An antique large bronze Laotian rain drum. Beautiful detailed relief work. Twelve pointed star in the top center of the drum. Four pairs of playful frogs decorate the rim. Two pairs of side handles to each opposing side. Age patina acquired over its very long age of use and display.

Age: 19th Century

Dimensions: 26 1/4" Diameter by 21 1/4" High

Japanese Meiji period Satsuma earthenware cabinet vase in the form of a flattened round moon basket on four legs decorated in overglaze enamels and gilt highlights on a cream-colored crackle glaze ground. The two prominent sides feature seated male figures on one side and female figures on the reverse. The narrow sides and handle are decorated with geometric forms. The base bears a gold on black rectangular Kanzan mark. 3 1/8” high by 3” wide. Circa 1880-1910. Very good overall conditi...

Chinese Low Rectagular Keyaki Table. Made of 100% keyaki (elm) hardwood. Stury and well built.

Age: 1920's

Dimensions: 30" x 18" x 10" high

Antique Tibetan painted low chest with four pull out drawers. Each drawers has a leather pulls. Hand painted over leather with a solid wood framework. Forged hardware is complete. Beautiful patina and ware. Solid and sturdy.

Age: 18th Century

Dimensions: 32" wide x 9 1/2" high x 10 1/2" deep

It is rare to find a pair of jars from this period in good condition. The decoration is in the continuity of the Ming Dynasty, likewise the clay still containing iron oxide turning orange during firing is typical of this period. However, the presence of the double circle mark in cobalt blue leads us to believe that these jars were made in the middle of the 17th century, as soon as the Manchus invaded during the pivotal period of the takeover. One of the two lids is different and may have been ...

Chinese late Ming (16th/17th century) Zhangzhou (Swatow) porcelain deep charger decorated in iron-red, green, and black overglaze enamels on a cream-colored crackle glaze ground with a central degraded floral spray within a black accented green ring surounded by four ogival floral medallions alternating with a striated red background holding a single plant. Undecorated reverse and unglazed base. Circa 1580-1640. 11 3/4" diameter x 3" - 3 1/4" high. Two significant production cracks extend dow...

Chinese Orange Silk Ground Elephant Panel
"Taiping Youxiang" - Peace motif of an elephant carrying a vase.
Date/Period: Late Qing Dynasty
Medium: Silk and gold threads.
Size: 23.5 x 21.5 inches.
Condition: Fabric damage at upper left. See photo. Attached to board.

A Large, Rare, and Major Work of Ceramic Art by Korea's Most Famous Monk, Jung Kwang. A Tall Painted Porcelain Vase with a Zen Painting of a Crane Under the Moon by the Famous Korean Jeju Island Monk, Ko Chang Nyul aka Jung Kwang Sunim aka the Mad Monk (1935-2002). There is a prominent New York dealer's exhibition going on right now of Jung Kwang's works, where you will see the prices are several times higher than mine. This other gallery has been in business for over forty years and has sold to...

A Rare and Important Early Work by Korea's Leading Ceramic Artist, Shin Sang Ho (born 1947). The unique form is exquisite and the design sublime on this painted porcelain work of art. You will never find another like this. Signed and Dated 1979. Shin Sang Ho was Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Hongik University, and his work is in the permanent collections of many major museums, including the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art...

A fine woman's ceremonial sarong from Lampung Sumatra, woven in two parts, the striped cotton fabric decorated with couched gold-wrapped thread work and mica sequins. The four blue stripes embroidered in white and red silk threads. Condition: traces of age and usage, wear, missing mica sequins and threads, uncleaned, thin areas, few small holes. Dimension: 116.5 x 133.5 cm

Burmese wooden seated crowned Buddha, or sometimes known as 'King Buddha', wearing diadem-crowns and ornaments of kings instead of ordinary monk's robes.

Crowned Buddha represents the Buddha's role as a universal sovereign.

Age: Burma, Mandalay Period, 19th Century
Size: Height 31.8 C.M. / Width 17.4 C.M.
Condition: Nice condition overall (some expected degradation due to its age). Please refer to the enlargement photos for more details.
Shipment: Worldwide shipping ...

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Anonymous oil painting on canvas, 1996, Japan, 33.2 x 24.5 x 2.5 cm (13.07 x 9.64 x 0.98in). Aged deterioration as is.


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A classic Tamba Tea leaf storage jar (Chatsubo) with interesting mukimimi or “turned ears”, the tie lugs swirling like a Domoe on the shoulder next to the neck, each leaning to the right, as if listening to the next. In my experience this is quite unusual. The jar is covered in rivulets of flowing green leading down to an undulating belt line between the glaze and the raw clay. A white shadow in the clay indicates where once a label, likely identifying the type of tea contained, had once ...

A primitive design of overlapping squares in indigo blue on white porcelain by Kato Tsubusa enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sometsuke Kakuzara. It is 32.5 x 32.5 cm x 5 cm (13 x 13 x 2 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
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 ...

Splashes of Jackson Pollock in iron and ash festoon the flaring form of this sake-cup by Murakoshi Takuma enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Sake-nomi. The base is thick, allowing the cup to be quite stable, while the narrow foot leads to a wide, flaring rim, which makes it both easy to hold, and perhaps far too easy to drink from. It I 9 x 8 x 5.5 cm (roughly 3-1/2 inches diameter, 2-1/4 inches tall) and in perfect condition, directly from the artist.
Murakoshi Takuma is...

A soft red crescent tinges the rim and forms a distant moon in the center of this dark guinomi bowl by Morino Taimei enclosed in the original signed wooden box. It is 7.5 cm (3 inches) diameter 4.3 cm (1-3/4 inches) tall and is in excellent condition.
Morino Taimei was born in Kyoto in 1934, and was first accepted into the Nitten National Exhibition at a relatively young age in 1957 (a year before graduating the Kyoto Municipal University of Fine Art!). In 1960 he received the prestigious ...

A Takatsuki stand of wood covered in black lacquer decorated with scrolling vines among which are randomly placed crests in the design of the Daruma Wheel on the stem, and the heraldic Mitsuba-aoi hollyhock crest within the tray. Slightly warped and worn with the centuries, finding a piece from this era in such good, original condition, is exceedingly rare. Early Muromachi, 14-15th century, it is 30 x 30 x 28.5 cm (12 x 12 x 11-1/2 inches).
The Mitsuba Aoi crest is associated in modern ...

Ivory okimono, carved from a single block, depicting a subject from Japanese mythology with three figures of the theater dancing side by side. In the center dominates the figure of Emma-Ô, the King of Hell, depicted as an old man with a thick beard and a smiling expression. To his right is an oni, a demonic creature with a ferocious appearance: prominent horns, sharp fangs and disheveled hair. To the left of Emma-Ô is Datsueba, the old woman of the Sanzu River, depicted as an old woman w...