Kawase Hasui
Clearing After a Snowfall on Mt. Fuji (Tagonoura). (Fuji no Yukibare, Tagonoura)
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1932. This edition 1950-62.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi.
Doi watermark in upper left margin corner.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Reference: Hotei #266.
Condition: Slight fading.

Something wild remains in the expression of this quiet little creature hiding away from human eyes. It is Bizen pottery, dating from the 19th to early 20th century, when Saikumono sculptural works were at their peak of production. It is 10.5 x 17.5 x 10.5 cm (4 x 7-1/2 x 4 inches) and is in excellent condition.
The Bizen pottery tradition in Japan dates back over a thousand years, tracing its roots to the Heian period (794-1185). Located in the Okayama Prefecture, the Bizen region has ...

A set of five sake cups, each engraved with a unique poem by the artist/nun Otagaki Rengetsu dating from her 83rd year enclosed in an antique Sarasa cloth pouch with silk pads between enclosed in an old wooden box. They are each 5 cm (2 inches) diameter and all are in excellent condition. The poems read:
1 Wakabae no yanagi no ito no mijikaku te furiwakegami no kokochi koso sure
The newborn willow fronds are short and feel to me just like bobbed hair
2 Umazake no miwa no sugi z...

Extremely rare underglazed copper red pear shaped bottle vase decorated with cranes flight among chrysanthemum scrolls flanked by Lotus petals scroll to the neck and bottom part. Wonderful condition with no any crack, no any chip and free from any restoration. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th century. Height: 25 cm

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Vintage Japanese oil painting on canvas, by Saburo Miyamoto, 1961. *Frame is just for the reference image and not attached. Canvas: 45.5 x 53 x 2 cm (17.91 x 20.86 x 0.78in)


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A Magnificent and Rare one of the large blue and white dish decorated with flower spray to the center showed with "heaping and peeling" effect and the cavetto incised with a pair of Dragons below classic scroll to the rim. Underside with continuously very beautiful Lotus scrolls. The upper wall with six characters "DA MING XUAN DE NIEN ZHE". Condition is perfect, with no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Ming Dynasty 15th Century Xuande mark and period. Diameter: 39,5 cm.

Small flask or vase in the shape of a double gourd. Thin and fine, whitish stoneware covered in translucent glaze, decorated in overglaze, colored enamels and gold with a cord and tassels and maple leaves floating on a sinewy stream.

Unsigned/unmarked. Kyoto (Kiyomizu) ware.

Meiji era, late 19th century, Japan

H 6 in.

Excellent condition

Eight different Indian paintings (4 double sided leaves). Folios from an astrological treatise, possibly al-Sufi's al - Suwar al- Thabita. Each approx 22x14cm. Bijapur 17/18th century. Can be viewed in central London

Large Burmese buddhist lacquer panel. Central image of Shiva, based on a Bagan mural painting from the 11th century brick temple at Adayadana. Surrounded by 10 images with scenes from Budda's life Lacquer on thick wood. 92x61 cm Good condition. Can be viewed in ventral London.

A cluster of Blue and White Edo period Imari bowls which melted together in the inferno and fused, three becoming one in a fortuitous accident. The Japanese have long held these flaws in high esteem, accentuating the ideas of Wabi-sabi and the ephemeral which permeate Japanese culture. Roughly 24 x 16 x 8 cm (9-1/2 x 6 x 3 inches), a very interesting addition to the table.

A quite rare square shaped bowl decorated with flower to each side and inside is plain with obviously Qingbai tone. Xuande six characters mark and possibly of the period. Ming Dynasty 15th Century in very good condition, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration excepted a bit fritting to the mouth rim. Diameter: 9,1 cm X 9 cm Found recovered at South Sulawesi area.

Cotton girl's kimono with auspicious motifs, such as plum blooms, bamboos, pine trees, which are kata Yuzenzome (stencil-resist dye and colored by hand), and hand painted turtles and waves. The ground cloth is benibana (safflower) dye which is very precious. Safflower has been grown in Yamagata prefecture in Tohoku district. It was sent to Kyoto and dyed there in Edo period, but it went declined in the end of Edo and chemical dye replaced benibana dye later. Generally, in good condition but ha...

Golden Maple leaves and five petaled plum blossoms float on the golden pond pooling on this early Edo period Karatsu Chawan decorated with a single Zen circle. Superb quality repairs gleam about the rim, one large repair decorated over top of the gold with fine amages of leaves and blossoms. The base is small and shallow, indicative of the early era. It is 12 cm (just less than 5 inches) diameter, 7.5cm (3 inches) tall and comes enclosed in an old wooden box.
Kintsugi embodies the spiri...

A set of 4 exquisite lacquered wooden boxes with trays decorated with Tsuba (sword guards) in gold on a jet black mirror surface dating from the early 20th century enclosed in a four tier black lacquered wooden box. Inside is silver Nashiji with scattered cherry blossoms. The trays feature solid silver rims and are signed Ryoshin. Each box is 13.5 x 10.5 x 5.7 cm (5-1/4 x 4 x 2 inches) and each tray is 17.6 x 14.6 x 1.7 cm and all are in overall fine condition.

An inviting poem for the 8th month is engraved among the leaves and grapes clinging to the vines forming the handle on this tall ewer covered in pale white glaze by Otagaki Rengetsu dating from the 19th century. It is 22 cm (9 inches) tall, 13.5 x 19 cm across the handle and is in excellent condition. The poem reads:
Okazaki no tsuki mi ni ki mase
Miyakobito
kado no hata imo nite matsura nan
Come see the moon in Okazaki
People of Kyoto
And I will serve you bo...

Takahashi Shotei
Red temple in rain; priest over the steps
Date: pre-1936.
Size: 5.625 x 3.5 inches.
Medium: A woodblock-printed postcard.
No artist's seal.
Reference: S-7 in Shotei catalog.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Condition: Excellent.

A rare antique Japanese Chinese lion figure "karashishi", made of Hirado porcelain with underglaze blue details. Condition: few traces of usage. Dimension: c. 19.4 cm high x 16.3 cm long x 11.6 cm wide.

Baluster-shaped, the vase decoration represents a procession, in gold and polychrome enamels, very finely detailed, of guards surrounding palanquins, servants equipped with lanterns, and others with fans, banners and standards. Period: Meiji (1868-1912). Sign under the base with missing characters. Height: 20 cm.