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

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

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

An antique Japanese stacking Gyosho Bako (peddler's box) made of Kiri (Paulownia) wood. All original hand forged iron fittings with replacement cord. Seven stacking trays with a bottom eighth section housing an additional tray for products and a drawer where store supplies and money were kept. Top cover would be turned over to use as a product demonstration tray. Each tray has a recessed bottom that secures it to the underside tray. Constructed with hardened wooden nails.

Age: Edo... Click for details

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

Japanese antique broach in the form of an old man, Okina performance mask. The pin is made of bronze and silver mixed metal with details in red lacquer. Backed in silver with a silver mark and pin. The mask that this broach is modeled after would have been worn by kyōgen dancers in between Noh theatre acts. Signed: Akimitsu.

Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Dimensions: 2 1/2" long

Rare Edo period Japanese safe chest with double locks and quick lock setting. Frame is made up of hinoki (cypress) wood and interior is made of kiri wood. Original finish with hand forged iron hardware. Single hinged door with iron reinforcement crossed the front.

Age: Late Edo Period (1603 - 1868)

Dimensions: 22" High x 21" deep x 14" wide