A standing lion covered in running yellow bamboo ash glaze from the Edo period kilns of Takatori on the southern Isle of Kyushu. Head held high, the smoke would vent straight out of the creatures mouth, as if exhaling the fragrant tendrils. It is 14 x 10.5 x 20 cm and is in excellent condition, enclosed in a modern kiri-wood storage box.
Takatori-yaki, is a traditional style of Japanese pottery that originated in the early 17th century. It was developed in the town of Takatori (mod. Fuku...

A rare Japanese antique porcelain okimono of a skull entwined with a snake.  Made of porcelain and realistically rendered. Fine details in every crevice.  Some teeth are missing (original to the work).  The snake has detailed scales highlighted in a darker tones.  It is twisting around the cranium and pushes through the right eye socket.  Comes with its original Japanese tomobako (wooden storage box) with a label that reads Mayoke Ko-To-Sei Dokuro (Protective Old Ceramic Skull).

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Fan Ho set of 4 framed photographs. Each small photo has a mat signed by the artist. The different photos are: a uniformed man on a bicycle, two young boys with a cat, a man carrying a suitcase on one shoulder and a city street with shops and street cars.

Fan Ho (1931-2016) was an award winning Chinese photographer, film director and actor. Born in Shanghai, he moved to Hong Kong when he was young and began photographing candid images of urban life with his Brownie camera. At age 1...

AUTUMN MOUNTAIN

Vintage Japanese oil painting on canvas, titled 'Autumn mountain', by Wasaku Kobayashi (1888-1974), early-mid 20th century, 41 x 32 x 1.7 cm (16.14 x 12.59 x 0.66in)


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A nice dish with foliated rim sides, decorated with three colors or Sancai glazed. Condition is good, excepted glazed flake, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Ming Dynasty Circa 1368--1644. Diameter: 22 cm.

Vintage Chinese Large Cinnabar Lacquer Bejeweled Elephant Figure

It is 17.6 inches (44.8 cm) tall by 13.4 inches (34 cm) wide. It is 13.4 lb.

It has cracks at the ear and saddle, peeling of lacquers, missing beads, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1960's Chinese Famille Rose Long Neck Vase with Landscape Marked

It is 13.38 inches (34 cm) tall by 6.69 inches (17 cm) wide. It is 3.4 Lb.

It has dark spots and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).

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1982' Yoshida Hodaka 吉田穂高 Woodblock Print "White Mud Wall" 白土の塀 Edition: 17/50

The overall measurement including the frame is 32.5 inches (82.5 cm) long by 18.9 inches (48 cm) wide. The print is 27 inches (68.5 cm) in length by 14 inches (35.5 cm) wide. It is 6.13 lb.

It print has some foxing. The wood frame has scuffed, chips, wears, scratches, stains, and cracks. The frame's back paper is teared (as seen in the photos).

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Vintage Chinese Gilt Solid Silver Enamel Filigree Jadeite, Tourmaline, and Semi-Precious Stones Bracelet Marked "Silver"

It is 6.93 inches (17.6 cm) in inner circumference and 2.2 inches (5.6 cm) in diameter at the inside by 0.94 inch (2.4 cm) wide at the band. The beads range from 4.76 mm to 8.42 mm wide. It is 54.7 gram.

It is tarnished and missing a chain. It also has rubbing of gilt, oxidation, minor missing enamels, inclusions at the jadeite and semi-precious stones, and surf...

Kawase Hasui
Mount Fuji, Narusawa
Date: 1936.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Red 6mm Watanabe seal in lower left corner, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946-1957.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Reference: Hotei #395.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Pristine. Removed from original folder. Two original drying pinholes at top margin.
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Ink, colors and gold on paper with gofun (calcified crushed shell) surrounded by a border of silk brocade and framed in black lacquered wood. It depicts a famous 12th century war scene between the Minamoto and Taira clans. On the second and third panels, from the right, probably Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189) mounted on his black horse Tayuguro leading his cavalry on their epic charge into the Hiyodori Gorge to attack the Taira forces encamped by the sea at Ichi no Tani (spring 1184); Unsi...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. Xindian pottery is quite distinctive and rarer than pottery from some earlier Chinese Neolithic cultures: the painted designs are quite different and the pottery has different characteristics, tending to be more brit...

Rare Chinese Neolithic Xindian Culture Painted Pottery Jar

This rare pottery jar was made around 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Neolithic Xindian culture (c. 1200 - 500 BC). The Xindian culture is a relatively late Neolithic culture and overlaps with the Chinese Bronze Age. Xindian pottery is rarer and generally less refined, more coarse and brittle than pottery from some earlier Chinese Neolithic cultures. 

The lower body is quite wide and there is a tall neck ending with a flared ...

Fine & Rare Chinese Neolithic Siwa Culture Burnished Black Pottery Jar (c. 1350 BC)

This attractively-shaped pottery vessel was made over 3,000 years ago by peoples of the Siwa Culture (c.1350 BC) from present day Gansu or Qinghai province. It is quite "heavily-potted" and fairly highly-fired. It has high handles, a saddle-shaped mouth and a wide body that tapers down to a small circular flat base. Pottery jars from the Siwa culture are rarer than those of the preceding Qijia and Majiayao cu...

Here is a fantastic 19th century Karatsu tea bowl, which represents the wabi sabi philosophy of Japan at its best with expected impressions of roughness, austerity and intimacy. This Karatsu chawan is about 150 years old and has wonderful dripping glaze with shades of different colors, rarely seen on Karatsu chawans.

Fine antique condition. There is an original natural fired surface pottery wrikle on the bottom, which occurred in the time of manufacturing (Not a fault. Please refer...

This is a Japanese porcelain 'Kutsugata' Tea Bowl of Kyo ware, which was made by the 1st class potter, the 2nd Shoami Heian (Shoami Takano, 1941 -) in 1976.

Temples and trees are hand-painted on the body.

The signature of the potter is written on the bottom. The original wooden box with the signature of the potter is also included.

Speaking of Shoami Takano, he is one of the most influential potters in Kyoto. The style of his work is also richly painted with ...

2005 Painting by Renowned Korean Artist Don Ahn aka Ahn Dong Kuk (1937-2013). Acrylic on paper. Frame: 26 x 22 inches, 66 x 56 cm. Painting: 22.5 x 18.5 inches, 57 x 47 cm. We encourage you to research Don Ahn's sales record and market prices on sites such as Artsy, so you can appreciate what a great opportunity this is to purchase an original work of art by the master at a price well below the actual value. Don Ahn was a pioneer of Korean art in America. In the 1950s he was the first to move pe...

Rare Early Ink Painting by Renowned Korean Artist Don Ahn aka Ahn Dong Kuk (1937-2013) painted in 1963. Ink on paper. Frame: 53 x 31.5 inches, 135 x 80 cm. Painting: 48.5 x 27 inches, 123 x 69 cm. We encourage you to research Don Ahn's sales record and market prices on sites such as Artsy, so you can appreciate what a great opportunity this is to purchase an original work of art by the master at a price well below the actual value. Don Ahn was a pioneer of Korean art in America. In the 1950s he ...