All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700 item #1391696 (stock #0443)

Only very little distorted half cylinder shaped (hanzutsu) tea bowl made of light, coarse, unrefined Mino clay.

The expertly thrown body is covered with the typical black iron oxide glaze inside and outside...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Indian Subcontinent : Himalayas : Pre 1837 VR item #1339386 (stock #1-0987)
Statue of Bodhisattva Manjusri, the Budhist deity who fights ignorance, in formal attire, wearing diadem, sitting on a double lotus throne, his hands in teaching posture ("dharmachakra mudra"). Bronze, with remnants of the original lacquering and gilding. Tibet, 19th century. Height: 17.5 cm. Very good condition. IMPORTANT: owing to the heavy weight of the statue, please consult us on the shipping cost.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920 item #1305432 (stock #TRC1541)
This large, finely crafted tsutsu chawan was done by renowned Meiji/ Taisho ceramic artist Suwa Sozan I.

Suwa Sozan (1852—1922) was born in an area of what is known today as Ishikawa prefecture. After a short stint in the military he took up pottery design and painting under Touda Tokuji in 1873. From this point forward, he divided his time mainly between Kanazawa and Tokyo working at a number of kilns and research institutes...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492 item #1467186 (stock #TR3068)
Song dynasty longquan celadon ribbed jar with cover, good condition with faint line at the rim please see picture for detail, size: 8 cm diameter, 8 cm height.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Pre 1900 item #1315298
Small Chinese cabinet with open shelf for display, cabinet doors open to compartment with one interior shelf, made of hardwood. Made in China for export to Japan. c. 1900. Size: 30" high x 24" wide x 16 3/4" deep.
All Items : Antiques : Furnishings : Pre 1900 item #1448778 (stock #1262)
Chinese Antique Famille Rose Mardarin Canton ware, circa 1850 Qing Dynasty trapezoidal shape serving plate measuring 9x11”
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Baskets : Pre 1910 item #1437564
An antique Japanese Bamboo Ikebana basket in a Sea Urchin shell form with fine weave and two woven ring handles. Often incorporated into the art of flower arranging, it also doubles as a sculptural table centerpiece.

Age: Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 11 1/2" High by 14" Diameter
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pre 1900 item #1243321
Chinese Celadon plate with Even coloring and glazing overall. Ming Dynasty 16th century. Dimensions: 11 3/4'' Wide X 2" Tall
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Pre 1900 item #1414361
An antique Japanese Buddhist temple ranma (transom) carved from Hinoki (Cypress) wood featuring symbols of Dharmachakra. Dharmachakra sometimes symbolizes Gautama Buddha himself. There are three wheels of life each framed with 8 spokes, representing the noble eightfold path with lotus blossoms in the center . Accentuated by kumo karakusa (arabesque clouds). Minor losses.

Age: Late Edo Period circa 1850s

Dimensions: 15 1/4" High x 60 3/4" Wide x 2 1/4" Deep
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1445817 (stock #GYA05R026)
A beautiful set of 9 Japanese Meiji period koimari foliated plate. Dia. 21.5cm. Condition: sign of use, minor chips to rim, no restore, in good condition as shown. Shipping from Taipei, Taiwan via EMS at actual cost. Item selling at various platforms, please ask before ordering. Available individually at $180 each by request.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1900 item #1463921 (stock #0549)

Wonderful white Raku Chawan with a barley seen notched foot and highly sophisticated form. It was made in the Kaei Era 4, which is the year 1851 during the Japanese Edo Period...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1800 item #1358165 (stock #TRC1769)
This lovely Shino tea bowl fashioned from coarse Mino clay and covered in a crackled feldspar glazing shows nice age and comes with what appears to be its original box.

Shino-ware dates to the Momoyama period when potters were attempting to recreate white porcelain-wares that were being imported from China at the time. Originally they were made in a single-chamber anagama style kilns set into the hillsides...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1920 item #1469565 (stock #13697)
Huge cotton cloth with dynamic and vivid Shishi (lion), peonies, waves and tachibana (citrus) with tsutsugaki (glue resist dye). The tsutsugaki technique is excellent and lines are very smooth and powerful by a prominent craftsperson. Judging from the shape and size, it might have been used for "Shishimai" (lion dance) at the festival, held in Fukui, Toyama or Ishikawa Prefecture. In excellent condition. Meiji period (1969~1912)
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Jewelry : Pre 1837 VR item #1471206 (stock #366)
Lot of 7 medallions in gilded copper, cut, cloisonné and enamelled with Chinese characters and lotus flowers on a background cutted of Swastika. It seems that the pattern is related to wishes for great longevity. Very rare if not unique set...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1484147 (stock #13830)
Amazing boro sodenashi (sleeveless) noragi, whose ground cloth as well as mending patches are mostly vegetable indigo dye cotton cloth. Some of sashiko yarns are indigo dye hemp. Late 19th century. It is from Niigata prefecture. W:62cm, L:80cm
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1910 item #1341197 (stock #0333)

Let's continue with another treasure: rounded wan-shaped tea bowl with high foot of the bamboo node style. The body pinched in at the middle to a shape called tojinbue (Chinese flute). The light, little coarse clay with enclosures is expertly thrown and full glazed - incl. the foot - with a transparent glaze of wood ash with some feldspar over a white engobe in hakeme style. The glaze shows a fine little crazing over the engobe, which is just amazing...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre AD 1000 item #1484073 (stock #MC264)
Fine Chinese Tang Dynasty Painted Pottery Camel with Oxford TL Test

This fine pottery model of a camel, laden with saddle bags, was made during the early Tang Dynasty (AD 618 - 906) or possibly a little earlier. It is made from a buff-coloured pottery that has been "cold painted" in a white pigment. The camel stands upright and alert with its mouth open and its head turned to its left. On its back is a set of saddle bags that include a blanket, ducks and what appears to be a rabbit...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1900 item #1452364
Height: 8.5 cm (3.4 in)
Width: 8.4 cm (3.4 in)

Fine Chinese porcelain Daoguang Period famille rose lidded pot; depicts figures in a rural setting; iron-red Daoguang marks on lid and bowl; old German label inside; good condition; email for more pictures