Beautiful antique Japanese choba tansu, merchant's storage chest, all original finish with keyaki (elm) wood panels on the front finished in a medium brown, sugi (cryptomeria) wood frame finished with a black lacquer, iron hardware, safe box with two small drawers on the inside, Edo Period (early 1800's). Size: 33 1/2" high x 36" wide (37 1/4" wide including side handles) x 15 1/2" deep.

Height approximately 31.5 cm. Repaired at the spout.

Late Meiji period (1890s 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with gold lacquer and mother of pearl decoration of buds and leaves, design continuing on both sides. Nicely made, excellent work in Japanese taste, signed MITSUSADA on the front, some insect damage as seen on photos. Length 3.34 inches. Part of East Coast collection of Japanese hair items.

Attractive and impressive large stamp seal, engraved with a standing mufflon, Anatolia, c. 4th.-3rd. millenium BC.

A thick seal in a square gable form, deeply engraved with a vivid motif in the black serpentine stone.

Size: c...

Four hand painted blue and white Dutch delft tiles joined with grout on a soft board in the manner in which they would have appeared on a wall. Roughly 10 ¼ x 10 ½ inches (26 x 27 cm). Minor damage at the edges.

A set of 5 rare Dutch glass cups imported to Japan in the Edo period and formerly owned by the Confucian scholar Nakai Riken (1732-1817). They are enclosed in a custom made double sided wooden box with drop in doors titled on the side Yoi-O-Gozui (Five fortuitous ways to be drunken) with a long verse carved into each door. Of course, the meaning of the title goes much deeper, and the Gozui is also a Confucian concept...

Three plates with orange ground lip, transfer border on the edge of the well and the center hand painted with different complex bouquets of wild flowers. All have the Royal Worcester mark on the bottom with the date of 1877 below. Also, the number 9522/A (?) is written in overglaze enamel. The plates are 9 inches (23 cm) diameter.

Condition: no chips, cracks, hairlines or repairs. Some gilding wear on the edges and minor scratches.

Antique Indian hardwood figure carving. Mounted on a custom high-quality iron stand for display. The female figure is in a dancing pose, with elaborate headdress and garb. Mounted on a High grade custom iron stand.

18th Century

Dimensions w/ stand: 18" high x 6 3/4" wide x 4 1/2" deep

Dimensions w/o stand: 16 3/4" high x 5 1/2" wide x 2 3/4" deep

Covered box decorated with polychrome panels, glazed base. PERIOD : Late Ming(17th Century) MEASUREMENTS: 7 cm wide, 7 cm height. CONDITION: one small chip on rim and firing crack on the cover (but not through to outside)

1.75" diameter. Coin silver. Pueblo circa 1920

A lovely pair of wine cups on stands in Yaozhou celadon. China, Song Dynasty (960-1279) Condition: excellent, no damage or restorations, only a very minor flea bite to the mouth rim of one cup. H. 11 cm. Diameter cup 9,5 cm. Diameter stand 12,5 cm.

Empire period Gilded on Wood Sconce, Ca. early 1800's, 15" high, 9" deep, 6" diameter-back plate, wire is ready to connect on to your wall, Gilding is old and shows old patina, no restoration was done, most parts are all original gilding except sleeve to hide the electrical part are new.

Based on a classical tale adapted into a popular Kabuki performance in late Edo, the story of the Fuji Musume or “Wisteria Maiden” is an often employed motif in Japanese art. In the story, the Wisteria Maiden is depicted in a painting holding a wisteria branch, until one day she becomes smitten with a young man passing by and steps out of the painting in an effort to capture his attention. Unfortunately, her attempts are futile...

Japanese bronze incenser in the form of Hotei, one of the Seven Lucky Gods of Fortune. Hotei is clothed with open robes, holding a gunbai fan, seated on top of his large sack. Hotei's name literally means "Cloth Sack", for he can be attributed by the large cloth sack he carries with him during his travels...

Chinese carved jade figure of a standing woman holding a few objects, 5 1/4 inches in height in good condition.

A Set of Three Small Thai Market Chinese Canton Enamel Cosmetic Boxes 19thC The dark blue enamel with gilt decoration. The interiors with turquoise enamel and the bases with paler blue. Two boxes with composition finials. Chinese 19thC. Diameters: 6.2, 5.3 and 4.1 cm. Condition: some wear to gilding, minor small chips and a flake. The actual colour of the enamel is darker than in the images.

Attractive bronze figure of Buddha seated on a double Lotus Throne and with a halo behind, Nepalese, c. late 19th.-20th. century.

Size: 25 cm. and quite substantial.

Condition: Good very fine, nice patina and intact copper seal in the base.

Ex. Danish private collection.

Late 1800's -very early 1900's this fixed fan was made and of hide elaborately pierced and painted. The fan handle and support is made from carved and curved horn...