An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Flower and a Girl (10) printed in 1971 and numbered 14/80. Rare print in a low edition of a girl in profile viewing a colorful flower.
Print size including title: 21 1/4" High by 14 7/8" Wide. Total size including border approximately 24" High by 18" Wide.
Shoda Koho
Lake Biwa
Hasegawa Night Scenes series, no. 1247.
Date: 1910s-1938.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.125 x 7.5 inches
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro/Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Artist's seal at lower right.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Chapel France that was made in 1960 and numbered 11 of 120. Deep purple hues border a silvery road which visually leads to the bare branches of a tree in winter. The focus then turns to a somewhat distant church in the background which is this prints main theme. Saito then layered this print with textured paint adding a depth unlike most of his other prints...
From our African Collection: A Maasai Woman Wooden Bust, 9" at base & 22" h.
The Maasai people originated in South Sudan. Their language, known as Maa, is the southernmost of the Nilotic group, including idioms spoken in Ethiopia and Sudan.
They migrated to their current homeland between Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania during the late 17th and early 18th centuries...
African Colon Figures
From our African Collection: Colon figures from the Ivory Coast made in the craft of the Baule people.
$2,500 for the pair. Both are 8" at base, 42" h.
The Baule or Baoulé are an Akan people and one of the largest groups in Côte d'Ivoire who historically migrated from Ghana. The Baoulé are traditionally farmers who live in the centre of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), in a triangle shaped region (the Baoule “V”) between the rivers Bandama and N'Zi...
From our African Collection: a Beaded Yoruba Fertility Figure, 12" across base, 40" h. From the 1940s.
Yoruba figurative sculptures for shrines dedicated to various deities often depict female devotees accompanied by children and holding bowls for kola nuts or other offerings. The Lid can be taken off to hold spices, herbs, food, nuts and other offerings to the fertility gods.
Set of four Eames For Herman Miller upholstered fiberglass Armchairs Dimensions 25 inches wide by 24 inches deep by 31 inches high mid century modern seat height is 18 inches...
Picasso style mid Century Modern Porcelain Gold Leaf Enamel table lamp with mica style shade, cubist sections of enamel and gold leaf on a wood base. Lamp measuring 24”,and with shade measures 36 inch high
Kawase Hasui
Matsushima, Futagojima
Series: Collection of Scenic Views of Japan, Eastern Japan Edition
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1933.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo: Watanabe round, 6 mm seal at lower right indicating a lifetime printing (1946-57).
Artist's signature and seal lower left.
Reference: Hotei #306.
Condition: Back margin has tape residue. Two original drying pinholes in top margin.
Old (1930's) Japanese Silver and Gold Imperial Presentation Box Bonbonniere in the Shaped of a Litter
It is 1.7 inches (4.3 cm) tall by 4.5 inches (11.5 cm) wide. It is 75.1 gram.
It is tarnished and has surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
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Kiyoshi Saito
Ikaruga-No-Sato Nara (C) 1970
Edition: 36/80
Matted size: 27 x 22 inches.
Visible image size: 21.5 x 16.75 inches.
Date: 1970.
Self-published by the artist.
Signed and sealed in the image.
Titled, numbered, and dated in pencil.
Condition: Edges or full print laid down to backing.
Note: Print is not framed.
A stunning large antique Japanese lacquer bunko (document box). Decorated all over with raised blossoming white rhododendron. Charming details of the leaves show where they have been nibbled appreciatively. Very unusual and beautiful use of takamaki-e lacquer technique. Signed on the underside of the lid by 源十郎 Genjūrо̄...
Kasamatsu Shiro (1898 - 1991)
Yasaka Pagoda in the Rain
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.5 inches.
Date: 1934.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. 1946-57 edition. 6 mm seal at lower left corner.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Removed from original folder. Two original drying pinholes at left margin.
A superb example with well-preserved greens, yellow, orange, purple, pink and red.
Kawase Hasui
Shichirigahama, Soshu
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.375 x 10.375 inches.
Date: 1930.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo: Watanabe round, 6 mm seal at lower right indicating a lifetime printing (1946-57).
Artist's signature and seal lower right.
Reference: Hotei #200.
Condition: Excellent. Removed from original folder...
A four panel Japanese Byobu (hand painted screen) of Wisterias over a gold/bronze-ish ground leaf painted with a Rimpa gnarly Wisteria branch.
Mounted with silk border.
Age: Mid Century
Dimensions: 78 3/4" Wide by 36 1/4" High by 22" Deep
A Japanese Netsuke hand carved from Tsugenoki (Boxwood). Depicting a moon viewing rabbit, its paws, eyes and ears are very well detailed. Artist signed at the base.
Age: Mid Century
Dimensions: 2" Long by 1 1/4" Wide by 1 7/16" High
Ohara Koson
Barn swallow in flight above water with large waves
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: Early 20th century.
Reference: K28.8 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Publisher: Daikokuya
Signed and sealed by the artist.
"Made in Japan" stamped on back.
Condition: Light foxing.
Embossed waves and splashes in this lively design.
Charles W. Bartlett
Pearl of the Orient (Taj Mahal, Agra), 2nd Proof
Date: 1923-25
Size: Large version. 15.125 x 11.125 inches; 38.4 x 28.1 cm.
Sealed CWB by Bartlett. Signed and titled in pencil.
Medium: Etching, engraving, drypoint printed in blue ink hand-colored with watercolor.
Toning in margins. Slight foxing on the front...