the estate of Gerhard Lohmeier, a Diplomat at the German Embassy in B...

A superior Arita Chawan decorated to the exterior with the Shochikubai, plum, pine and bamboo, in kinsai gilding. The interior painted with a dense Karakusa arabesque of auspicious Peony leaves. The foot-rim with stylised overlapping lotus leaves in underglaze blue. To the interior of the foot-ring a four character fukichosun mark. The condition is good, no damages or restoration. A kiln flaw to the foot-ring. The bowl dates to the Kyoho era circa 1720-30. It weighs 93 grams in weight. It ...

What a treasure! High class Natsume made by greatest 11th Sotetsu Nakamura. It was made 50 years ago of of natural wood and coated with high quality Japanese lacquer. Japanese government seals and Imperial seals (Emperor seals) are painted on the tea caddy by using the technique of maki / maki-e .

It comes with the originally signed and sealed wooden box and an appraisal and authentication on the inside of the wooden box lid by Mūjin Sosa (Sokuchusai), the 13th Iemoto (tea master) of...

A good early Hirado cup stand, haidai, from the Mikawachi official kiln decorated with a classic Chinese style landscape in ko sometsuke style. For a very similar example see the web site of the National Museum of Scotland V.2015.10.25, which bears the same pattern incorporating a fisherman’s refuge and drying net (left hand quarter). The construction of both this and the example in the N.M.S. is identical. Being constructed in two parts the lower half showing signs of wreathing in the inte...

A Momoyama to early Edo period (16th-17th century) small Chawan , much worn inside, with old gold repairs gleaming softly on the iron ringed rim. Aside from this iron circle, and the wear earned over centuries on the slightly oblong shape, there is no decoration. It is 12.6 × 10.9 × 6.2 cm (5 x 4-1/4 x 2-1/2 inches) and comes wrapped in a crepe silk pouch enclosed in an old, fine quality kiri-wood box.
Kintsugi embodies the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese aesthetic worldview centered a...

A rare blue and white dish decorated with Dragon among clouds scroll and surrounded by eight flowers head to the cavetto, same in underside and with six characters mark Da Ming Xuan De Nien Zhe and of the period. Diameter: 22,1 cm.

Chinese Qing dynasty circular form lidded box decorated in underglaze blue on a white porcelain ground with traditional buildings in a landscape surrounded by trees, water, and mountains. 3 5/8” diameter x 1 7/8” high. 19th century. Very good overall condition with seal paste residue remaining in the interior. There is a small frit at the rim of the bottom that looks more like a production flaw (see close up image). From the estate of Gerhard Lohmeier, a Diplomat at the German Embassy i...

Chinese Song dynasty conical form bowl with slightly flared rim covered in a pale green qingbai (yingqing) glaze that stops at the slightly recessed unglazed low foot. Fine comb incised abstract swirling patterns are visible in the interior. 7 1/8” diameter x 2 3/8" high. Circa 13th century. Good overall condition. There is a fine old yellowed hairline crack down one side of the interior that extends to the exterior. The unglazed rim edge has a few small frits and imperfections and one l...

A lovely small tripod censer standing on three short legs and the cylindrical body with covered overall with ivory white glazed. Southern Song Dynasty or later Fujian ware. Condition is good excepted tiny old flaked glaze to the bottom side, no any crack and free from any restoration. Height: 6 cm and Diameter: 7 cm.