Won Ju Seo's work is featured in the Spring 2013 issue of Fiber Art Now, and in the recently-published McGraw-Hill fine arts textbook, Art Talk. The work offered here is Bojagi Diary 1 by Won Ju Seo. Hand made with colored Korean silk, ramie and silk thread. Frame: 10 x 10 inches, 25.5 x 25.5 cm; Textile: 4.5 x 4.5 inches, 11.5 x 11.5 cm. The work of Korean textile artist, Won Ju Seo, is in major museums and prominent collections. She is renowned for her modern approach to the bojagi, the tradit...

Edo Period Japanese Safe. 17d x 13.75h x 12.25w inches, 43d x 35h x 31h cm.

Well modeled bronze dog with drum. Detailed paws and face make the dog life like. Meiji period, 1868-1912. It measures 4.25" tall. Cartouche stamped in base.

Japanese antique happi coat, made of cotton with white paste resist ground and design of light blue mon and characters, collar and interior edge of sleeves reinforced with pieces of blue and white plaid cotton fabric, Meiji/Taisho Period. Size: 32" high x 49 1/2" wide

An aquatint in colors by the famous Chinese artist Zao Wou-ki (Zao Wuji). He was born in Beijing 1921 and worked in Paris. Signed, dated '59 and numbered 32/95 in pencil. Condition: trimmed (die stamp of l'Oeuvre gravée only last 3 letters), slightly soiled and creased, reverse with annotations in pencil and traces of former mounting, one pinhole in image. Dimension: image: 39.6 cm x 44.5 cm, paper: 49.9 cm x 58.6 cm.

Japanese antique indigo work coat, sashiko stitched indigo ikat sleeves, reinforced shoulders with black cotton, beautiful thick woven indigo cotton fabric, vents in under arm area edged in black cotton, Meiji Period. Size; 39" high x 45" wide

Japanese antique buddhist priest's robe, made all of woven silk, blue ground with gold medallions with cranes and pine bow design, sewn in panels, original white and purple cord on sleeves, late Meiji Period. Size: 60" high x 77" wide.

A pair of porcelain garden stools with flower design, trace of original remains in good condition.

Age: China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
Measurement: Height 44.8 C.M. / Diameter 38 C.M.
Condition: One stool is broken and repaired. Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Jizo Bosatsu seated upon a lotus-form dais, the hands holding a hoju (sacred jewel), figurally sculpted from granite. Late-Edo Period ca. 1800. Very minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours. Light lichen accumulation.

Height: 41 cm
Width: 27 cm
Depth: 22 cm

Hewn with elegant simplicity from a high-quality granite and in excellent condition, a very desirable Jizo stone.

Standing Bosatsu (probably Kannon) nagarebutsu (lit. flowing Buddha) sculpted from a single piece of wood (ichiboku-zukuri), originally finished in lacquer and gilt. Late-Heian Period ca. 1100. Stable condition, i.e., fumigated against further intrusions by wood-devouring insects.

Height, including block-form dais appearing in the first photograph: 127 cm
Height of nagarebutsu only: 106 cm

Hailing from Tashinji Temple in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture, this large-scale standing bodhisattva nagar...

Description:

A Lusan stem cup was in lovely size.
It was well preserved by reflecting the retrospective sheen of old condition.
Blue and white splashes were suffused against the dark brownish glaze background on the surface.
Loosening-feel body clay was revealed at the lower portion in beige tint.

Date: Tang Dynasty, 9th/10th century.

Body width: 6cm, Height: 5.5cm.

Seated Jizo Bosatsu figurally sculpted from a dense igneous stone, the hands holding a small hoju (sacred jewel). Early- to mid-Edo Period ca. 1700. Heavy black-soot patination overall, with traces of polychrome.

Height: 14.2 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Depth: 8.4 cm.

A rare example of a Jizo stone used for private household devotion, the dark-gray cast resulting from long years of exposure to the oily smoke of burning candles and incense. An enchanting little Jizo stone. ...

Thai mother of pearl offering tray, with decorated in Thai style with inlaid mother of pearl Characters on top and side of the cover.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 23 C.M. / Diameter 37.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice conditon overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Thai mother of pearl offering tray, with decorated in Thai style with inlaid mother of pearl Characters on top and side of the cover.

Age: Thailand, Rattanakosin Period, 19th Century
Measurement: Height 16.3 C.M. / Diameter 25.7 C.M.
Condition: Nice conditon overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the shipping fee.

Hand carved Baroque polychrome wooden cupid angel, typical chubby features of the period. Original black and red patina with gilding. Statuette is in nice mountable condition, signs of age such as some fissures and toes of left foot are missing. Size: H. 23 cm. x 12 cm. For additional photographs see our item # 572973

Rare Thai bronze cast Buddha in deep meditation (Dhyana Mudra), nice original black and gold patina, seated on lotus base. Very gentle and serene expression. Good weight and condition, only tiny tip of flame missing. Size: H. 21 cm. x W. 13.5 cm. x D. 7.5 cm. Late 18th/19th Century.

Chinese pottery cow with original pigments remaining.

Age: China, Tang Dynasty, A.D. 618 - 907
Size: Length 15.3 C.M. / Width 7 C.M. / Height 9.6 - 10 C.M.
Condition: Well-preserved old burial condition overall with some amount of soil adhering (some abrasions and wearings on the piece due to the long burial time underground). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping from Bangkok, Thailand at actual cost. Please e-mail us for the...

A rare and unusual archaic style Jade carving in the form of a "double bird" You. There is a late Shang dynasty bronze You of similar form, described as a Xiao You (Owl You) in the collection of Shanxi Museum, Shanxi Province. This item was exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1973, and can be seen on page 72 of "The Genius of China" (ISBN 0 7230 0107 3). We have, as yet, been unable to date our jade and can only suggest that it was probably made circa 1500 - 1900 during either the late Ming or Qin...