All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1344892 (stock #0344)

Perfect Aka Raku Tsutsu Chawan made by the 10th generation Kichizaemon Tan-nyu and enclosed in an authentication wood box written and signed by the 12th generation master of Omotosenke, Seisei (1863-1937).

Tan-nyu (1795-1854) was firstly named as Sojiro. He was the second son of Ryōnyu, the second generation master. In 1811, at the retirement of his father-master Ryonyu, he succeeded as Kichiza’emon...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1910 item #1344876 (stock #BNJwildGbadg)
Chinese 4th Rank Court Official's silk badge of a wild goose. The background is black silk and is embroidered with very fine metal threads. The sun and its tendrils are silver foiled threads tacked down with red silk threads. The flowers are also silver but tacked down with green silk threads. The flowers appear to be white chrysanthemums, a symbol of nobility, elegance, and longevity. Each flower encompasses a display blue forbidden stitch knots to create the effect of pollen being dispersed...
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1344857 (stock #p1137)
A superb Dr. Wall First Period Worcester porcelain tea canister of oval and fluted "French" shape. This beautiful example is decorated below the neck with a border of deep blue edged with foliate gilding. the body divided into 3 sections by green columns enhanced with a dot design and edged with gilding. Each of the body sections having pendant floral sprays, with the bottom portion of the canister having a wide gilt-edged green border...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1910 item #1344793 (stock #EW 2984 )
An novelty Hirado porcelain moulded sake ewer in the form of a large carp with the figure of Kinko Senin hanging on to his back decorated with a combination of iron brown and cobalt blue underglaze colours. The ewer measures approximately 23cm in length and 15 stands in height. The ewer is in excellent condition with no cracks, chips or restoration and unusually it retains its original lid...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1920 item #1344786 (stock #0342)

Perfect Aka Raku Chawan by Kichizaemon (twelfth Generation) Konyu (1857-1932). His childhood name was Kozaburo, later became Kicho (or, Yoshinaga). He was the eldest son of Keinyu, the eleventh generation master. In 1871, he succeeded the family business and became the generation master. In 1919 he retired and took the name as Konyu. He enjoyed his retirement in practicing tea ceremony and writing haiku. His Aka (red) Raku wares were famous for the dynamic use of spatula...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1920 item #1344766
Antique Japanese ikebana basket made of woven bamboo, with large strips of bamboo interwoven with a network of thinner strips, and a tightly twisted handle. The inner vase is a large section of bamboo lined with metal.

Taisho period (1912-1925)

Size: 11" W x 16" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1344550 (stock #0341)

Special offer: Heavily distorted shoe shaped (kutsugata) tea bowl with a strongly flaring mouth made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay. The expertly thrown body was trimmed with a potters knife in its lower part and covered with a very deep black iron oxide glaze inside and outside.

A 'window' on the side has been left unglazed and is decorated with a square divided into two white and two black section accompanied on each side by two circles with the same patterns...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1344530
Antique Japanese Funa Tansu (ship safe chest) made all of quarter sawn cut Keyaki (elm) wood with revealing natural woodgrain and finish. Cut out appliqué hardware with incised floral motifs adorns the body of the tansu. There are six drawers altogether.

Late Edo period (1603-1868)

Size: 21" L x 16.5" W x 18" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1344529
Antique Chinese landscape scroll painting, signed "Wang Shigu" with seal and calligraphy, attributed to Wang Hui (1632-1717). 19th century

Size: (entire scroll) 100" H x 45" W (painting only) 65" H x 34" W
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1344523
Antique Chinese landscape scroll painting, with calligraphy and red chop of Huang Daozhou (1585-1646). Indication of repairs evident on backside. 19th century

Size: (entire scroll) 88" H x 43" W (painting only) 64" H x 34" W
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Textiles : Pre 1920 item #1344460
Antique Chinese tasseled blue silk pouch, with embroidered flowers, a butterfly, and a rooster. The character below the embroidery butterfly is "Shou", for longevity while the butterfly is a symbol for love. A rooster symbolizes good luck and fortitude.

19th century

Size: 6" x 3.5" (total length with tassel 21")
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1920 item #1344393
A Chinese, very long, purple beaded necklace with bright green stone beads (possibly jade), blue fabric tassels with blue glass drops, small wooden round beads carved with saints' faces, silver medallions with green threads. This necklace would have been used in Chinese cinematography. 20th century

Size: 38" Length
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Glass : Pre 1920 item #1344380
Adorable small pair of egg yolk colored peking glasses with stands included. These small pieces are charming collectables. Both under four inches tall with stands, have a pumpkin shaped base, thin long necks with a flared mouth. Each glass vase is unique, with slightly different sized bases.

Provenance Phillip Cadero Estate, Circa late 18th-early 19th century.

Size: 2.75" H x .5" D
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Famille Rose : Pre 1920 item #1344373
Antique Chinese porcelain container with paintings of children playing in a garden. Each child holds different items, such as a lantern, a staff, lily pads with lotuses, a paintbrush and an ink pot, and they wear beautiful robes in light shades of blue, pink, purple, and green that are quite pleasing to the eye. The lid is painted with pomegranates and peaches and is topped with two peaches with six leaves sticking out, making it look like a cute insect...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1344350 (stock #5009)
A Set of Six Export Plates. Each decorated in the centre in underglaze blue with three geese on rocks with another in flight above. The rim with chrysanthemum, carnation, peony, pomegranate, melon and finger citron in iron red, gilding and green enamels. Qianlong C1760. Diameter: 9″ (22.9 cm) Condition: some minor fritting. One plate with some crazing to the centre and a 1.6 cm glaze crack to the underside rim, another with a shallow 0.65 cm flake to underside rim.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1344349 (stock #TRC1629)
This Madara-garatsu tea bowl (Madara Karatsu-ware) uses a technique known as yobitsugi—using pottery shards from other works to complete the gold repair—thereby adding a special character to the piece...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1344328
Antique Japanese choba tansu (merchant chest) made all of kiri (paulownia) wood. Classic design of six drawers with round iron locks on all drawers and warabite handles, corner lock box, and middle sliding doors with locking pin and handles embossed with fu dogs. Meiji period (1868-1912)

Size: 30.5" L x 15.75" W x 31" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1344286 (stock #TRC1628)
A beautiful Annan tea bowl with silver repair (gintsugi) and fine sense of "aji" bestowed by age. Ornately decorated with flowering chrysanthemum, the skillfully applied silver repair to the bowl implies that it was treasured by its previous owner.

Annan-Yaki, is a tradition of pottery brought to Japan from the Annan province of ancient Imperial China (now part of Vietnam) from the late Muromachi period (1392 - 1573)...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Pre 1920 item #1344278
Antique Korean vanity box made with attractive burl hardwood, decorated in incised brass hardware of bats, double happiness signs, and floral motifs. The feet are carved with beast's faces. Turn of the century.

Size: 13.5" L x 8.5" D x 12.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Blue and White : Pre 1700 item #1344243
Height approximately 29 cm. There are: a 2 cm hairline at the rim and a 3 cm hairline at the rim. In good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1344230 (stock #S496)
A Chinese Bronze Islamic Market Vase. The heavy pear-shaped body with an Islamic inscription to each side, a band of key fret to the neck. Chinese 19thC. Height: 5 3/8″ (13.5 cm). Condition: light wear
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Sri Lanka : Pre 1900 item #1344229 (stock #6841)
A Sri Lankan Lime Container of copper and brass. One side with an inlaid silver roundel. A copper spoon on a brass chain. Sri Lanka L19thC Length unopened: 5 5/8" (14.5 cm). Condition: some wear
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1837 VR item #1344201 (stock #198)
This is an exceptional Famille Rose Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottle of circular form, with flared neck, and raised recessed oval footing; decorated with scrolling lotus blossoms and vines, set atop a yellow background. The body of the porcelain under the glaze has incised engravings in a spiraling circular pattern that is barely visible. The underside bearing, in iron red, the Daoguang Mark (1821-50), the period when this bottle was made...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1344106 (stock #0340)

Here we present a real old Ko-Karatsu Tenmoku Chawan with a wonderful yobitsugi repair. It dates from the early stages of the Japanese Azushi-Momoyama Period (1573-1603)...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1344014 (stock #689)
A small, lovely, thinly potted porcelain dish with moulded decoration of 2 fishes swimming in an Lotus pond. Outstanding good and intensive blue-green color of the Qingbai glaze ! Southern Song Dynasty, 12th - 13th century Qingbai ware. Diameter : 10,4 cm. Condition : Perfect with an nice "ping"-tone when tapped. Please see a similar dish in the Müller Collection of Chinese Ceramics at the Baur Museum ( Arts of Asia, May-June 2004, Rita C. Tan, page 89, item Nr. 17 )
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Famille Verte : Pre 1920 item #1343791
Dramatic Antique Chinese large porcelain vase, with a pear shaped body and a dramatic, elongated neck with flared rim, with a famille verte color pallet of green, yellow, and white enamel birds on branches with cherry blossoms against an all black background. Stunning Imperial Kangxi mark in cobalt blue on foot.

Early 19th Century

Size: 31" H x 13" W
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1920 item #1343786
A fine Japanese boxwood netsuke carving of a tanuki, peering upwardly while holding a large sake container and a ledger book. He is a trickster spirit and is a highly amusing and popular icon. The netsuke has an expertly detailed carved form with a shell inlay signature on his underside.

Size: 1.75" W x 2" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1343684
This is Noragi used in Shiga area for the Meiji period. The trace which this is a white thread, and was repaired many times is very impressive. As for this, good expression was left by calm good work. This was left until the present age without being canceled. This has approved beauty by the family from generation to generation. 86cm x 118cm (33.8 "x 46.4")
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1492 item #1343635 (stock #TR 2721)
A rare Yuan dynasty blue and white large bowl with two mandarin duck motif on lotus pond, excavated from a shipwreck, good condition with small damage at the rim, glaze degradation, please see picture for detail, size: 20 cm diameter.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR item #1343498 (stock #197)
19th century excellently hand-carved Japanese wood netsuke depicting a Sambaso Dancer, in customary posture , standing on one leg, and garb, to include the mitrelike Okina Hat. He is carrying a Fan on his right hand. Excellent form, expression and bright colors, trademarks of Nagamichi Shuzan. It is signed Shuzan in an irregular reserve on the back of his right leg. Netsuke measures 0.92 inches (2.3cm) wide, and 2.20 inches (5.5cm) tall. This exquisite miniature sculpture is in excellent...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1700 item #1343414 (stock #1516)
A Rare Korean Black/White Slip Inlaid Celadon Glazed Punchong Maebyung Vase: 15th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 15th century. The elegant baluster form, decorated in celadon glaze and inlaid in black and white slip with two stylized willow above a band of lotus petal design, the shoulder decorated with stylized flattened lappet amd curtain patterns beneath a reach celadon glaze, with sand adhered on the base. It’s in fine condition but some celadon glaze discolored in fire and a hole fo...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1343413 (stock #1517)
A Rare Korean Fine White Glazed Baluster Shape Porcelain Jar-18th C.: Korea, Joseon Period, 18th century. The finely potted baluster form with bulbous shouler and tapering waist and raised mouth rim, decorated with an overall warm and slilght blue tinged white glaze applied, some areas slightly discolored in firing. It’s in fine condition but a small chip repaired near the foot (see photo #2), otherwise very fine condition, it measures 10.25” h. x 8” (26cm x 20.8cm).
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre AD 1000 item #1343407
Archaic Chinese jade carving of a bird with a fish on its head. This old jade has a white calcification covering the entire surface which is known as "chicken bone". This white calcification is due to the jade being burned in very ancient rituals revolving around life and death. Beautiful, fine detailing. From the Shang Dynasty (1750 BC - 1027 BC) Anyang site

The Shang dynasty (Chinese: 商朝; pinyin: Shāng cháo) or Yin dynasty (Chinese: 殷代; pinyin: Y&#...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1343334
Antique Chinese scroll painting of a monkey climbing on a persimmon branch, with calligraphy poem and red chop. The image paired with the poem is a charming rebus, as the word "hou" means both "monkey" and "a high ranking official" or a Duke. Dated 1915, attributed to Gao Qifeng (1889-1933).

Provenance: From a private estate in Berkeley, CA. Size: (entire scroll) 67" H x 33" W (painting only) 42" H x 25" W
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre 1920 item #1343322
Chinese Neolithic jade carving, dated of the Hongshan culture period (4700-2900 BC), in the form of a three prong wheel with strong orange coloration throughout.

Starting from about 18,000 years ago, the Neolithic Age marked the end of the Stone Age in Chinese history. During the period, great changes took place in all aspects of humans’ life. Human beings in the Neolithic Age no longer lived only on collecting foods directly from nature. Instead they began to take up agricultu...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1800 item #1343239
A simple, small but stout iron tsuba. The Myochin line of metal workers were armor makers who also produced tsuba. The simple decoration upper-right here could be a flower head or a snowflake. Udenuki-ana appear lower left. Good condition. Height 2 3/4 inches (69 cm), Width 2 9/16 inches (65 cm), and 6/32 of an inche (5 mm) thick.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1343232
Gorgeous Huanghuali hardwood Chinese altar table, with dramatic woodgrain featuring natural "eyes" in the burl patterns. The lower apron is handcarved with scrolling vines, its two legs are wide with carved lingzhi mushrooms.

20th Century

Size: 56"L x 16.5"W x 32.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1343020 (stock #0338)

Half cylinder shaped (Hanzutsu) tea bowl, thrown from light, coarse Mino clay, with very little inclusions a clay found on earlier Shino bowls. The walls are cut with a potters knife.

The bowl has been covered fully (with the exception of the foot ring) first with an iron bearing engobe (oniita) and after the decoration had been incised with the typical ash and feldspar glaze inside and outside creating the nezumi-shino glaze.

The decoration in white Shino glaze on this ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Hardstones : Pre AD 1000 item #1343011
Chinese Neolithic jade carving of a bird, carved of the Hongshan culture (4700-2900 BC), with orange areas in contrast to the overall green tone. The back of the bird's head is carved with a small hole to be worn as a pendant.

Size: 1.75" x 1.75" x .75"
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Pre 1920 item #1342904
A religious temple painting of a yellow buddha surrounded by 10 deity attendants. Seated atop a lotus throne, the buddha makes a gesture of reassurance, abbaya mudra, with his right hand, and a gesture of liberality with his left hand, varada mudra. There is an inset inscription on the left. Chosun Dynasty 17th/18th century. It measures 50" wide by 54" tall by 2.5" deep. Incense marks throughout. Previously featured in the 2008 Arts of Pacific Asia show.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1342899
A very unusual Korean chest with a complex network of geometric designs on its front, top, and sides, brass hardware incised with floral motifs, two front doors with large brass lock and working key, opening to a beautiful interior of persimmon laminate front drawers. The middle drawer opens with a special secret latch underneath it.

Size: 32.5" L x 13.25" W x 19.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1900 item #1342886
Antique Japanese small tansu chest made for personal use, made all of kiri (Japanese cypress) wood with nice patina and especially nice joinery. This tansu has beautiful copper hardware all over the front including corner bracing, lock plates and moko shaped drawer pulls. One large drawer runs the full width of the top portion of the chest. Below this is a vertical row of three small drawers on the right side and a compartment opened by sliding panels on the left. On the lower left portion ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1342876 (stock #687)
A very nice, larger Longquan ware " Golden Celadon " jarlet. Very nice moulded floral decoration, covered with an excellent Celadon glaze. Yuan Dynasty ( 1279 - 1368 ). Longquan ware, Zhejiang. Diameter : 8,4 cm. H : 7,4 cm. Condition : Perfect.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1342831
Stunning Antique Japanese choba tansu (merchant's chest) from the Matsumoto Area in Japan. Adorned with a red lacquer Keyaki hardwood frame, along with Keyaki (elm) front panels of a golden honey original finish. Highly functional design with many drawers of various sizes, including an unusual long shallow one below a set of sliding door panels with a shelved interior.

Great original condition with fine details. Meiji period (1868-1912)

Size: 34" L x 14.5" W x 36.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Pre AD 1000 item #1342800
Genuine Amber 34 pieces. Weight 290 g. Largest piece 4cm. Can be viewed in central London by arrangement. Not copal or resin.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Snuff Bottles : Pre 1800 item #1342621 (stock #190)
18th C. Well hollowed, Rare Natural Cherry Amber (a form of Jet) Snuff Bottle This is a very fine, flattened, rounded rectangular form Snuff Bottle with a round, elongated neck, rounded sloping shoulders, and raised recessed elongated oval footing. Made of a rare red or natural Cherry Amber, which is thought to be another form of Jet. The bottle is well-hollowed, with very thin walls, thus, very light in weight. It is transparent, with a cherry red color. It has a very smooth and lustrou...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1900 item #1342590 (stock #189)
This is a finely carved 19th century boxwood netsuke depicting a sleepy Momotaro, a name that means Elder son of the Peach, who is seated as he emerges from the kernel of a giant Peach that rests on top of a tree branch. Awesome detail on this well-rendered miniature sculpture. Age patination has given this piece a well defined dark coloring; more pronounced on the bottom of the netsuke. It sports a natural chimney himotoshi that begins on the bottom of the peach and continues through the sp...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Netsuke and Related : Pre 1837 VR item #1342589 (stock #188)
Early 19th century, finely hand-carved Japanese boxwood netsuke of a muscular Toad that has placed itself on top of a decaying Well Bucket. Excellent form and detail on this classical representation of the subject. Nails on bucket sides are inlaid in black horn. Chimney himotoshi that starts on the bottom of the bucket, and continues through its middle handle. The very rich patina that this carving has acquired through the ages has given it a dark color tone. Signed Masanao on the bottom of ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1342463 (stock #1519)
A Very Rare/Fine Korean Total Blue Glazed Small Bottle-19th C.: Korea, Joseon period, 19th century. A small bottle of very fine and rare beautiful blue glazed, of compressed globular form set on a short ring foot with tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, brushed overall with cobalt blue under fine and clear white glaze, the recessed base and inside of the moutn glazed white. It’s in very fine condition, it measure 10 cm x 7.5 cm (4” x 3”) respectably.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Swords and Related : Pre 1700 item #1342321
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A 16th century Yoshiro Zogan tsuba. The type is named for a Kaga province artist considered to have advanced the late Onin period brass inlay art to that of hira-zogan - flush with the iron surface. The school also took hold in other provinces, most notably Bizen. The mokko-gata form of this tsuba would appear to be uncommon for Yoshiro Zogan tsuba particularly of katana size. Eight ka-mon are inlaid in open work fashion. The remaining surface decorated with a network of brass inlay depicting al...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1342162
Antique Chinese bronze statue of a Fu Dog, standing playfully with its paw rested on an embroidered ball, with one of the tassles in its mouth. Attractive form and nice detailing. Mounted on heavy stand.

Size: 5" L x 4" W x 5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1342075
Antique Japanese framed floral painting, with silver and gold flake accent clouds, of grape clusters on vines and large leaves, with red chop, possibly by Ogata Korin (1658-1716), Rinpa School.

Size: (entire frame) 28.5" L x 25" H (artwork only) 18.75" L x 13.5" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1900 item #1341977 (stock #051301)
The size of Covered Pot: 6 1/4 "Long, 3 3/4" Dia x 4" High. This is beautiful Kyo Satsuma Covered Jar with Fine design painted in Chinese wise men with boys. One side with scroll and wiseman, other side with tea drinking party scene. There are two handles with bamboo design works. The cover done with bamboo shoot. The design of crane and pine tree design. Very attractive covered pot. The condition of covered pot excellent, no chip, no crack and no hairline little gold wear on top rim and cover e...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1900 item #1341976 (stock #051301)
Additional photos for #1341977 Japanese Kyo-Satsuma Covered Jar 19c
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Ceramics : English : Porcelain : Pre 1800 item #1341962 (stock #p1016)
A fine and rare Bow porcelain coffee cup and saucer painted with the "Dragon Chasing (the Flaming) Pearl (of Wisdom). The interior of the cup also shows the dragon, while the exterior of the saucer is painted with clouds. One of the ways to distinguish this early Bow version is the arrow shaped tongue emanating from the mouth of the dragon. The pieces are very finely potted, and each has a workman's number 13 on the bottom. The handle of the cup is of the crabstock or twig form.

The condition ...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1492 item #1341929 (stock #1-0991)
Ceramic "tenmoku" bowl of classical shape with thick rim and small base. Fine glazing of "hare fur" type, part of which has run down gracefully to the base. An old accident at a small area on the rim has been restored (see last two photos). China, Song Dynasty period. Height: 4,6 cm. Diameter: 10,7 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1341895
Beautiful Northern Korean bandaji (blanket storage chest) with highly ornate white brass fittings incised with birds and flowers and auspicious symbols. The white brass plated mounts are cladded onto the front of the chest hinged to allow operation of the drop leaf door. The chest has two handles on the side for mobility and two handles on the front to aid in operation of the door.

Yi Dynasty (circa 19th Century)

Size: 23 3/4" High x 37" Wide x 19 1/2" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1341887
Beautiful Original Antique Japanese sword tansu, made from Kuri (chestnut) Hardwood. Gorgeous original natural lacquer finish. The two longest drawers have Kiri leaf Mon (emblem) iron locks, with a smaller storage drawer beside them.

Mid Meiji period (1868-1912).

Size: 44" L x 16.5" D x 14" H
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Furniture : Pre 1920 item #1341884
Antique Japanese single section Kiri (paulownia) wood tansu, all natural original finish. Very simplistic and functional design. All drawers have iron locks and Hirute style iron handles. Two small drawers in the bottom corner are perfect for storing small valuables.

Size: 32" L x 17" W x 32" H
All Items : Antiques : Decorative Art : Metals : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1341831 (stock #be4300)
Beautiful bronze statue by Eugene Marioton, French, 1854-1925, titled "Vainquer." The statue itself stands 27 1/2" tall, and it sits on a bronze and rogue marble pedestal that measures 44" tall, making the complete set just under 6" tall. The statue is inscribed Eug. Marioton, and Siot-Decauville is the French foundry. There is some minor pitting on the bottom by the signature, but none at all on the statue body or pedestal This beautiful statue and pedestal is being sold as a set only.