A magnificent and rare Amida Nyorai bronze Buddha, made in the early Edo Period, which means in the early 17th. century. This statue was made in a way called lost-wax metal casting, also known as Rougata Chuuzou, which was popular only in the 6th. century and in the Edo time.

The statue is in good antique condition with no repairs or cracks.

Size: 7,8'' height

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Up for sale is this special example of the beauty of Raku ware, a pottery tradition born more than 400 years ago in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto, from the collaboration between great tea master Sen Rikyu (1522-1591) and a potter named Chojiro ( - 1592), the forebear of the great Raku family of potters.

This particular chawan (tea bowl) was made by the 12th bearer of the Raku name, Raku Kichizaemon Konyu (1857-1932), whose works are not very diversified but who created seren...

Standing male Shinto god, the hands holding a branch-type staff, sculpted in relief from a gray-hued igneous stone. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1800. Minor old loss.

Height: 50 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Depth: 15 cm.

Chinese antique ceramic vase with white crackle glaze, a wonderful applied chimera figure is coiled around the neck of the vase with it's long tail trailing down on side, 18th century Size: 8 1/2" high

Another Kamakura (end of Heian Period 1100-1300) Yama chawan from our collection made of unglazed pottery.

This is an excavated tea bowl from the Seto area (Aichi Prefecture).

Very good antique condition and atmosphere.

Size: 2 inches height, 6.2 inches width, 6.1 inches length.

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Outstanding 18th. Century heavy casting of Buddha, both hands grasping flowers, eyes in serene expression, with incised robes extending towards a double-lotus base. It would appear that this piece may have at one point in time had a mandorla mounted to the backside.

Measures 6.5 in. (16 cm) in height.

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A museum quality koro covered in soft pink glaze decorated with chickens in raised relief surmounted with a woven silver lid by Kiyomizu Rokubei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 4-1/2 inches (11 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. For a piece decorated in the same style see the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto.
Kiyomizu Rokubei V (1875-1959) began by studying painting from the age of 12 under the 19th century master Kono Bairei. Upon graduation from th...

Circa 1850, an extremely rare water/medicine dropper figurine of one of the eight immortals, he is Lu Dongbin, usually identified wearing a sword on his back. Lu Dongbin is highly venerated throughout China, and many local shrines have been built in his honor. At first you would think this to be a ewer, but there is no lid, only a protruded side hole where the thumb is placed over it, to control the water flow. I have experimented in doing just that and found that it trickles to a single drop at...

Small Korean rectangular stand made of elm wood, elegant lines and design, beautiful patina with traces of red lacquer, very simple and useful, 19th century. 11" high x 19 1/4" wide x 13 3/4" deep.

Wonderful Chinese tall stand made of root wood burl, top surface is round, stands on 3 feet, beautiful curving tendrils of knotted burl wood, mid 20th century. Size: 43 1/2" high x 18" wide on top (19" wide at feet)

Dramatic Chinese rectangular table made of root wood burl, beautifully curving wood with a dark natural finish.

mid 20th century.

Size: 32" high x 57" long x 20" deep.

A Southern Song dynasty brown glazed bowl in perfect condition. Diameter: 13cm.

Mala Prayer beads from Lhasa with silver counters. I am not sure what the beads are made from but they are from Lhasa Tibet purchased over 15 years ago. Size: 50cm X 2.

DESCRIPTION: A Chinese eight-sided footed plate with raised base and blue under-glazed decorations featuring two pavilions by the water (each reversed so the plate can be viewed upright from two directions), surrounded by key-fret and floral borders. Collector's stickers on back indicate the number of the piece and the date the USA collector originally purchased it (April 14 of 1977). Excellent condition with no chips, cracks or repairs; small original firing flaws. DIMENSIONS: 9 7/8" squar...

Stone Dosojin comprising two figures standing side by side in a semi-embrace, the figure on the left holding a flask in the shape of a hyotan (a gourd symbolizing good fortune) and the figure on the right holding a shallow drinking bowl, sculpted in relief from a liver-hued igneous stone, probably andesite. Clearly dated to the 10th year of the Horeki Era (1760), mid-Edo Period. Very minor old loss. Traces of polychrome.

Height: 64.5 cm
Width: 39 cm
Depth: 25.5 cm.

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Seated Dai-Nichi Buddha, the hands forming the chi-ken-in "knowledge fist" mudra, sculpted in relief from sandstone. Late-Edo Period ca. 1850. Very minor old loss.

Height: 53 cm
Width: 28 cm
Depth: 16.5 cm
Packaged weight: 28 kg.

Images of a small group of bosatsu (bodhisattva), namely, Jizo Bosatsu, the various manifestations of Kannon Bosatsu, and Seishi Bosatsu, dominate the field of Japanese stone sculpture throughout the Edo Period (1603-1868) and into the modern era. Conversel...

Mala wood Prayer beads from Lhasa with silver counter. They are from Lhasa Tibet purchased over 15 years ago. Size: 42cm X 2.

A large heavy bottle vase depicting two confronting five clawed dragons amongst clouds and flames and above breaking waves. The base carries the six character seal mark of the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795)but possibly made later during the 19th Century. It arrived in the UK before 1910 and is from an old West Country estate. Condition - the neck has been reduced and polished. There are no chips or cracks and there has been no restoration but there are surface scratches. Height 23cm (9 inc...