Fine Chinese enameled porcelain vase, decorated with Courtyard Scenes Beast Handle, 19/20th century era, bearing Chinese seal marks on the base. Size; Height of vase is 8.25 inches, in good condition.

Fine Chinese enameled porcelain vase, decorated with a village scene, with etched dragon medallions and a pink ribbon around the neck, 19th/20th century era. Size; Height of vase is 10 inches, in very good condition.

Early 19th century Chinese porcelain lidded jar, depicting "children at play" theme, height of this item is 12 inches with diameter of 8.5 inches, sign of wear to paintings due to the old age.

Kawase Hasui
Late Autumn at Lake Yamanaka
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1947
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Bears the Watanabe 6 mm seal, consistent with a lifetime strike and first edition.
Condition: Excellent. Light tone at margin.
A breathtaking view of Mount Fuji with sunlit foreground in a rarely seen Hasui design.

A wooden sculpture carved from a single block of wood of kannon or kwan yin. The work takes inspiration from the 6th century image at Horyuji temple in Ikaruga, Nara. Jimbo Yutaka (1923~) is known throughout Japan for his wooden sculptures and has done numerous exhibitions. The work comes with a tomobako with the inscription of the title of the work and the artist's signature and seals. The work also contains a signature by the artist. Age: Late Showa Period (1970-1980). Size" height 20" width 4...

A Mashiko ware tea bowl (chawan) by Hamada Shoji. The bowl is glazed in a style known as kaki yu or persimmon color glaze which is often seen in Mashiko wares. Hamada Shoji along with Yanagi Muneyoshi and Barnard Leech were part of the mingei movement in the late 20th century. The movement emphasized the simple minimalist beauty found in daily objects made by unknown artists. Thus, Shoji never signed his works, where he too wanted people to simply appreciate his ceramics, not his notoriety. Age:...

Diameter 11 cm. Age cracks in the glaze, one plate with a minor chip or firing flaw at the foot rim. No cracks or repairs. China, Song dynasty (906-1279)

Lady's red silk satin garment with front overlap closing to the right, fastened with four knot and loop toggle buttons, slit sides. Embroidered with multicolored scattered scheme of butterflies, double gourds and flowers. Four lobed collar terminating in ruyi heads. All borders extravagantly embroidered with romance figures in a landscape setting, with gold thread couching and Peking knot. Green silk lining. Condition: incredible colors, shoulder areas worn with some fraying and splits, ground f...

Splendid Chinese marble Moghul bowl with variety of gems inset in gold. The gems vary between beautiful and radiant ruby, emerald and sapphire. Decorated all over with a peony motif. Beautifully carved design of a chrysanthemum on bottom and a peony carved on the inside bottom. Condition report: 1 loss gem. Age: Qing Dynasty (1735 - 1796). Size: 7.25" diameter x 3" height.

Antique Chinese large lapis stone carved into a lidded bottle with highly raised dragon-like chimera, topped with a lid in the form of a hu-bird, beautiful lapis ranging from dark to light and mottled all over with areas of quartz, 19th century. Size: 7" high x 4" wide.

Delightful vintage Chinese jade "stone fruit" grapes with beautiful agate leafs. Age: 20th Century (circa 1970). Size: 7" L x 5" W.

Chinese jade carved container in the style of archaic bronzes, with fitted lid, square form with flanged handles on either side, carved all over with archaic motifs, a total of ten pierced carved handles in the form of lions heads each with a freely carved ring in it's mouth, beautiful translucent green jade with pale green and white striations, Republic Period. Size including wooden stand: 9 1/4" high x 5 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" deep.

Antique Chinese pair of lions, made all of gilt copper repouse and cloisonne, the female lion rests her paw on her young lion who is laying on it's back, the male lion has his paw resting on a ball with elaborately draped ribbons symbolizing the world, each lion has a bell hanging from around it's neck, the cloisonne work is extremely ornate with detailed patterns, birds and flowers, beautiful and dramatic, 19th century. Size of each: 20 1/2" high x 13" wide x 18" deep.

Beautiful Japanese antique pulley made out of keyaki wood with all original finish and wonderful patina. This piece is enhanced by its trapezoid shape and utilitarian qualities. Age: Edo Period. Size: 14.75" h x 9.5" w x 5" d

Stone Jizo Bosatsu seated upon a lotus-form dais, the right hand holding a long-stemmed lotus blossom and the left a hoju (sacred jewel). Clearly dated on the back to the opening year of the Kaei Era (1848), late-Edo Period. Very minor old loss. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 25 cm
Width: 17 cm
Depth: 12 cm

A charmingly expressive small-scale Jizo stone.

Daikokuten figuratively sculpted from tuff, a sedimentary stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Late-Edo Period ca. 1850. Old loss, most notably to the lower-left side. Traces of polychrome.

Height: 14.7 cm
Width: 12.0 cm
Depth: 10.0 cm

A rare, and notably charming, stone depiction of Daikokuten, one of Japan's seven lucky gods.

Standing Jizo Bosatsu figuratively sculpted from a large-grained sedimentary stone, the right hand holding a shakujo (crozier) and the left a hoju (sacred jewel). Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Overall softening of the lines and contours.

Height: 68.5 cm
Width: 19 cm
Depth: 13 cm

Sadogashima, an island in the Japan Sea off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, is well-known for its production of a distinctive style of Jizo figuratively sculpted from a relatively soft sedimentary stone that resemb...

A beautiful red zitan incense table with burlwood inset top; carved signature of and accompanied by the original inscribed wooden tomabako; Zitan.

Age: 18th Century Qing Dynasty
China Provenance: acquired in Tokyo, Japan.

Size: 26.75" Height x 15" Width.