The print is about a Japanese mythology.
Original mounting. AS IS condition.
Sculpture of a lifelike erected penis sitting on a base carved in the shape of two testicles, the bottom of which has been sculpted into a vagina. Either an erotic sculpture for fun or a votive phallus to be offered at a fertility shrine in the hopes of getting off-spring.
Sculpted wood with dark staining, rubbed in places
Japan, Showa era, mid-20th century
H 7.25 x D 5.4 x W 3.25 in.
Very good condition
Chinese porcelain vase. Enamelled background in a beautiful deep red-orange. Decor of plants and flowers painted in "Famille rose" enamels. Probably Chinese work but perhaps Japanese. Below, no mark allowing precise dating. 20th century or earlier. Good condition, slight wear from use. Height: 145mm Diameter: 120mm
Glass ojime (slide bead for tightening the cord going from netsuke to inro) in a form of tombodama bead in barrel shape with semitransparent body and decoration of Santa Claus, Christmas tree and falling snow. Tombodama can be translated as “dragonfly ball” and the name is thought to come about because when the molten glass is applied to the core bead it resembles a dragonfly’s eye. Beautifully made, very pleasant patina. Diameter 0.72 inches.
The size of Vase : 14" High x 8 7/8" Dia, 4 5/16" Top Dia
35.5 cm x 22.5 cm, 11 cm top dia.
This very fine Japanese Porcelain Vase done with
Yomon (relief works, raised works) with pale yellow green glaze,
in design of Ho-O bird intricately done in Yomon(relief) works.
It is made same era of Seifu Yohei 4th. The vase
is very similar to Seifu. The vase is made from Taisho to Showa.
It came with Kiriwood Tomobako as well as wooden stand...
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Fukutaro Tanouchi
Nara Sarusawa Pond
Publisher: Takemura Hideo.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Date: 1930-40s.
Signed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Tsuchiya Koitsu
Kyoto Maruyama Park
Publisher: Takemura Hideo. Square Takemura seal.
Date: 1930-40s.
Size: 5.5 x 3.5 inches.
Titled and sealed by the artist.
Reference: TK-TM-130.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Large metal dancing Shiva. Complete. 60x45cm.
3 dimensional figure in the ring of fire on double base. Undated, estimated to be early to mid 20 th century. Can be viewed in central London. Shipping to be determined by buyer location or collected in London.
Eijiro Kobayashi
A High Bridge by Night.
A design influenced by James Whistler and Hiroshige.
Series: Hasegawa Night Scenes.
Date: 1910s.
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10 x 7.5 inches.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro (No. 1241 in Hasegawa catalog).
Edition: One of the earliest examples - on thicker card with the verso stamp, "Printed by T...
Shoda Koho
Shrine Gate at Miyajima
From the Hasegawa Night Scenes series (No. 1251).
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10 x 7.25 inches.
Date: 1910s.
Publisher: Hasegawa Takejiro.
Edition: One of the earliest examples - on thicker card with the verso stamp, "Printed by T. Hasegawa Tokyo" (All Rights Reserved)".
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: A couple of very small marks. Back of card toned.
Height of Dogs: 5.2 cm (2.1 in)
Width: 3.1 cm (1.2 in)
Depth: 3.5 cm (1.4 in)
Chinese pair of carved Foo Dogs; natural material; typically, one with a foot on a small dog, the other with a foot on a ball; both on original wooden stands
Takahashi Shotei (Hiroaki)
Fireworks at Ryogoku
Size: Mitsugiriban. 14.875 x 6.625 inches.
Date: pre-1936.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
Reference: Shotei catalog M-51.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Attached at top edge only to original card.
Condition: A little waviness at lower right. Slight fading.
Provenance: Dedication on back reads, "With best of wishes from (Rabbi) Jacob J...
Cotton futonji with beautiful kasuri in check pattern, which is handwoven. Warps and wefts are both hand-spun and vegetable dye, indigo and brown color. It is from Fukuyama city in Hiroshima prefecture (Bingo-gasuri). The first half of the 20th century. In excellent condition. W:131cm, L:140cm
Chinese Scholar’s two-tier solid rosewood stand with carved boxwood edges. Produced in the 1950s, this is actually a copy of a 17th - early 18th century style that was made of zitan and edged in boxwood. A strong stand that will hold your heaviest object, the pieces were machine made with rough carvings, hand assembled (pegged and glued), and then hand finished and polished. In excellent condition, the stand measures 12” long x 7.25" wide x 4” high.
Pair of Old Chinese Dark Cherry Amber Bakelite Faturan Carved Fu & Lu Deities
They are 15.4 inches (39.3 cm) tall by 5.1 inches (13 cm) wide. The figure is about 13.9 inches (35.4 cm) tall by 3.85 inches (9.8 cm) wide. They are 2637 gram measured without stand.
They have flea bite chips at the back, inclusions, and surface wears and scratches (as seen in the photos).
Tested with Simichrome.
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The size of Koro : 8 1/2 "High with cover x 3 1/2" Dia. Globular, Stand Size: 5 1/8" Dia
21 cm H x 9 cm Dia x 13 cm Stand Dia
This is Very Fine Japanese Hirado Koro one tier of reticulated w/two handles
supported by Kiku flower petals(chrysanthemum flower). It came with two Bells
on the ear of Koro. It make sound of Kara-Kara(Japanese sound expression).
This wonderfully made Hirado Koro is by 15th Nakazato Moemon. World renown
Hirado artist...
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