Massive antique Japanese fu-dog temple carving made of keyaki (Elm) wood. Wonderful expression, beautifully weathered. Highly carved with flowing mane. Age: Edo Period. 200+ years old. Size: 26"L x 17"H x 13.5" W

A dramatic basin brutalized by the elements by Shigaraki Master Tsujimura Shiro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Representative of this artists work, the lip has split with heat, one edge blasted off, and the entire charred and buried in ash. The dish measures 7.5 cm (3 inches) deep, 29 cm (12 inches) diameter and is in excellent condition.
Tsujimura Shiro was born in Nara in 1947, and began his steps into the art world as an oil painter. While living at a Buddhist temple he...

Beautiful two section Kiri wood Fukushima Isho Tansu (clothing chest), safe with two drawers behind, frame Hinoki wood, heavy iron square locks and "C" shape handles. Age Meiji Period c.1900. Size: 42.75" height x 35.75" length x 16.75" width

Perfectly formed characters eschew the virtues of the scholar life and way of tea through the Gyokusen Chaka (Song of Tea) decorating this masterpiece of calligraphy and design by Miura Chikusen enclosed in the original signed wooden box. Books have been written upon the subject of this poem centering on the experience of a Tang dynasty recluse reaching Daoist enlightenment through the drinking of seven cups of tea. The bowl is 17 cm (7 inches) diameter, 10 cm (4 inches) tall and in fine condi...

Chinese Qing Dynasty Gilt hairpin with very green burma Jadeite, it is rare and fine gilt hairpin ornament worn by chinese courtesan or noble lady, just like the Kingfisher jewelery from Qing era

Chinese Gilt hairpin set with real jade and oriental pearl, from Qing Dynasty

A very fine Chinese Gilt hairpin from late Qing, very intricate and fine work with flora and bird, underlying material is silver then gilding done in those era.

A hand carved antique wooden mask of Tenko or the nine-tailed Kuuko, heavenly White Fox (kitsune) which do good, wrapped in a modern silk bag and enclosed in an antique black lacquered wooden box. The mask is roughly 21-1/2 x 17 x 20 cm (8-1/2 x 7 x 8 inches) and in excellent condition. A cartouche bearing the artists signature can be seen inside the black lacquer within. The Fox has many roles in Japanese Folklore. First it is a symbol of fortune and bounty, and guards Shinto Shrines as Ina...

Arai Yoshimune
Pine Beach by Moonlight
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series.
Date: 1910s. Printed 1938-1960.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 11.0 x 8.0 inches.
Publisher: Nishinomiya Yosaku
Condition: Excellent with slight waviness at top margin.
- A rarely encountered night scene design.

this is a brass tea pot from the 19th century

This is a very old possibly antique jade bead

19th century
Late Qing dynasty
Porcelain with molded relief & celadon glaze
h: 23 cm
Perfect condition (the tiny, shallow chip to inner footrim is practicaly nothing)
From a MA, USA collection

This vase is of a fine, stately hexagonal shape, molded with archaic kuilong designs reminiscent of ancient Chinese bronze work. The celadon glaze is delicate in its greenish-blue shade, and quite thick. The paste is also quite good for 19th century.

Chinese Qing dynasty round form deep plate decorated in underglaze blue on a celadon-tinted white porcelain ground with a central stylized "shou” (long life) medallion encircled by ruyi lappets. Four rows of dense, stylized Sanskrit characters for the sacred “om” syllable extend around the circumference of the well. Four scholar’s objects decorate the exterior. The base and foot rim are unglazed. 11 1/4” diameter x 2 1/2” high. 19th century. This pattern is typically attributed...

These are photos of the last two panels comprising this magnificent eight-panel gilt lacquer export screen. These are panels number seven and eight that would continue off to the right of the six panels already photographed. The full item description is reproduced below, and the twenty-four photos of the first six panels can be seen under items # 1178526 and 1178359.

From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a magnificent eight-panel gilt lacquer export screen, 19th century, exquisitel...

Elaborately crafted and finely painted pair of Chinese enameled porcelain vases, depicting rabbits in garden, republic period, studio seal on the base. Size; Height of each vase is 6 1/4 inches, in very good condition, no imperfections observed.

A Chinese blue and white porcelain 'peaches' meiping, painted in the Ming style, but Qing Dynasty period, probably 18th century. Height: 23 cm Width / Diameter: 13 cm

Dai-Nichi Buddha seated upon a lotus-form dais, the hands forming the chi-ken-in "knowledge fist" mudra, sculpted in relief from tuff, a sedimentary stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Early-Edo Period ca. 1650. Old loss to bottom surface. Variegated lichen accumulation.

Height: 56 cm
Width: 45 cm
Depth: 26 cm

A sizable, elegantly sculpted Diamond-World Dai-Nichi Buddha, stone depictions of which are uncommon. Old loss of approximately 5 cm to the stone's bottom surface argues for ...

This is a fine piece of jade like glass hairpin with gilt silver, used by qing era courtesan or noble lady.