A high quality porcelain sometsuke underglaze blue san kaku-gata choku, three sided cup decorated with contrasting patterns of a pair of "Dutch" figures, orandajin, set against a diaper brocade ground, and a scene of Chinese boys, karako, one playing with a standard, the other holding a double gourd form tokkuri, and an auspicious kara hana (literally Tang flower) inset within an arabesque of kara-kusa (Tang grasses) painted in kakiwake style. This form of cup is rare and apparently only occurs...

GOD OF HAPPINESS

Wood. Edo period (1603-1868), Japan. H 11.9 x W 7 x D 5.5 cm (4.68 x 2.75 x 2.16in). Seems to be Ebisu god because of the fish holding in arm, but uniquely much more like rustic and primitive than typical type. Some worm-eaten marks due to aging as is and its wooden dust comes out when shake.


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Very fine circa 1300-1400CE, Cizhou type lugged jar with thick iron brown and black glaze. Very beautiful piece in excellent condition (some original kiln flaws tiny frits , bubble burst etc). H: 10.8cm/4.2in and D: 14cm/5.5in.

Rare 19th Century Korean Wooden Lacquered Chopstick Holder. The front panel features a carved lozenge shape, an ancient symbol of the Seven Treasures: silver, gold, coral, lapis lazuli, agate, seashell, and amber. The top is carved into the shape of the mythical bullocho longevity plant. It has an iron ring for hanging and displaying. 12.5h x 4w x 2.5d inches, 32 x 10 x 6.5 cm.

Early 20th Century Lacquered Personal Dining Table from Haeju, Korea (Haeju Soban) with an elegant design of a key-fret apron and the ancient Korean legend of the carp swimming upstream and up the waterfall to successfully transform into a dragon and fly into the skies. Images of this story were displayed in children's rooms to encourage them to succeed in their studies and aspirations. 19.25w x 16h x 14d inches, 49 x 41 x 35.5 cm.

Rare 19th Century Korean Gilded Bronze Military Rank Badge with traces of gold. This badge was worn on a high-ranking military officer's hat, as shown in the third photo here. It was acquired in Seoul in 1946. 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cm). Frame: 8.5 x 8.5 inches, 21 x 21 cm).

A dramatic sculpture in raw white porcelain partly coated in crystalline glaze by Kato Tsubusa made to hang on the wall enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Freeze Flame 1992. It is 43 x 24 x 21.5 cm (17 x 9-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches) and is in perfect condition.
Kato Tsubusa was born in Tajimi city, the home of Shino, in 1962, graduating the municipal Pottery Design and Technical Center in 1979. From then to 1983 he worked as a decorator at the Otai Kiln moving out on his own in 19...

A dark clay vessel partially closed like an empty seed pod by Ogawa Machiko enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled simply Utsuwa (vessel). It is 20 x 17 x 12.5 cm (8 x 7 x 5 inches) and is in excellent condition.
Ogawa Machiko was born in Sapporo on the Northern Island of Hokkaido in 1946. She studied under future Living National Treasures Fujimoto Yoshimichi, Tamura Koichi and Kato Hajime at the Tokyo University of Arts, graduating in 1969, then went on to further studies in ...

Viscous white glaze crawls and cracks on this round sake bottle by Shino Legend Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 13.5 cm tall and in excellent condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. Although initially entering regular employment upon graduating high school, in 1967 he returned to Toki city to help his brother Kotaro. Very quickly within him was born the urge to create. He won the highest award at the ...

An incredible vase covered in carbonized color by Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Manyosai Henko. This was featured at a solo exhibition in 1997, and is published in the catalog, item number 46. It is roughly 30 cm (12 inches) diameter, 27.5 cm (11 inches) tall and is in excellent condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. Although initially entering regular employment upon graduating high school, in 1...

Iron strikes up in vicious strokes under the crawling white tinged feldspathic glaze covering this quintessential vessel by Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Te-Oke Hanaike (Handled Bucket-Shape Shino Vase). It is roughly 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter, 31 cm (over 12 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Hayashi Shotaro (b. 1947) is one of the biggest names in contemporary Mino ceramics. Although initially entering regular employment upon graduating ...

Very Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery "Stick" Rider / Horseman

This extremely rare painted pottery figure was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8), more specifically, the 2nd century BC. It is one of a small variety of known Han Dynasty "stick" figures and this type must surely be the rarest, a horseman; this figure would originally have sat astride a horse.

It is made from a dense fine-grained grey pottery that has been "cold painted" after firing in white, pin...

Very Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery "Stick" Rider / Horseman

This extremely rare painted pottery figure was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8), more specifically, the 2nd century BC. It is one of a small variety of known Han Dynasty "stick" figures and this type must surely be the rarest, a horseman; this figure would originally have sat astride a horse.

It is made from a dense fine-grained grey pottery that has been "cold painted" after firing in white, pin...

Fine & Rare Large Chinese Early Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Groom

This impressive and imposing pottery figure was made during the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is "heavily-potted" and made from a fine-grained pale grey pottery that has been "cold-painted" in a base coat of creamy-white pigment with details, such as the belt and facial features, picked out in red and black pigments.

This figure represents a foreigner, in this case a groom and has been made with great attention to...

Ohara Koson
An Eagle on a Tree
Size: Approximately 17 cm x 12 cm. 6.625 x 4.75 inches.
Date: ca. 1910.
Koson signature and seal at lower right.
Publisher: Matsumoto (no. 442). Tag at back.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
An early and rarely seen design not listed in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland). The design is similar to K13.3 (Eagle on leafless tree) in the above catalog.

White blossoms cluster along the thin branches draped over the shoulder of this exquisite pink tinged vessel by Imperial artist Seifu Yohei III enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shiroyama no Sakura no Zu Kabin (Blossoms of Shiroyama Vase). This is the pinnacle of production for imperial artist Seifu Yohei III, a large Taihakuji porcelain vase with carved designs. Museum quality would be an understatement. Seifu III was known to have made few large works, so this is a very import...

Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Horse (AD 618 - 906)

This very attractive pottery model of a horse was made during the Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906). It is made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in a reddish-brown pigment with black and white pigments to highlight the head, mane and tail. This horse is well-modelled and stands straight, alert, looking ahead.

Height 21 cm (8.25 inches). A fine example in very good condition with minimal repair.

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A Bhutanese thangka depicting Sakyamuni flanked by two arhat-disciples in a stylised landscape. In the top of the painting to the left and right sides are the images of Padmasambhava and the bodhisattva Chenrezig respectively. In the bottom a portrait of one of the great Master of the Drugpa Kagyu, Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651) flanked by the protectors Vajrakila and Vajrapani. Mounted on cardboard and framed behind glass. Bhutan, 19th century. H 75 cm, W 47 cm (incl. original silk mounting). Fair...