Antique Japanese set of iron and lacquer samurai armor in the Saiga school style. Tetsu Kuro urushi nuri 2mai dou Saiga gusoku. The kabuto has special iron-cut gilt eyebrows. Unique shikoro, Oie's mempo, large tare, hollow nose. Very thick torso, armpit ribs, Bishyamonten style kote.

Age: Early Edo Period (1603-1868)

A vintage iron Japanese garden lantern depicting a fantail Demekin goldfish (telescope goldfish). Reticulated body with removable votive candle holder at base.

Age: Mid Century

Dimensions: 12" Long by 6 1/2" High

Antique Kiseruzutsu or Pipe case finely carved of stag antler, good patination, Case slightly curved with design of a resting cicada on vine against a reticulated background. mounted vertically on iron base. Provenance: Washington collection. Age Meiji Period, c1868-1912) Size: 8" High 1.25" Wide, stand overall height 8.75"

Very rare original 18th C. Edo Polychrome Japanese Oni devil oni boxwood statue. Original mineral pigment is intact, overall condition is very good and wear consistent of age. Bone inlay, very well carved. Small shrine compartment opens with figure inside. Wrapped in a swirling water dragon. Water dragon reveals a lotus pod reliquary above the head.

Provenance: Collectors Seal Tomkinson collection #266
Kevin Page, London UK
Pvt. Zentner Family Collection... Click for details

Antique Japanese wood and lacquered with gilt gold stand. Carved detail of playful fu dogs and flowering peonies. Golt gilt over dark lacquer. Hand carved, complete. Sturdy and ready to be enjoyed today.

Age: Late Edo period circa 1800's

Dimensions: 34" wide x 13" deep 14" high

An antique Meiji period Japanese carved wooden hanging wall mount. Lacquered and painted with mineral paints. Depicting Fish-basket Guanyin (Yulan Guanyin 魚籃觀音).

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

dimensions: 30" high x 17 1/2" wide

The bodhisattva Guanyin in the manifestation of a young lady with bare feet carrying a basket with a fish. This illustrates the variously told tale of a beautiful lady in the Tang dynasty who was offered marriage by many... Click for details

Unusual Edo period Japanese hanging Jizai with hand carved keyaki hardwood mother whale and calf as connecting mechanism. Bamboo vertical with help rope tie off point. Original condition, complete and functioning. Rare and beautiful to see with Wale and calf. Ready to be mounted and enjoyed.

Age: Late Edo Period (1603 - 1868) circa 1770

Dimensions: 42" long (can extend longer) x 14" Jizai original where mounted above Hibachi and supported a pot for warming and... Click for details

Antique Japanese keyaki hardwood shibayama mounted wall panel. Carved of wood, lacquer,  bone, and mother of pearl. A flower display dragon vase of lacquer displaying clippings of flowering dogwood. Carefully carved with great detail. Condition is very good and ready to be enjoyed and hung to a wall. Low basket holds clipping of the loquat fruit with a butterfly flying just above. Signed two seals

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

Dimensions: 17 3/4" wide x 27 3/4" high x 1... Click for details

Japanese hardwood naturalist leaf tray. Leaf is carved both sides, accenting the natural twist of the wood. Finished with warm tone.

Age: 20th Century circa 1970's

Dimensions: 38" long x 11 1/2" wide x 3 1/2" high

Antique Japanese silver over nickel gunbai 軍配 war fan. A type of signal baton and Japanese war fan. Once held by military leaders (such as daimyō) and priests in the past, it is used in the modern day by umpires in sumo wrestling.
Gunbai, from the Sino-Japanese roots meaning "military-apportioned [fan]", were a specialized form of fan used by samurai officers in Japan to communicate commands to their troops. Unlike regular fans, gunbai were solid, not folding, and usually made of... Click for details