A fine Nabeshima blue and white plate or charger with a large peacock displaying on a scholar rock. High footrim and designs typical of Nabeshima. Unusual size. Fine porcelain biscuit and excellent color.
12" diameter, 3 3/8" high to rim. Very good condition, 2 short and shallow glaze hairlines at rim.
A very large antique Japanese bronze palace vase with fun handles. Good floral and bird details on each section. Nice trumpet form at the top. Was used as a lamp, but no bottom hole.
Good condition, a couple of inevitable small dings not visibly detracting (see picture).
A Meiji period bronze tiger by Seiya (1868-1911), the leading animal bronze sculptor of the era. Nice rendering of tiger stripes. Great detail on face and paw. Studio mark of Seiya.
"The Modern Japanese Print" is about contemporary woodblock from Japan. Michener was an avid afficionado of the Japanese woodblock and wrote good books about it. This one is by Tuttle, 1968 Edition, hardbound complete with colored tip-in plates, and together with the dust jacket.
Fine condition, shelf wear only. A great out of print book on Japanese woodblocks.
A fun book on Japanese poems translated by K Florenz and then by A Lloyd; published by Hasegawa in 1895 (Meiji 29th year); printed on crepe paper and bound in the Japanese style. Book is in the original cardboard fitted box cover.missing.
Very good condition with no tears or stains. All pages are there with no damage. Cardboard case has the oriental tie inserts to keep cover closed. Tie insert is missing.
Masters of Japanese Calligraphy by Shimizu and Rosenfield is a classic for the 8th-19th century masters; published by the Japan House Gallery and the Asia Society Galleries in 1984 on the occasion of an Exhibition at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Kansas and the Seattle Museum in 1985. Soft bound 340 pages. Very good condition with slight shelf wear.
Words in Motion - A Modern Japanese Calligraphy...this is the exhibition catalogue for the Yomiuri and Library of Congress 1984 exhibition featuring 12 living masters of modern Japanese calligraphy. Out of print.
A pair of Japanese oxblood or sang de boeuf shoulder vases (in the general Chinese meiping style) with butterfly ears and from the late Meiji to Taisho era, deco feel. Soft paste , with 2 impressed makers marks, one hard to decipher. Very unusual form, with a decidedly deco era feel.
12" high by 6" widest. Very good condition with no chips hairlines or repairs. ...click for details
A fun and colorful Japanese export painting on fine silk showing a samurai in full armor and charging with a long spear yari. The silk renders a kind of optical effect which the camera lens picks up as a double image illusion. Actual view is sharp to the more sophisticated human eye.
About 19" by 15.6" in the frame, of about 1" width. Very good condition no stains or tears. Quite decorative.
A fun and colorful export painting on fine silk showing a samurai in full armor and with a long bow. The silk renders a kind of optical effect which the camera lens picks up as a double image illusion. Actual view is sharp to the more sophisticated human eye.
About 19" by 15.6" in the frame, of about 1" width. Very good condition no stains or tears. Quite decorative.
A cheerful Satsuma plate from the Meiji period with a scene of numerous men, women and children celebrating cherry blossoms. There are ships in the background and a temple in the foreground. Lots of fine detail. Plenty of gold highlights glitter at all angles. Satsuma kiln mark on the back.
A fun Edo period carved iron tsuba with 2 cute expressive rams (goats or maybe even rabbits) in deep relief per side. A gold bronze dot for each eye. Lots of open work. Dates from 1800-1849.
About 2.8" diameter slight oval, with good weight. Very good condition.
A graceful bijin (beauty) woodblock print by the 18th century artist Kiyomine Torii (1787 - 1868), a pupil and grandson of Torii Kiyonaga of Edo (Tokyo). His prints of this early period are generally considered his best. His bijin often have the elongated lines leaning slightly backwards and gazing at the long train of her kimono, typical of the Torii school. He later used the name Torii Kiyomitsu II. In this print, artist signature at left, publisher seals Nishimra-ya (1730-1840s) below. ...click for details
A fun antique Japanese tripod bronze censor (incense burner) with a wonderful shi-shi or lion finial and writhing dragons on facing sides. There is an integral decorated base.It has a fine patination, and the details of the animal themes are very good.
About 7" high and 4 1/2" diameter base. Very good condition, no scratches or dents.
A finely detailed Satsuma button buckle with a brass back. Two women in kneeling position and wearing kimono. Lots of gold. Tiny circular mon on the brass.
About 1.75"; very good condition with no chips or repairs.
