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Japanese Antique Porcelain Kogo Box with Butterflies
Antique Japanese porcelain kogo (incense box). Round in form and flat on top. Glazed with a lovely crackled white ground and two blue butterflies, one on the lid and one on the side where the two pieces join. Signed "Taisuiken" on the inside of the lid. With original tomobako.
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 4 3/8" wide x 1 1/2" high
Age: Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 4 3/8" wide x 1 1/2" high
item #1445445
$1,200.00
Japanese Antique Seto Ware Ishizara Plate with Crayfish
Antique Japanese Seto Ware stoneware ishizara (food plate). Covered with a cream colored slip and painted with a pair of crayfish in gosu blue glaze. Produced in or around the city of Seto in Aichi Prefecture. Seto is considered one of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan.
Age: Tokugawa Shogunate, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century).
Dimensions: 8 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" high
Age: Tokugawa Shogunate, Edo Period (late 18th/early 19th century).
Dimensions: 8 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" high
item #1445438
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Japanese Woodblock Print of a Maiko by Jun-ichirô Sekino
Woodblock print of a maiko. She sits in profile, dressed in a flowing kimono decorated with a colorful fan motif. Here ornate obi is embellished with details in gold leaf. In the background is a design of waves in blue and white on a dark gray ground.
Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout Japan but also in America, Mexico, Africa and Europe. He started making woodblock prints early in his middle school days and was prolific until his death in 1988 at age 74. He... Click for details
Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout Japan but also in America, Mexico, Africa and Europe. He started making woodblock prints early in his middle school days and was prolific until his death in 1988 at age 74. He... Click for details
item #1445433
$2,000.00
Kiyoshi Saito Woodblock Print - Flower and a Girl (10) 1971, 14/80
An original limited edition Kiyoshi Saito woodblock print entitled Flower and a Girl (10) printed in 1971 and numbered 14/80. Rare print in a low edition of a girl in profile viewing a colorful flower.
Print size including title: 21 1/4" High by 14 7/8" Wide. Total size including border approximately 24" High by 18" Wide.
Print size including title: 21 1/4" High by 14 7/8" Wide. Total size including border approximately 24" High by 18" Wide.
item #1445432
$2,900.00
Japanese Woodblock Print "The Ace of Hearts" by Jun-ichirô Sekino
Woodblock print of a maiko playing cards. Seated with her back toward the viewer, displaying her richly embroidered obi with flying cranes, she looks over her shoulder and demurely displays the card in her hand, the ace of hearts. The background is decorated with a pattern similar to that of her obi, flying cranes and swirling water with applied flecks of gold leaf on a yellow ground.
>Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout Japan but also in America, Mexico,... Click for details
>Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout Japan but also in America, Mexico,... Click for details
item #1445431
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Japanese Woodblock Print of a Mountain Village by Jun-ichirô Sekino
Untitled woodblock print of a mountain village and two figures by Jun-ichirô Sekino (1914-1988). A monochromatic rural scene depicting a row of buildings against a backdrop of trees. In the foreground is a man with net and a boy carrying two buckets on a pole across his shoulders. A lovely example of Sekino's interest in patterns (especially rooftops) combined with his appreciation for people in their familiar surroundings.
Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout... Click for details
Jun-ichirô Sekino traveled widely, not just throughout... Click for details
item #1445428
$900.00
Antique Japanese Kyoto Mizuya (Kitchen) Tansu Keyaki/Hinoki Meiji Era
An antique Japanese Kyoto Mizuya Tansu (kitchen chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova), Hinoki (Cypress) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original bronze Warabite style handles. Traditional design for elegant storage use in any room decor.
Age: Meiji Era (1890-1900)
Dimensions: 72" Wide by 67 3/4" High by 19 3/4" Deep
Age: Meiji Era (1890-1900)
Dimensions: 72" Wide by 67 3/4" High by 19 3/4" Deep
item #1445364
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Antique Japanese Fukushima Kasane Tansu Keyaki Meiji Era
An antique Japanese Fukushima Kasane (chest on chest) Tansu made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original Urushi lacquer front with a wiped lacquer technique for the balance of the piece. Hand forged iron hardware including the Warabite handles and the lock plates featuring auspicious good luck symbols like the treasure bag, the Gunbai paddle, and the lucky mallet. Constructed using straight dovetail Japanese joinery and hardened wooden nails.
Age: Meiji Era... Click for details
Age: Meiji Era... Click for details
item #1445363
$3,750.00
Antique Japanese Kyushu Kotansu Keyaki Meiji Secret Trick Design
An antique Japanese Kyushu Kotansu (small personal chest) made of Keyaki (Zelkova) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria) woods. Original wiped Urushi lacquer housing with a contrasting natural wood front and hand forged iron hardware including the Gunbai handles. The hinged door serves a dual purpose of hiding two drawers behind as well as locking the secret trick vertical drawer separator from turning. Once the separator is swiveled open, the horizontal slatted sliding door slides to the right allowing... Click for details
item #1445358
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Antique Japanese Tansu Store Glass Display 2 Section Meiji Era
An antique Japanese 2 section store glass display Tansu made of Kurinoki (Chestnut frame) Kirinoki (Paulownia drawer fronts) and Suginoki (Cryptomeria for the balance of the chest) woods. Most glass panes are original showing their wavy characteristic when viewed at an angle. Original hand forged iron Hikute handles. Constructed using double and single through mortise and tenon Japanese joinery. The interior shelves visually line up with the supports for the panes of glass so as not to... Click for details
item #1445354
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