Yoshijiro Urushibara
Stonehenge at Dawn
Size: Oban. Approximately 14.75 x 9.75 inches.
Date: 1910s-20s.
Publisher: "Ken Hoshino & Co. 57-58 Chancery Lane, W.C." at lower margin.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent.
Note: Please also see our Moonlight version of this design (Urushibar016).
Height approximately 13.5 cm. In good condition.
A unique Chinese square puddingstone brush holder done in the sought after red stones. This single piece of stone is carved with rounded top corners and stands on four corner mounts with rounded corners.
Size: Approximately 4-6/8" high by 3-6/8" wide by 3-6/8" depth
Condition: Good condition
Age: Qing Dynasty to Republic
A beautiful late 20th C. Chinese Yi Xing clay teapot with 4 sets of cup and saucer, in excellent condition. Signed. Wide 15cm.
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Kawase Hasui
Rain in Maekawa, Soshu
Series: Selection of Views of the Tokaido
Date: 1932.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.125 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. This design often has in either lower corner a black 6mm Watanabe publisher's seal nearly invisibly on a black background, which would indicate a lifetime edition...
KIROGI GOOSE
Traditional Korean wood carving wedding goose sent to a bride-to-be from a groom-to-be, mid 20th century, approx. 33 x 8 x H 18cm (12.99 x 3.14 x 7.08in). Burnished dark brown. Removable neck part...
A beautiful early 20th C. Chinese famille rose porcelain shoulau figure with holding a kid, in excellent condition. Signed. H:10" $345
The top shows 3 ancestors flat faces who are protectors of the family, they are surmounted by a conical crown with carved geometrical lines. The middle part is a “Dorgi”, the symbol of cosmic power. The down part is triangular blade with an intelace of snakes, used as a knife to nail the bad spirits while the shaman is fighting with devils and demons. The white cloth strips wrapped around the middle part are to protect the shaman hands against the high energy during his fight...
A small Chinese agate carving of a tiger and her cub set on a wooden stand with motif of bamboo carved along with jagged rocks. The combination of bamboo and tigers in Chinese art can be seen as early as the Ming dynasty. The tiger, often represented as the king of the earth combined with bamboo a symbol of the mind of a literati, can be seen as the ideals of the individual. Age: 20th century Size: length 3.25" w. 2.5" height 3.25"
A pair of early 20th C. Chinese turquoise blue glazed porcelain vases with twin dragons on each side in excellent condition. H:23cm
Vintage Chinese scholar’s buffalo horn seal of square section with crisply carved characters on the base and traces of red seal paste in the grooves. The impression of the seal is shown on the first photo where it is flipped left to right to present the image as it will print on paper. Beautiful light colored horn with wonderful brown patch, mellow patina, in great condition. Very nice object for a scholar’s desk. Height 2.4 inches, base 0.95 inches square.
Japanese vase of convex shape, Totai decoration of a bird and a butterfly among leaves and berry bushes. The motif created by thin metal threads is filled in with colored lacquer and polished. The brown lacquer background is carved as to resemble tree bark (totai). This complicated technique for decoration on porcelain was in use in Japan in the 1920’s and 30’s.The base with old paper label, indistinct letters in blue and the word “Lacquer”. Height "7½/ 19,2 cm...
Shoda Koho
Country Scene (With Moon) from the Hasegawa Night Scenes series. Also known as "Canal by Moonlight"
Size: Chuban. Approximately 10.125 x 7.5 inches.
Date: 1910-38.
Publisher: Hasegawa/Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Sealed by artist. "Made in Japan" stamped on lower right verso.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: One dot of foxing in lower sky amongst trees.
Compare with our Koho074 Country Scene With Moon (Canal) (2).
A beautiful old agate necklace with two pieces of old turquoise, in excellent condition. L:40cm
Hongshan Nephrite Jade Toggle Pendant of a Standing pregnant dragon goddess , in red brown nephrite jade. Biconically drilled off set holes. The jade with white tremolite growth. Collected in Hk 1980-1995 weight 48G size 2.5" by 1".
Chinese porcelain vase of a wide, rounded form and a long neck, with a robin's egg blue underglaze, decorated with a cluster of dimensional pink and yellow chrysanthemums on gold stems. The opposite side has four small pink and yellow butterflies.
Qing Dynasty
Signature on bottom.
Size: 9.75" height, 5" width
A Japanese green lacquered art deco flower stand. The middle area contains wooden pieces inlaid within the lacquer to create an interesting geometric pattern. Japanese art deco became popular during the early periods of the Showa and the post-war era of Japanese art. Age: Showa Period Size: Length 16" Width 11.25" Height 1"
Kawase Hasui
Moon Over Kiyosumi Garden
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Date: 1938.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe 6 mm round seal lower right corner, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946-1957.
Reference: Hotei #424.
Condition: Excellent.
A vintage Japanese Sado Mizuya (kitchenette for tea ceremony) made of Hinoki (Cypress). Used for storing tea bowls, brush whisks, ladles, tea caddies and various tea ceremony accoutrements. Bottom left drawer is copper lined to hold water that is drained from the bamboo grill above that holds newly washed bowls. Various shelves and hanging posts used for organizing and storage...
Thailand vintage reverse glass eglomise zodiac painting . Early to mid 20th c depicting temples and year of the tiger. Original wood frame 11.25 by 5.25"
Kawase Hasui (1883-1957)
The Nikko Highway (aka. The Road to Nikko; Nikkokaido)
Date: 1930.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.25 x 10.25 inches.
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo. Watanabe red 6mm seal at lower left corner, indicating a lifetime edition printed between 1946 and 1957.
Signed and sealed by the artist.
Reference: Hotei #211.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Excellent. Removed from original folder...
A Huanghuali Table Stand, Republic Period.
Carved with foliate scrolls, the top of the legs with lion faces and cabriolet legs with clawed feet.
35 x 22 x 13 cm
Chinese Pink Quartz Snuff Bottle with original Top, Ca. 1940, 2 1/4" high, 1 3/8" wide, 7/8" depth, with round smooth polished stone with round top, dark spoon is attached from the top. The condition is good, has some dark stains inside and around the top opening.
黄永玉 (1924-)荷塘玉鳥圖設色水墨紙本立軸 2003年作 款識:一夢舊荷塘 癸未夏於玉氏山房。黄永玉。鈐印:黄、永玉畫、萬荷堂主。Hanging Scroll of Enchanting Lilies with Charming Birds / Huang Yongyu (1924- ) Inscribed & signed with three artist seals...
GHOSTS AND MONSTERS SHEETS 5 pc.
1970s Japanese kids toy, paper, Sheet: 38 x 55 cm (14.96 x 21.65in). Skeleton cut out: 13 x 15 cm (5.11 x 5.90in)
selected by Jinta
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Description 張大千 大千居士仕女圖(楊仁恺鑑題)設色水墨紙本立軸 款識:每嘆飛英委暗塵,天花飄堕有春因。畫中非幻亦非真。浪蕊浮花終易醒,倡條冶葉霎時新。為誰怨損作殘春。甲卯嘉平大千張爰沙河邨居。鈐印:西蜀張爰、大千居士。楊仁恺鑑題:大千居士仕女圖 鑑藏印:龢溪仁恺、仁恺過眼。Hanging Scroll of an Chinese Beauty in Ancient Attires /Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) Ink & Color on Pa...
An original painting on shikishi paper by Suda Kyochu (1908 - 1964), depicting a frog in a pond. Painted in ink and with natural pigments. Suda Kyochu was a pupil of Seison Maeda (1885 - 1977), one of the greatest contemporary Japanese painters and one of the founders of the Nihonga movement. Signed and with original folder. Condition: fine. Dimension: 17 cm x 24.2 cm.
China old wood frog toggle xx
A Rare and Exquisite Jade/Jadeite Marla Bead-String for Meditation Weight: 213 grams Length: 14 1/4 inches (36.2 cm) plus a 4-inch-long fringe
Condition Report: Good Condition
Provenance: Property of a MA Collection
A Batavia ware bottle vase with flared mouth over long neck . The rounded sides decorated with shaped panels containing distant landscape views in blue and white on a red ground. The inside glazed white. The base glazed white with double circles in underglaze blue.
Size: 25 cm high by 10 cm diameter
Age: Late Kangxi period 1662-1722
Condition: There is a small chip on the inside top rim...
Yuzo Kondo is one of the more recognized names in the world of modern Japanese pottery of the 20th century. Though known mainly for his sometsuke creations (blue and white porcelain), he did not settle on this style until well into his potting career that lasted over seven decades. The piece shown here then would be from an earlier period and is evidence of his competency with varied styles and glazes—not just the one he is most well-known for...
1930's Chinese Light Green Glaze Ground Covered Ginger Jar with Relief Flower Marked
It is 9.4 inches (24 cm) tall by 7.7 inches (19.5 cm) wide...
Ohara Koson
Two carp
Size: O-tanzaku. Approximately 14.5 x 7.5 inches.
Date: ca. 1900s-23.
Koson seal lower left.
Publisher: Daikokuya (41).
Reference: K39.1 in Crows, Cranes and Camellias: The Natural World of Ohara Koson (Reigle Newland).
Condition: Tape has been removed from the back. Those areas as well as a crease at the right edge have been reinforced by a conservator. Slight fading.
Magnificent woodblock print of a running horse by Tadashi Nakayama, many colors, made with many carved blocks and colors, silver and gold leaf, image of a horse running through a field of poppies, untitled horse, print no. 47 of 75, signed and dated 1974.
Size of art only: 30 1/4" high x 21 1/2" wide. Size of paper: 38" high x 27 1/2" wide.
Three cups and saucer trays by Noritake, Japan, mid 50’s. Saucers shaped like water lily leaves – a modernist design also reminding of the painter’s palette shape so much in vogue in the 50’s in ceramics, jewelry, teak wood and more. The cups to fit at one side, in order to allow for a sandwich or some biscuits. The back with the N and ribbon mark in use from 1953. Width of saucers "9 ½ / 24 cm, height of cups "2 2/3 / 6.8 cm. Condition: fine.
Kawase Hasui
Lingering Snow at Hikone Castle, 1934
Series. Selection of Views of the Tokaido
Publisher: Watanabe Shozaburo.
First edition. Bears the Watanabe C seal (sausage seal) used between 1929 and 1942.
Size: Oban. Approximately 15.50 x 10.25 inches.
Reference: Hotei #226.
Medium: Japanese woodblock print.
Condition: Slight age toning.