AUCTIONS (2)
 | Antique Tibetan painted wood image of Green Tara Bodhisattva |
 | Fine quality Ohi Ware Macha bowl by Yoshio Iwamura |
 | AN ANCIENT NUBIAN TERRACOTTA MASK |
 | Pair of South American Carved Wood Stirrups, Early 19th C. |
SALE PRICED
 | A Momoyama Period Bizen Vase with Researcher Certification |
 | An Excellent Edo Period Oribe Tea Bowl with Poetic Name 'Toma-bune' |
Zentner Collection
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An antique Japanese Kimono Tansu made of Kirinoki (Paulownia) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Four large drawers and two small drawers comprise this chest for versatile organizing and storage. Original patina and hand forged iron hardware with straight dovetail Japanese joinery with hardened wooden nail construction...
Zentner Collection
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Antique Chinese bitong (brush pot) made of boxwood (huangyang) burl. Beautifully gnarled surface. Foot and mouth made of carved ebonized rosewood.
Age: Republic Period (early 20th century)
Dimensions: 7 5/8" high x 6 1/2" wide
Age: Republic Period (early 20th century)
Dimensions: 7 5/8" high x 6 1/2" wide
Zentner Collection
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An antique Japanese 3 section Isho Tansu (clothing chest) made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original metal hardware with mitered and straight dovetail Japanese joinery reinforced by hardened wooden nails. Upper section has two sliding doors behind which are two small drawers and a split level shelf. The center section has four large drawers and the bottom section has three large drawers. The base riser adds 3 inches of height to the overall chest...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700
item #1453798
(stock #0513)
Momoyama Gallery
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Magnificent Nezumi-Shino Chawan with a true wabi sabi aesthetic form and a thick feldsparic glaze on a classic background of Nezumi-Shino — an art form dating back to the Momoyama period of Japan that was revived in the mid-1900s by legendary potter Arakawa Toyozo and others...
Zentner Collection
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An antique Japanese Yosegi Kobako (marquetry personal drawer box) from the Hakone region made of various natural colored woods with a Kusunoki (Camphor) wood structure and drawer backs. The expert craftsmanship is quite evident by how the front marquetry design flows seamlessly across all of the drawers, the sides, the top and the back of the piece...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Ceramics : Pre 1700
item #1453724
(stock ##0121)
Tiles and fragments from the safavid period (17th c.).
Cuerda seca technique.
Variable dimensions.
Even if damaged or used, each one still has a particular strength in design and colors.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Metalwork : Pre 1492
item #1453696
(stock #1-1272)
Funeral mirror of circular shape decorated around its center with two chimeras facing each other. Bronze, with a nice slightly encrusted red and green patina on some areas. China, Jin Dynasty. Diameter: 8.5 cm. Very good condition. NOTE: this mirror is part of a small collection of funeral mirrors collected many years ago that we are starting to offer presently.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1700
item #1453653
(stock #0511)
Momoyama Gallery
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Heavily distorted shoe shaped (kutsu) Chawan from the early 17th century 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.
Two 'windows' on two sides have been left unglazed...
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Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th century Han Chinese woman's robe, and embroidered sleeve bands executed in seed stitch; 5 toggle-loop gilt buttons. The robe is in excellent condition, no fray or wear, shoulder lines have no wear or split, Except there is a very tiny hole in the front left. Measurements : Top collar to bottom hem 36", Sleeve to sleeve 65" when fully stretched, sleeve width 20", width between arm pits 25" narrowest, width of hem 36" widest.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1492
item #1453618
(stock #0510)
Momoyama Gallery
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We present a rare medium sized Tenmoku tea bowl with partrige feather mottles (Chinese: 'Zhegu Ban'), made during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) or earlier. Looking inside this Tenmoku chawan is like glazing deep into the cosmos. There one can understand the meaning of microcosm and ask whether one is looking inward or outward; probably both...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1920
item #1453610
(stock #13511)
Haruko Watanabe
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Kimono, called "suzukake" worn by a Shugen-sha or Yamabushi who practiced Shugendo. "Suzu" means bamboo grass. Shugendo is the Japanese unique religion combining Buddhism, Shintoism, and worship of nature (mountains). A practitioner (shugen-sha) trained himself in the holy mountains that is ascetic and very painstaking. It is made of thick cotton and dyed with sumi (ink)...
Zentner Collection
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An antique Japanese Kimono Tansu made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron hardware and wood patina. Used primarily for Kimono storage when first made, it later stored western clothes as it passed through the family generations...
Zentner Collection
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An antique Ryobiraki Choba Tansu (merchant chest with double doors) made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. Original hand forged iron hardware including the Hirute style handles. Behind the doors are 7 drawers with 2 shelves for merchant books and records. The bottom shelf has a coin slot where coins were dropped into the drawer below. Constructed using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and hardened wooden nails...
Zentner Collection
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An antique Japanese Kimono Tansu made of 100% quartered sawn Keyaki (Zelkova) hardwood and Suginoki interior (Cryptomeria) woods. All original Urushi lacquer and hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite handles. 5 large drawers with a hinged security door that hides 2 small drawers where valuable were kept hidden...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Earthenware : Pre 1700
item #1453415
(stock #RAJ-9)
Gallery Rex
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Nanban means earthenware made in southern islands including Okinawa in Japan. Among them, vases like this piece has been liked to call "Oni-no-ude, Ogre's arm". Wild flowers would fit it very well. It's "Wabi Sabi" feeling.
Size: 10.8cm(D) 28.0cm (H)
Accessary: old wooden box
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Textiles : Pre 1900
item #1453404
(stock #13508)
Haruko Watanabe
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Hanten, called "suzukake" worn by a Shugen-sha or Yamabushi who practiced Shugendo. Shugendo is the Japanese unique religion combining Buddhism, Shintoism, and worship of nature (mountains). A practitioner (shugen-sha) trained himself in the holy mountains that is ascetic and very painstaking. This one is made of asa (hemp) and both warp and weft are hand-plied...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Porcelain : Pre 1700
item #1453380
(stock #4646)
Hawkes, Asian Art
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A Rare Chinese ‘SHEN DE TANG BO GU ZHI’ Bowl, 16th ~ 17th Century
A fine and large porcelain bowl with a brown glaze draining from the mouth and leaving the rim with an attractive white line showing off the foliate edge...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1800
item #1453379
(stock #4645)
Hawkes, Asian Art
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An unusual Arita wall-vase, kakehana, circa 1750. The seed-shaped hollow body is moulded with trailing vines supporting a dragonfly. The painter has used two different greens, aubergine, yellow and black. The unglazed back is pierced for suspension. It is probable that this kakehana was made for the home market.
In 52 years of business I have found only two of these unusual vases, this one I kept for my collection.
Approximately 16.7cm long. Perfect condition with only a little w...
