A gorgeous carved wood tribal feast or ceremonial bowl from Papua New Guinea. Beautifully carved with tribal figures and serpent designs around the bowl with tribal designs on the bottom. These bowls were economically important to the tribe as they provide the carvers with an extra income as well as being used during ceremonial village feasts and being an essential part of the traditional bride price. This would be a fabulous piece for your table and to display in any home interior. ...

元釉里紅鴛鴦蓮池螭龍耳扁方瓶 A Rare Yuan Dynasty FLask with Underglaze Red Motifs of Mandarin-Ducks in Lotus-Pond and Four Chi-Dragon Ears The flask boasts of both its ingenious design and superb workmanship. Dimensions: Height: 8 7/8 inches (22.23 cm) Medium: Porcelainware Date: Yuan Dynasty Condition Report: Good Condition Provenance: Property of a LA collection

Tsuchiya Koitsu
Takanawa Sengakuji Temple
Date: 1930s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.5 x 8.0 inches.
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Seals on front and back.
Sealed by Koitsu at lower left.
Koitsu catalog no.: TK-TM-83
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.

Very old and nicely carved black mask, of typical conical coiffe and slightly smiling feminine face. Wood, fine patina. Africa, Gabon, Punu Peoples, Tsangui sub-group. Height: 13 1/4" (34 cm). Old accident on left side of coiffe, erosion due to age, otherwise very good condition. Ex. old French collection.

An exquisite image of an emaciated man, the prominent bones about the eyes softly glowing pale white over the hollow cheeks. The mask is of the Yase-otoko type, and is signed on the back by the maker Iwasaki Hisahito in a carved seal above the eye. Superb craftsmanship!
Iwasaki Hisahito is a well known Mask carver currently 78 years old and still going. He was born in Oita prefecture, but moved to Nagoya then Yokohama at a youthful age...

張大千/山居圖 設色紙本立軸 1980年作 款識：六十九年元月寫寄摩耶精舍八十二叟爰。鈐印：大千長年。張大千是二十世纪中國畫壇影响巨大、又最富傳奇色彩的國畫大師，在繪畫、書法、篆刻、詩詞方面都有相當造詣。早期專心研習古人書畫，特别在山水畫實踐和理論方面頗有建樹。後旅居海外，畫風工寫結合，重彩、水墨融为一體，尤其是開創潑墨與潑彩，发展了中國畫全...

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.

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Stunning Large Murano Hand Blown Clear Body with GOLD FLECKS and White ZANFIRICO Ribbons Art Glass BALLERINA Sculpture!!! Created by the SALVIATI Company!!! The woman has a beautiful ballet dance pose, and stands on a clear base. There are also very thin aventurine threads inside the white ribbons (see last photo). It has NO damage (chips, nicks, fleabites or impact marks)...

Japanese early 20th century earthenware teapot by SASAKI NIROKU. The wonderful teapot has a Chinese landscape design carved into the side. The teapot measures 5 1/4" wide, 4 3/4" tall and 5" deep.

Framed Japanese woodblock print by artist Okiie Hashimoto (1899-1993) Signed in pencil, with inscription and artist's cartouche. Circa 1959. Size: (entire frame) 35.25" height, 29.25" width (artwork only) 22.5" height, 17.5" width

DESCRIPTION: A wonderful set of vintage outdoor metal and glass ‘caged onion lamps.’ It’s rare to acquire a full set of vintage outdoor lighting in such good condition. These lanterns are of a nice larger size with tall upper metal hooked hangars and with the original (and wonderfully squatty) large glass onion globes. Contemporary reproductions of this traditional outdoor lamp tend to be smaller in size...

Small and rare fetish figure. Hardwood with feathers, glass, copper, horn, fabric. First half of the 20th century. H. 13 cm (20 cm with the solid brass stand). Ex. JM Desaive, Herve, Belgium. Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.

Art deco oribe ceramic vase by Shigetaka Kato b.1927-d.2013. Shigetaka was born the second son of Kato Tokuro in 1927. He graduated the Seto Industrial School of Ceramics and studied under his father. From 1959-1971 submitted annually to the Nitten where he received the Hokusho prize as well as the Modern Ceramics Prize among others. He also received the Japanese Ceramics Society award and governors prize at the Asahi Togeiten...

Japanese early 20th century bronze water lily design vase. By artist, BOKUZEN. Comes with TOMOBAKO, or original artist signed wooden storage box. The vase measures 11 1/8" tall by 7" wide at the widest point.

Kawase Hasui
Heirinji, Nobidome
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1952.
Hasui signature and seal at lower left corner.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6mm seal in lower left margin, indicating a first edition.
Reference: Hotei No. 574.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Original drying pinhole in corner margin. Back margins have tape residue.

A beautiful Chinese Rosewood Etagere display stand hand carved in a faux bamboo design. Reticulated corner feet and floating floor panels. An exquisite example of art imitating nature.

Age: Early Republic Period (1912-1925)

Dimensions: 19 3/4" Wide x 30" High x 10" Deep

This is a tea bowl of Japanese OHI pottery ware, which was made about 50 years ago by famous Chozaemon Ohi (1901-1986).

It has a fantastic black glaze. The work and the box has the sign of the 9th. Chozaemon Ohi. His name is inherited from the Edo era.

The Ninth Chozaemon was the son of the Eigth Chozaemon who had been making tea utencils from age sixteen until his death at age eighty-six...

Early 20th century male mask with scarifications. H. 31 cm. Ex David Utzon Frank, Denmark. Ex Srdjan Sremac, The Hague.