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...

CARNATION ARRANGED WITH EMPTY BOTTLE

Antique Japanese watercolor painting on paper by an anonymous artist with unique motif of foreign importation for that time, Showa 2nd (1927), framed with original wooden frame (from Kawachi art supply store in Osaka), 53 x 61 x 6 cm (20.86 x 24.01 x 2.36in). No glass plate. Damage at frame due to age as is, as some cracks at four corners, stain, complete split of back plate, deterioration of metal fittings and ropes, etc. ...

Rare Tang Dynasty glazed saucer from the Gongxian kiln Henan, China. This has bell like tone when tapped. There is a repaired chip on the rim (noted in enlargements) tiny fritting on glaze. D: 13.2cm/5.4in and H: 2.3cm/0.7in. Looks like the moon.

Cotton unlined kimono which has weft kasuri mask motif, such as Otahuku (woman with chubby cheeks), Hyottoko (man with stick out mouth) and Hannya (woman with rage and jealous), In good condition, but the collar cloth has whitish line. 20th century. W:132cm, L:148cm

A long porcelain sculpture by Yagi Akira retaining the original wooden stand enclosed in the original signed box titled Jiken Vestage 92-7. The artist has formed it in the shape of an ancient relic, then covered the flat front side in orange-red lacquer which has been buffed through reveling the white clay beneath. It is 9.5 x 2 x 75 cm (4 x 1 x 28-1/2 inches) and is in excellent condition. Signed box original wooden stand.
Yagi Akira was born in Kyoto in 1955, son of avant garde Yagi ...

Maple leaf shapes are impressed into the viscous autumn tinged pale glaze covering in thick swaths the organic clay form of this veseel by legendary Hayashi Shotaro enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Shino Koyo-mon Tsubo. It is 25 cm (10 inches) diameter, 38 cm (15 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 high school, in 1967 he...