Amazing antique Chinese Lapis Lazuli carving of three rams, Yang, and nine ruyi, Lingzhi, on a rocky landscape. The blue lapis is a beautiful ultramarine color with gold dust like iron pyrite interspersed with random calcite flecks in the matrix. People believe the stone is imbued and bring good fortune to those able to hold it well and helps to promote psychic abilities. Meaning of ram and ruyi combines to mean “as you wish” and “good fortune”. The vibrant blue color in the stone wa...

Antique Japanese cast iron pair of lanterns in the form of a owls. Each with wide eyed expression and great feathered "horns". These lanterns are made to hold candles, the light escaping through the eyes and many round cast windows in the owls' bodies.

Age: Taisho Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 11 1/2" high x 7" wide each

Antique Japanese flower container for ikebana. Made of a large piece of burled wood with dramatic gnarled form. Inset with a shallow container for water.

Age: Taisho Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 13" high x 11" wide

Antique Chinese miniature model set of two "official's hat" arm chairs and a matching stand. Made of hardwood, carefully carved small versions of the classic furniture forms.

Age: Mid 20th century

Dimensions: Chairs 9 1/2" high x 6" wide. Stand 6" high x 3 1/4" wide

Chinese silver snuff bottle with over enamel. Delicately rendered with leaves and flowers in shades of blue, turquoise, white and soft purple. Has a collectors seal on bottom and dates from the 19th century.

Height 2.75" x width 2.5" x depth 1.125"

Antique Japanese Shō, mouth organ (flute) used in Gagaku (classical performances traditionally for the imperial court). A musician blows through the silver lined protruding mouthpiece. The air travels through the bamboo tubes creating notes (said to sound like the Ho bird or phoenix). Skillful musicians are able to blow air in and out of the mouth pieces creating sustained, uninterrupted notes. The arrangement of bamboo tubes are said to resemble the folded wings of the phoenix. This small flut...

Very Fine and Rare Large Chinese Western Han Dynasty Pottery Model of a Stove featuring Fish & Seafood

This extremely rare and impressive pottery model of a cooking stove was made during the early Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from quite a high-fired grey pottery that has a distinct ring to it when tapped. Its main upper surface is wonderfully decorated with finely-detailed fish, seafood and various cooking implements. Around the outer edge is a repeating geometric pattern ...

A pair of cloisonné silver vases, covered with polychrome enamels on a refined dark blue background. The vases are adorned with intricate floral motifs, which vividly represent colored irises. Every detail of the polychrome decoration is expertly outlined by a thin silver thread, which gives a touch of precision and refinement to each element. Period: Meiji end of 19th century. Dimensions: 12 x 4.5 cm. Conservation status: Excellent condition.

Japanese byobu screen, painted on paper with natural pigments and inks with accurate details, depicting the theme of life slipping away quickly. Under the shade of the pine tree, an elderly couple approaches a pair of turtles. The elderly couple and the thousand-year-old turtles represent a link between the past and the present, underlining the value of contemplation in Japanese culture. Period: Edo 19th century Dimensions: 166 x 351 cm. Conservation status: Good condition. There are some ...

Okimono study of a pheasant (Kiji – 雉), national bird of Japan, in bronze with brown patina and gold details. The feathers are carefully sculpted, showing a texture that looks almost real. The gold details, present in the eyes, beak and legs of the pheasant, introduce a brilliant contrast compared to the burnished body. Period: Meiji end of 19th century. Dimensions: 37 x 18 x 10 cm. Conservation status: Excellent condition. There is slight wear on the patina consistent with age.

HANGING BUDDHA

Japanese bronze ‘Kakebotoke’ (lit. ‘Hanging Buddha’ / Ref. https://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/k/kakebotoke.htm) with the motif of Muromachi-era's as a vintage reproduction in Showa period, 20th century, Height 17.3 x Width 14 x Depth without pins 2.5 cm (6.81 x 5.51 x 0.98in), with patina, cracks, and peelings due to age as is.


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Quite a large Chinese copper handwarmer with fine patina. Finely engraved with lotus scrolls among lattice, the domed lid pierced with the same design. Originally two bronze swing handles, one is lost. Condition: traces of usage, one handle lost, interior with some verdigris. Dimension: diameter: c. 20.5 cm, height with handle up: c. 19.5 cm.

Early stoneware celadon glazed large basin shaped bowl circa Jin Dynasties (266CE–420CE) with wide flat mouth rim, incised wave patterns on rim and cavetto. D: 19.4cm/7.6cm and H: 5.9cm/2.3in. There are some shallow chips on mouthrim and kiln adhesions in center and rim- please examine enlargements. Ex Dr. John Au, Australia..

ROPPONGI HILLS

Anonymous Japanese oil painting on canvas, after 2003, 53 x 45.5 x 2 cm (20.86 x 17.91 x 0.78in), as Tokyo Story of today with a metropolitan scenery with skyscrapers behind Mori Garden (ref. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roppongi_Hills).


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A stylish basket of woven bamboo laced with old arrows by Tanabe Chikuunsai II made for the preeminent Shiobido Gallery in Osaka enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 16 cm diameter, 37 cm tall and in perfect condition.
Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1910-2000) was born in Osaka the son of Tanabe Chikuunsai I and trained under his father. In 1930 he became a member of the Naniwa Ranyukai and exhibited was first accepted into the Teiten (Modern Nitten) National Art Exhibition in 1931, ...

A striking vision of black blasted with ocjer glaze wrapping in rivulets around to a single beaded drop by Oiwa Tomoyuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled unpretentiously Chawan. It is 13.5 x 12 x 10 cm (roughly 5 x 5-1/2 x 4 inches) and in excellent condition.
Oiwa Tomoyuki was born in Hyogo prefecture in 1977, and graduated the Bizen Ceramic Center in 2004. The following year he came to study under the outsider Kakurezaki Ryuichi, where he would remain for 8 years, garne...

Japanese netsuke of a Kappa. A whimsical  folklore creature that looks like a  turtle with a face suppose to be around lakes and streams. Made of boxwood sitting on a lotus pad, delightfully carved. Signed on back. Dates from the Showa age c 1950.

166 different Chinese coloured woodcuts with their accompanying poems and seals bound into 8 volumes. Printed in colour from handcut woodblocks. Complete except for the illustrations of the plum series of 20 woodcuts, although the poems are included. Size of individual volumes 32x29 cm. The woodcuts have been dis- bound sometime in the past and pasted separately onto Chinese paper and now rebound. This is the 1879 Shanghai edition and has been identified by the leading scholar. See Thomas Eb...