Tsuchiya Koitsu
Nara Horyuji, 1930s
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.5 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo
Koitsu catalogue no.: TK-TM-72
Condition: Tipped at top to original cardstock. Toning and light foxing.

A beautiful vintage Chinese lapis necklace with a blue enamel jade pendant, in excellent condition. Marked. Weight:38.6g L:30cm $355 pending

Ashanti doll, 2nd quarter of the 20th century, by a known carver. See Ron van Doorn - Herbert M. Cole : Akua’Ba Asante Wednesday Child, page 154-155. H. 24,5 cm. Provenance: private collection UK.

A spectacular silver and gold lid covers this small basin by Tomimoto Kenkichi enclosed in a wooden box titled Aka-e Tsutsugata Yunomi and annotated within: Made by Tomimoto Kenkichi Sensei in 1925 signed by Tsujimoto Isamu (for more on him see below). The cup is covered inside with creamy white, outside in red with decoration of gold plum blossoms. It is surmounted by a solid silver lid pierced with leafy vines and peaked with a gold chrysanthemum...

A pair of very fine Chinese Tongzhi period Qing dynasty blue and white export lamps circa 1930. Each lamp in a ginger jar form depicting River bank scenes sitting on wood mounts. The lamps measuring 21” tall with shades

French Art Deco Entry Table Oak, Circa 1935 , Cobra Carved legs and carved surround with original oak plank top 72”length,36” wide, 32” tall

A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese export silver enamel bracelet with jade stone, in excellent condition. Marked. L:17cm

Beautiful early 20th C. Vintage Chinese export sterling silver man with cart salt and pepper in excellent condition with original glass, unsigned L:8" weight:117g (without glass)

Two types of masks: At First Mesa, a white case mask with beak, owl wings in place of ears. At Second and Third Mesas. a case mask covered with rabbit fur, "horns" of jackrabbit tails, beak. Fox skin ruff. Kilt, sash, fox skin, buckskin over back. White body paint. Carries a bow and a yucca whip. Appears in Mixed Kachina Dance, or in an ordinary kachina dance where he spies on the clowns...

A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese famille rose porcelain bowl in excellent condition. Marked. D: 15cm H:6cm

A beautiful vintage Chinese rattan bangle with silver in excellent condition. D:6.2cm

A beautiful extravagant vintage Chinese silver gold wash bracelet with turquoise, in excellent condition, unmarked. D:6cm.

A pair of beautiful old Chinese rattan bangle with silver, in excellent condition. D:6.2cm

A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese silver pendant with amber, in excellent condition. Marked. H:1.5" $225 pending

Ohara Hoson (Koson)
Flowering Lotus
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.25 x 9.5 inches.
Date: 1920s. First edition.
Publisher: Kawaguchi and Sakai. Publisher's seal in right margin. Carver (Maeda) and printer (Komatsu) seals in left margin.
Koson's "Hoson" signature and seal at lower right.
Made in Japan stamped on verso.
Reference: H43.4 and cat...

Japanese. Woodblock print by Kawasaki HASUI 'Evening at Itako' 1930. Image 36 x 24 cm. Currently framed but can be removed for shipping. Strong colour some fading.

A beautiful old Chinese silver bangle with very thick heavy silver, in excellent condition. Marked,weight 76.6g D: 5cm

Takahashi Shotei (1871-1945)
Singers of Popular Songs
Date: pre-1936.
Size: Koban. Approximately 7.5 x 5.0 inches.
Shotei seal at right.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: S-10 in Shotei catalog. Watanabe catalog No. 179
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.