Japanese limited edition sosaku hanga woodblock print by Tadashi Nakayama (b. 1927) titled “Rainbow Butterflies” featuring Nakayama’s daughter’s face in profile with butterflies in flight around her. This image is pencil-signed “T. Nakayama,” numbered 34/95, and dated 1983 in the bottom margin. The bottom margin edge also contains the. The red Nakayama seal is verso. A color illustration of this image can be found on plate 205 of “T. Nakayama” published in 1989. According to this...

From our Chinese Polychrome Collection, a fine Rose-Verte porcelain dish, Yongzheng Period (1723-1735), well-painted in the center depicting an elegant lady, a young boy, and a deer carrying peaches on its back signifying longevity. Bordered on the cavetto with floral sprays, and dressed on the rim with iron oxide.

Rose-Verte is a less commonly encountered version of the Famille Rose and Famille Verte palettes. It is often loosely grouped into the Famille Rose category, but is actu...

Japanese limited edition sosaku hanga “kappa-ban” (stencil print) by Yoshitoshi Mori (1898-1992) titled “Hasami” (variously translated as “Scissors” or “Nail Clipper”). The print is pencil-signed “Y. Mori” at the lower left, dated ’79, and numbered 24/50. The artist’s red seal is above the signature. The lower edge of the paper verso also contains the title and the original purchase price of 120,000 yen. The paper measures 17”V x 22 1/2”H. Very good overall condi...

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A wood water basin was nicely carved in shape of a lotus leaf with a lotus pond.
It was preserved in very good condition by nice brownish patina.
Some of the seeds in the lotus pond were still movable when some were sticked but nothing is missing.
It was a charming and very rare piece by this type.
Most of the old wood pieces were made as brush pots in relief carving.
This piece was carved in delicate workmanship to imitate the lotus leaf by thin wall a...

A charming Chinese qingjiang rice pot, adorned with boys that was a popular theme and personal favorite of the Empress Dowager. Lovely soft colors with sharp details, this rice pot is worthy as a piece of hand painted art for decorative display. Dated circa 1900 and is without any damage, no chips, hairlines, etc. Measures: 7.5" x 7"

Standing Jizo Bosatsu, a short-stemmed lotus blossom held in both hands, figurally sculpted from a relatively lightweight sedimentary stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Minor old loss. Excellent lichen accumulation.

Height: 37 cm
Packaged weight: 11 kg.

A Jizo of gentle mien, with good age.

Standing Jizo Bosatsu with hands in the gassho adoration mudra, figurally sculpted from a medium-density sedimentary stone composed largely of volcanic ash. Mid-Edo Period ca. 1750. Minor old loss. Excellent lichen accumulation.

Height: 37 cm
Packaged weight: 15 kg.

A stoutly charming example of Japanese folk sculpture, with good age.

Gorinto (lit. 5-tiered stupa) sculpted in four parts from an igneous stone. Muromachi Period ca. 1500. Minor old loss. Good lichen accumulation.

Height: 51.5 cm
Packaged weight: 21 kg.

The gorinto is a uniquely Japanese style of stupa comprising five geometric forms, which correspond (from bottom) to earth, water, fire, wind, and ethereal space. The Japanese Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism views the gorinto as a symbol of Dai-Nichi Buddha, who, underlying all things, manifests himself i...

Standing Bato (Horse-Head) Kannon Bosatsu sculpted in relief from a coarse-grained igneous stone, two small horse-heads perched atop the figure's head and the hands forming the bato-in mudra, which resembles the gassho adoration mudra. Dated to the 23rd year of the Meiji Era (1890). Very minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours. Good lichen accumulation.

Height: 40.3 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Depth: 15.0 cm.

Bato-Kannon stones with two horse-heads are exceedingly uncomm...

Ogee shaped, thinly potted porcelain beautifully painted in Famille rose enamels and gold. Depicting inscriptions and historical figures. Both pieces with iron red Xianfeng base mark in seal script painted in a single square. Ref.: "The great fortune: The Georg Weishaupt Collection", ISBN 3-00-010306-6, pages 160 - 183. Condition: wear to gilt rims, rim of cup with tiny rim frit, saucer with a short hairline. Dimension diameter: saucer: 12.8 cm, bowl: 9.8 cm, weight: 162 g. Without wooden stand....

Very fine gilt wooden Burmese Nat with elaborate dress, inlaid with many sparkling mirror pieces. The figure is in a protective position with hands guarding off evil spirits. The Nat's name is "Amay Yay Yin", meaning "Mother Yay Yin" and she conquered the river. Thus, people who travel by water, revere her to protect them from danger. It is a masterpiece of Burmese temple art, very rare nowadays and in perfect condition, no cracks nor repairs whatsoever. Size: H. 22" ( 56 cm.) x W. 7" ( 18 cm.) ...

Standing Senju (Thousand-Armed) Kannon Bosatsu, sculpted in relief from a dense sedimentary stone. Mid- to late-Edo Period ca. 1775. Very minor old loss, with overall softening of the lines and contours. Good lichen accumulation.

Height: 38.9 cm
Width: 16.5 cm
Depth: 12.1 cm

A notably charming Senju Kannon, stone depictions of which are uncommon.

Historically important Japanese woodblock print triptych depicting the landing of foreigners of the “Five Treaty Nations” in Yokohama by Utagawa Yoshikazu (flourished 1850-1870). The print features soldiers and civilians from America, England, France, Russia, and The Netherlands grouped together with their respective flag and label. Two Chinese compradores, who facilitated trade, are in the foreground and western ships line the harbor in the background. The print is signed “Issen Yoshik...

Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Healing Buddha) in granite, a medicine jar held in both hands placed centrally on the lap. Late-Edo Period ca. 1825. Very minor old loss.

Height: 42.0 cm
Width of base: 16.5 cm
Depth of base: 13.1 cm.

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. Largely absent f...

Japanese "zelkova" (keyaki) wood Yonezawa style two-section tansu with round iron lock plates engraved in a butterfly motif and rimmed with a thin band of silvery "hakudo" (nickel alloy). "Mokko" (melon style) drawer pulls and four side carrying handles. Circa 1880. 38"H x 38 3/4"W x 17 1/2"D. The tansu is in very good sturdy condition and has the original lacquered finish. There is a slight warp in the case at the lower lower left side of the drawers and a crack extends across the top. Fr...

Heavy pigment forms a spectral scene of a dark stone lantern viewed through the spring laden branches of maples, a dove taking flight in the fore. Anyone who has visited Japan will know the haunting sense these monoliths produce. The painting is performed in thick pigment on applied silver-leaf, signed Taisho (Okada Taisho, b. 1888). The screen is signed in the lower right corner, and measures150 x 151 cm (59 inches by 5 feet). It is in fine condition, with only minor abrasions from handling...

Japanese Meiji period Yokohama woodblock print depicting Okiyo, the daughter of a gardener in Mukojima, meeting with a foreigner who desired her to be his concubine. This print is illustration no. 661 from the newspaper series “Yubin Hochi Shimbun” (Postal News) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892) published by Kinshôdô (Kumagai) the 4th month of 1875. 14 1/2"V x 9 3/4"H. Excellent color and very good overall condition with margins evident. The print has been stored away from sunlight and...

19th century Japanese Yokohama woodblock print depicting the famous Italian painter and printmaker Titian showing a bust portrait to a patron. This image is from a series of anonymous educational prints published in the early Meiji period that related to important Westerners. The print is unsigned and undated. 13 1/2"V x 9 7/8"H. Very good overall condition with margins evident. The print is not backed and has been stored away from sunlight. As the picture of the back shows, this image is ...