Hiroshi Yoshida (1876-1950)
Grand Canyon (from The United States series).
Date: 1925. First state with jizuri seal, indicating self-printing by the artist.
Size: Oban. Approximately 16.0 x 11.0 inches.
Pencil signed and titled in English. Signed and sealed in Japanese within the image.
Condition: Margin has two numbers noted in pencil and two original drying pinholes.

This wonderful remnant of the past id from circa 1930's. It has it original leather and velvet cushion. It has amazing patina, a few small repairs and tons of charm. These very early chairs are getting few and far between. It has a lush comfortable seat and it measures:Depth-27", width-24", height-27", seat depth-21", seat width-198,seat height-15"

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...

An antique Chinese Lingbi stone (scholar's rock or spirit stone) has a very distinct ring when it is struck. Scholar's rocks are appreciated for their unusual shapes, asymmetry, color and texture. Scholars refer to them as "bones of the earth". It is a carved blackish stone overhang with perforations. It set upon a contemporary Shuozhou style carved rosewood base with 4 rounded feet.

Date: 20th C

Dimensions:15.5" height, 8" width, 4.25" depth

An antique pair of Chinese vases with lingzhi mushroom outcrops on a craggy rock platform. The lingzhi mushroom is a symbol of longevity and health. The platform could display an object. These wares originated out of kilns in the Shiwanzhen sub-district within the city of Foshan, going as far back as the Neolithic period. Each vase is pigmented with custard yellow and aubergine.

Date: Late 18th to Early 19th Century

Dimensions: 11" tall X 9" X 6" deep

From the collection of Desmond Morris comes this exceptional protective figure. The face and body have fine carvings and red and white pigments. H. 75 cm, W. 68 cm. Provenance: Bonhams London 2004, Mallams Auctioneers Abingdon, 2015, Collection Desmond Morris, Mallams Auctioneers Oxford 2019.

Antique Japanese 2-panel screen painting of a lotus pond. Wide lotus leaves and pale pink flowers blossom on the surface of the water. A white heron comes in for a landing near a pair of Mandarin ducks. Painted in mineral pigments on silver leaf.

Age: Showa Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 38 1/2" high x 74 1/2" wide

Description 張大千 仿莫高窟唐人菩薩像（謝稚柳題記）設色紙本立軸 款識：莫高窟唐人菩薩像 弟子張大千敬造。鈐印：张爰、张爰私印。謝稚柳題記：此故人张大千所摹唐人壁畫 壯暮翁稚柳題。鑑藏印：謝稚柳、壯暮堂書畫印。Hanging Scroll of Guanyin in Style of a Tang Dynasty Mogao Grotto Mural /Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Color on Paper Inscribed and signed with five artist/connoisseur seals...

A small bowl in Kaki-yu by important artist Kawai Kanjiro enclosed in a wooden box upon which his friend and equally important artist Munakata Shiko has painted an image of the bowl outside titled Go-Kowan (Honorable small bowl) and inside annotated: Kanjiro Sensei Saku (Made by Kanjiro), signed Munakata Shiko. It is 10 cm (4 inches) diameter and in excellent condition...

Japanese early 20th century pair of bronze horses. Beautifully and realistically portrayed by Japanese bronze artist, Yamamoto Kozan. The horses measure 20" wide by 10 3/4" tall and 7 1/2" deep.

Conceived by 20th century master ceramicist Kawai Kanjiro (1890 - 1966), the combination of “shinsa” (cinnabar glazing) and “tsutsu-gaki kamon” (raised-relief slip-trailing floral design) used in the creation of this work is one of his most recognizable motifs.

Like so many great artists throughout history, Kanjiro refused to confine himself to one genre...

Kawase Hasui
Onshi Park, Shiba
Date: 1937.
First edition with Watanabe E seal (used 1932-1942).
In this edition, the rain is overprinted with silver mica.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.75 x 10.75 inches.
Reference: Hotei #422.
Medum: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Hasui's biographer "Narazaki writes: 'An ancient pine tree at the side of a pond; it conveys the brooding mood of a bleak nocturnal downpour...

So we love these sweet smaller flared arm club Chairs. Trefle means cloverback in French. This chair features all original leather and a medium to firm seat. This one came out of a private home in Normandy and it hails from the late 1940s. measurements: depth-36", width-37", height-29", seat depth-20", seat width-20", seat height-15" © French Club Chairs by William’s Antiks • http://www.FrenchClubChairs.com • All rights reserved

This is a charming smaller French Club chair circa 1940's. It has graceful lines, sits just right. It features all original leather in very good condition overall. We call this style library because that's where we found our first example of this rounded shoulder style. Depth-31", width-31", height-29", seat depth-20", seat width-16.5",seat height-15"

Beautiful Set of 8 French Louis XVI Style Black Lacquer & Gilt Armchairs Chairs in stripped silk peau de soir fabric and custom slip covers

We love the swoop of the arms on this 1940s era French leather Wingback Club chair. This solo club chair is a excellent condition example of club chair comfort. measurements: depth-35", width-31", height-37", seat depth-22", seat width-19", seat height-16"

An antique Chinese tiered table with mother of pearl inlay inset. The table is square with a marble top with bead edge with mother of pearl inlaid floral motifs. The supports are lion headed that extend to the lower tier and end as lion paw's on a ball as the feet of the table.

Date: 1920's

Dimensions: 31.5"high X 19" wide

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...