Definitely rare blue and white pear shaped vase, well balance potted and decorated with a couple of Man and Woman in the windows of the heart surrounded among freely drawn chrysanthemum scrolls Very good condition, no any chip, no any crack and free from any restoration. Yuan Dynasty 13th-14th century. Height: 19,6 cm.

An antique Japanese Ikebana basket in a Cornucopia open flared mouth design tapering to a four post square base. Finely woven using a two tone caramel colored split bamboo with binding weaves forming frogs and turtles. Each post has inset caterpillar weave and the base has a cross slatted split bamboo that was signed by the artist. The handle is comprised of three delicate bamboo branches each of differing sizes representing a child, an adolescent, and an adult. The bindings along the rim rep...

Small and shallow (thin) shrine. Inside are the figures of Bishamonten (right) and Kongoyasha Myoo (left), both standing. Bishamon holds a pagoda and a halberd. The three-headed Kongoyasha’s two hands are empty.
Both are standing on a rock which is placed on a pedestal and both have a small mandorla behind their heads.

Soft wood carved and decorated with mineral colors. Mandorlas, attributes and helmet ornament in gilt metal.
Case is lacquered black on outside with gilt co...

An antique Chinese scholar's stand made of natural gnarled twisted hardwood roots with a transparent russet lacquer. This type of natural root furniture goes back to the 12th century aesthetic. Here is an example of the round stand produced during the Republic Period, bearing the colonial form true to the Victorian Era.

Age: Early Republic Period

Dimensions: 17" Wide by 17 3/4" High by 13 1/2" Deep

Stone rubbing (takuhon) of an itahi stupa on which is incised a gorinto (five-tiered stupa) featuring a Siddham script character (bonji) on each tier, in kakejiku scroll format suitable for wall display. The stone itahi from which this rubbing was taken is dated to Genko 3 (1333), Kamakura Period.

Height of kakejiku scroll: 180 cm
Width: 75.5 cm
Height of rubbing: 138 cm
Width: 70 cm.

This stone rubbing, taken mid-20th century, is expertly rebacked on paper in scroll format with woo...

Kakejiku scroll painting of a standing Byaku-e (White-Robed) Kannon Bosatsu, hand-painted in natural pigments and ink on silk with inscription and artist signature stamp. Late-Edo Period ca. 1850. Old repairs to the painting, which has been professionally rebacked on high-quality silk-brocade fabric with elaborately detailed gilt-copper rollers.

Scroll height: 142.3 cm
Width: 43.5 cm
Painting height: 70.3 cm
Width: 28.5 cm

A rare depiction of Byaku-e Kannon, and highly unusual inasm...

Left-hand fragment of a Sho-Kannon Bosatsu, possibly, sculpted from wood and finished in lacquer and gilt. Kamakura Period 13 c., possibly earlier. Surface refinishing, with partial loss to the middle and small fingers. The early-Edo Period lotus-form dais is included.

Length of hand: 20.5 cm
Width: 9.2 cm
Height of lotus-form dais: 3.8 cm
Diameter: 16 cm

The thin metal rod jutting out from the back of the wrist was added at some point in the distant past to enable a stable, upward ...

Chinese large yixing zisha teapot with silver decorations. 23 cm wide from spout to handle. 16 cm body diameter. 10 cm high. Teapot has few small chipped at inside the lid, no crack.

Height: 2.8 cm (1.1 in)
Length: 4.7 cm (1.8 in)
Depth: 3.1 cm (1.3 in)

Japanese netsuke of a resting peasant with a basket on his back; early piece with a good honey-coloured patina; natural material; some age lines present; good condition

Mint Oni-Hagi masterpiece chawan by star potter Seigan Yamane. This extraordinary tea bowl is covered by wonderful different shades of white glaze and a few shades of purple on brown pottery. In my opinion it is the one of the most aesthetic chawans that he made. The seal of the artist is stamped on the bottom.

Seigan Yamane was born in 1952, and started making Hagi ware in 1987. And then, he started his own pottery in 1992 and has ever been awarded a lot of prizes for his great wor...

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. Melted ashes turned beautiful green glass. Size 8.2cm(D) 8.0cm(H) Accessary wooden box with signature

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. Melted ashes turned beautiful green glass. Size 6.5cm(W) 4.5cm(H) Accessary wooden box with signature

Stone rubbing (takuhon) of an itahi stupa on which is incised the Juu-san Butsu (13 Buddhist deities) in Siddham script (Jp. bonji), in kakejiku scroll format suitable for wall display. The stone itahi depicted in this rubbing is dated to Koei 4 (1345), Nanbokucho Period, and is Japan's oldest extant itahi depiction of the 13 Buddhist deities, according to the records of Japan's Jikoji Temple (http://www.temple.or.jp/). The actual stone itahi from which this rubbing was taken is shown in the fin...

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. Covered ashes make fantastic pattern. Size 11.8cm(D: BODY) 10.8cm(H)

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. This insence container is called "Garan" that means basement stone of big Buddhist temple. It seems as a natural rock. Size 5.5cm(W) 4.7cm(H) Accessary wooden box with signature

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. Covered ashes make beautiful pattern. It could be used as small vase. Size 7.7cm(W) 12.8cm(H) Accessary wooden box with signature

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. Melted ashes turned beautiful green glass. It could be used as small vase. Size 7.8cm(W) 14.0cm(H) Accessary wooden box with signature

This piece was grilled with burning red pine fire woods for 10days in "Anagama" kiln. Melted ashes turned beautiful green glass. Size 6.0cm(W) 4.1cm(H) Accessary wooden box with signature