An antique 2 panel Japanese screen titled Scholar in Summer Landscape. Painted in sumi on paper, mounted on a wooden core frame with paper hinges, textile border and lacquered molding. Signature & seal: JUZAN (Nagamura Senzan, 1820-1862) who was a Nanga painter.

Age: Edo Period mid 19th century

Dimensions: 67 3/4" high by 74 1/2" wide.

Pair of Japanese shokudai candlesticks made of copper with chrysanthemum shaped base and crown. Original warm patinas finish consistent of its age. Each is quite sturdy and ready to be used once again to light a sacred space.

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

Dimensions: 27" high x 7" wide (base)

An antique Chinese ancestral hall chair made of Hongmu wood. Decorated with inlaid mother of pearl, the back splat features a bat, a pair of Ruyi scepters, a deer and a crane. The armrests have carved foliated carvings. The front apron also has a pair of Ruyi sceptors with stretchers on all four legs.

Age: Late Quing Dynasty 19th C

Dimensions: 25 3/4" Wide by 39" High by 19" Deep

Antique Japanese Suzuribako depicting rolling landscape with young pine and early cherry blossom trees. Inside cover lacquered in gold with flowering wild flowers along a bamboo fence and a slender crescent moon finished in silver. The night sky is speckled in gold.

Dimensions: 8 3/4" wide x 9 3/4" high

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

An antique Japanese portable storage box for tea ceremony accoutrements. Made almost entirely of Kuwa (Mulberry) wood, it has a bamboo carrying handles. Lift out door opens to a storage compartment with a removable split level shelf. Four drawers of varying sizes were used to house an assortment of tea ceremony paraphrenalia. All original including the bronze hardware.

Age: Meiji Era (1890-1910)

Dimensions: 11" Wide by 11.63" High by 7.63" Deep

A simple two compartment Japanese inro. Constructed of box wood with an even stippled finish. Original black and gold lacquer finish, threaded with cotton cord and finished of with a well worn carved toggle in a floral shape.

Dimensions: 2 3/8" squared

Age: Meiji period (1868 - 1912)

An antique Philippine Ifugao tribal transport basket incorporating a shoulder and back rain protector. Made of rattan and bamboo, this piece acquired a beautiful sooted patina over its lifetime of use. The rain protector was made using layers of thinly thatched bamboo fiber creating a water resistant fur-like construction for weather protection from jungle travel. Hidden bamboo woven rope chain for hanging to dry.

Age: Early 20th Century

Dimensions: 20" Wide by 18" HIgh by 12"... Click for details

Antique Japanese figure of Amida Buddha (Amida Nyorai), Buddha of Infinite Light seated on an open lotus. Made of carved and gilt lacquered wood with a dark patina from many years of incense and candle smoke. His hands are in Mida no Jōin (Meditation Mudra), a mudra specific to the Japanese Amida Buddha. Just below his ushnisha (nikkei) is a crystal Nikkeishū (Nikkei Jewel), believed to "radiate the light of the world". On his forehead is a similar circular crystal urna (Byakugo) -... Click for details

Japanese antique leaf tray carved of wood. Large and realistically rendered front and back. Naturalistic three dimensional form and texture. The back is signed and inscribed with a poem which is accented in polychrome pigment.

Age: Taisho Period (early 20th century)

Dimensions: 23 1/2" long x 12" wide x 1 1/2" high

A rare Japanese antique porcelain okimono of a skull entwined with a snake.  Made of porcelain and realistically rendered. Fine details in every crevice.  Some teeth are missing (original to the work).  The snake has detailed scales highlighted in a darker tones.  It is twisting around the cranium and pushes through the right eye socket.  Comes with its original Japanese tomobako (wooden storage box) with a label that reads Mayoke Ko-To-Sei Dokuro (Protective Old Ceramic... Click for details