All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Sculpture : Pre 1970 item #761168 (stock #0166)
Landscape Oil Painting by Ryonosuke Fukui (1923-1986), purchased directly from the artist in Japan in 1962. Excellent Condition. 16.5 x 13 inches, 42 x 33 cm.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970 item #1274285
Vintage Japanese woodblock print by moku hanga style artist Fumio Fujita (1933-present). He graduated the Musashino College of Fine Arts in 1955 and began making woodblock prints in 1963. This is an abstract piece he created early in his career with a goldenrod yellow and grey background and bold, black criss-crossing lines with solid black circles, capturing motion and fluidity. It is set in a black and gold frame...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970 item #1465639 (stock #Hasui591)
Kawase Hasui
Kinkakuji
Date: 1930s. This edition 1950s-60s.
Print size: Approximately 5.625 x 3.75 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Not sealed by the artist. Sealed versions exist.
This example may have been re-carved by Watanabe Shozaburo.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print tipped along its top edge to a 7 x 4.625-inch blank card.
Condition: Upper left corner has light crease.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Korean : Paintings : Pre 1970 item #1401410 (stock #1407)
Korean Village Life, a Beautiful Oil Painting by Won Hyeok Pak, 1966, original frame. It comes with a 1966 letter to one of his patrons, where he explains his artistic ideas. He includes a photo of this painting with the letter, and a photo of a portrait he created of the patron, and photos of some of his other paintings. A rare and gorgeous piece of mid-20th Century Korean art and history. It captures a way of life and type of dress at a time that it was at its very end...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Americas : Pre 1970 item #1485150 (stock #496)
This model is a faithful representation of the American privateer ship built in New York at the beginning of the 19th century. The model is of exceptional quality. It may be that it was built from a kit from the 70s but the multitude of excellent details leads me to believe that it is a unique work created from scratch by a virtuoso model maker. Although we know of many models of the "Prince of Neuchatel", none equals this one...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Pre 1970 item #1467825
Offering an incredible pair of original Sergio Rodrigues armchairs, known as the "Mouse" chairs. Book-matched Brazilian rosewood, with gorgeous dramatic patterns. Very much in the tradition of the American industrialist design, predecessor of mid century. Influence in the Eames chair. It is a chair that invites sprawling — perfect for the social milieu of the bossa nova and caipirinha cocktails; where a languorous afternoon spent chatting and joking is the apex of enjoyment...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970 item #1453142 (stock #Koitsu674)
Tsuchiya Koitsu
Ushigome Kagurazaka.
Date: 1939.
Size: Oban. 17 x 11.375 inches.
Publisher: Doi Hangaten. Doi watermarked paper.
Carver: Harada. Printer: Yokoi. This seal combination indicates an early post-war edition.
Reference: Koitsu catalog TK-DH-056.
Condition: Top back corners have tape residue. Faint toning apparent in margin to former matte edge.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1455588
A vintage sterling silver vermouth dispenser in the form of a syringe by Gorham. These were called “Martini Spikes” when sold by Gorham in the 1960s. The functioning plunger allows vermouth to be drawn up into the syringe and then dispensed in precisely-calibrated medical dosages into your favorite cocktail. The syringe originally cost $10...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1413046
A classic sterling silver double jigger, the stem enhanced with incised lines. The jigger is marked "Sterling".
  • Origin: America, ca. 1960
  • Condition: excellent, no dings or monograms
  • Dimensions: 3-5/16" tall
  • Weight 55.2 grams.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Woodblock Prints : Pre 1970 item #1457625 (stock #Hasui568)
Kawase Hasui
Sacred Bridge, Nikko
Date: 1930s. This edition 1950s-60s.
Size: 6 x 4 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Hasui seal lower left.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print tipped along its top edge to an original blank card.
Reference: Hotei Hp-40.
Condition: Excellent.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Furniture : Pre 1970 item #1139654
Magnificent Chinese Dali Marble framed in a carved huanghuali stand. Stand is carved with dragons, scrolling clouds, and vines. 20th century. Size: Length: 21.25" Width: 11" Height. 30.18".
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1213600
Vintage sterling silver figural jigger in the form of a thimble. The rim is engraved "Just a thimblefull." These first became popular during the late Victorian era and remained so through the mid-20th century. This example is hallmarked by Towle.

Origin: America, ca. 1960. Condition: excellent. Size: 2" tall. Weight: 28.2 grams.

All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1970 item #1462600 (stock #200119)
The size of vase: 8 5/8" High x 3 1/8" Dia top x 3 5/16" Dia bottom. This Shigaraki Flower vase is made by master ceramist Kusube Yaichi ( 1897-1984). It has very unusual and interesting Keshiki by Ash covered finish. It came with Kiriwood Tomobako. The top cover has Japanese writing, "Keijyu" (Celebrating long life, translation). "Kabin" (flower vase). Inside cover has Signature of "Yaichi Saku" (Yaichi made) with his chop seal. It also came with Tomonuno with Yaichi's "Ya" seal on it...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Pottery : Pre 1970 item #1273422 (stock #G0725)
A beautiful late 20th C. Chinese Yi Xing clay teapot with 4 sets of cup and saucer, in excellent condition. Signed. Wide 15cm. SOLD
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Sterling : Pre 1970 item #1455339
A vintage sterling silver vermouth dispenser in the form of a syringe by Gorham. These were called “Martini Spikes” when sold by Gorham in the 1960s. The functioning plunger allows vermouth to be drawn up into the syringe and then dispensed in precisely-calibrated medical dosages into your favorite cocktail. The syringe originally cost $10...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Decorative Art : Metals : Silver : Continental : Pre 1970 item #1314776
A silver jigger decorated with a raised ocean liner pennant enameled in the colors of the Norwegian-American Lines and engraved with the name of the passenger liner SS Stavangerfjord. The ship was commissioned in 1917 and sailed until 1963. In 1964, it was anchored in Tokyo Bay for use a hotel during the Tokyo Olympics. This jigger is engraved "Olympiske Leker", indicating that it comes from the short time the liner was used during the games...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1970 item #1297608 (stock #TRC1527)
This attractive e-Shino bowl (“e†meaning picture) bears a pine-needle motif on the front surrounded by fields of dazzling ochre and white.

Fired in the kilns of Kato Kageaki (1899-1972), this Shino bowl is from one of the oldest traditions in Japanese pottery. Kageyaki was the 12th generation of Mino potters known for their distinctive styles of Shino and Oribe pottery...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Furnishings : Pre 1970 item #1473854 (stock #3059)
A beautiful sterling silver beaker cup, measuring 3.25” x 2.75” made in the 1960s. QUILLEN ESTATE