A ceramic fired bowl with red clay.
The diverse peoples of Papua New Guinea maintain some of the most unusual and distinctive ceramic traditions found anywhere in the world. New Guinea ceramists gather clay in the hills or swamps surrounding their villages and form it into wares that range from superbly functional cooking and storage pots to highly esoteric sacred figures.
Old repair, overall Stable condition ready to be used and enjoyed.

Age: 20th Century... Click for details

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 Chinese rosewood and Dali marble table screen. the framed Dali marble panel inserts into the hardwood base for vertical display. Nicely carved with geometric designs. Retains original finish with warm brown tones over fine rosewood grain, consistent with age.

Age: 20th Century Circa 1920's

Dimensions: 18" wide x 22 3/4" high x 7 5/8" deep

Near the ancient town of Dali in Yunnan Province in Southwest China is the towering massif called Cangshan that... Click for details

L & JG Stickley arm chair made of solid quarter sawn oak hardwood. Trace of the original leather sticker

Age: Circa 1920's

Dimensions: 20" High x 20" x 26" deep

An original set of eight Arts Mission Oak dining or desk chair from 1910 has a signature label "The Work of L&JG Stickley." This antique chair has a leather seat with some wear.

Age: 1910

Dimensions: 20" high x 14" x 14"

When you think of American Arts and Crafts, you think of Gustav Stickley. Beginning in 1900 with his revolutionary Mission furniture, he showed that every home deserves furniture that is solid and honest, that is made with uncompromising... Click for details

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

Stephen De Staebler Ceramic Sculpture.  (American, 1933-2011 in Berkeley, CA)  leg lower section in clay from knee down through foot into base.  Original pigment and coloring, condition is very good. Signed & Dated in clay on rear 1996 Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 10" x 18"

he was best recognized for his work in clay and bronze. Totemic and fragmented in form, De Staebler's figurative sculptures call forth the many contingencies of the human condition, such as resiliency and... Click for details