Pair of hand painted small folding screens - 'Pheasants and chrysanthemums' over gold leaf - Japan - Late 19th century
A beautiful black lacquer tortoise shell comb (kushi) with floral motifs painted in gold paint - inlaid with mother of pearl - signed by the maker - Japan - c. 1900
Satsuma lamp/figurine of a - Japan - approx. 1920s
Two bronze ornamental vases with decoration of dragons on elephant shaped feet - marked 'Seikyo Nishida so' - Japan - approx. 1900 (Meiji Period)
Two Imari jugs - Japan - 18th century
Scroll painting by Tanomura Chokunyu 田能村直入 (1814-1907) - "Chrysanthemum" - Japan - Late 19th/early 20th century (Meiji Period)
A set of 3 gardeners ningyo (dolls) by the Ooki Hezo workshop of Kyoto - Japan - 1st half 20th century
A wooden priest's staf ('nyoi') meant for the tea ceremony - Japan - ca 1930-1940 (Showa period)
Set Arita ware porcelain teapot and cup - marked 'Fukagawa sei' - Japan - Mid 20th century
Antique bronze incense burner in the shape of a chicken - Japan - Late 19th/Early 20th century
Lovely colourful Imari plate - marked 'Yamatoku' - Japan - ca. 1920-30
Rare Seto porcelain pencil jar, or koro with relief and floral decorations - Japan - approx. 1900 (Meiji period)
Antique lacquer box with bone chips – Japan – c. 1900
Imari plate with Chinese Chenghua reign mark - Japan - 1820-50
Antique bamboo jizaikagi (tea ceremony hanging pothook) - Japan - Early 20th century
A yatate with brush and coins - Japan - ca. 1900
Pair of Imari porcelain collar vases with scalloped edge - Japan - around 1900
Satsuma vase - Japan - approx. 1920s
Fine brush pot with a Samurai decoration - Japan - Late 19th/early 20th century
Fine Banko ceramic teapot - 'Birds & Flowers' - Japan - Early 20th century
Antique cloisonné vase - enameled on bronze - Japan - approx. 1900
Black lacquer box with an image of flying cranes painted with gold paint - signed by the maker 'Shinzan' - Japan - mid 20th century
Hand painted hanging scroll signed Keiju '景樹' (Reproduction) - "Bird on Rock" - Japan - ca .1930-1940 (Early Showa period) w/box
Antique wood jizaikagi (kettle hook) in the shape of a koi (carp kettle) - Japan - First half of 20th century
Pair of antique Imari vases - Japan - 19th century
Antique bamboo jizaikagi (tea ceremony hanging pothook) - Japan - Early 20th century
Imari porcellain plate - Japan - marked 'Fuki chosun' - End of the 19th century
Five wooden masks from Noh and Kyogen theatres - Japan - Late 19th/Early 20th century
Bronze champlevé vase with beautiful motifs - marked - Japan - ca. 1900
Hand painted Hanging scroll signed Suiseki 翠石 (?-?) - "Bird and Tree" - Japan - ca. 1930-40s (Early Showa Period) w/box
Large Arita dish with an image of a predatory bird (37 cm) - marked 'Fuku' - Japan - c. 1900 (Meiji period)
Three handwritten scrolls on kyudo 弓道 (archery) - Japan - Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Lot of two Arita ceramics and one Imari bottle vase - Japan - Late 19th century
Offerings basket in gilded bass with carved decoration - Japan - Late 19th century
Hand painted paper hanging scroll - 'Mandarin duck under the cherry blossom ' - signed 'Kosei' - Japan - Early 20th century
Kunsthaus Lempertz - Auktionshaus 1845 KG - Asiatic art catalogues & bulletins 2005/2009
Imari vase - marked - Japan - 19th century
Imari dragon vase with
Oval blue/white Arita dish with phoenix decoration - Japan - Late 19th century
Original water colour by T. Nakayama (?-) - Japanese fisherman - Japan - Early to mid 20th century
Twelve Arita cups - marked 'Zoshuntei sanpo zo' - Japan - 19th century
Pair of cloisonné vases in bronze, hallmarked on the base - Japan - Circa 1900 (Meiji Era)
Three Kinrande cups and two saucers with phoenix decoration - marked 'Dai Nippon Eiraku zo' - Japan - c. 1890 (Meiji period)
Hanging Scroll: Riverside Landscape by Oka Fuho (1869-1940) - Japan - early 20th century
Satsuma tea service - Japan - around 1920–1930
Silkscreen print with frame by Hisashi Otsuka (b. 1947) - 'Geisha' - with artist's signature and stamp - Japan - 1982
Kenjo Imari porcelain wine ewer - Japan - 19th century
Antique Japanese ceramic Noh(Oni) mask - Japan - early 20th century.
Sushioke or Hangiri wood made barrel for rice used for sushi - signed - Japan - 1891
Astonishing moriage Satsuma lamp with three entertainers - Marked 'Dai Nippon Fukuzan' - Japan - ca. 1920s
Two old Kutani plates - Japan - around 1890 and 1910
Hand painted scroll by Kawabata Gyokusyo 川端玉章 (1842-1913 ) - "Crane and Turtle" 鶴亀 - Japan - Late 19th century
Satsuma Moriage tea set - Teapot and three cups - Japan - With 'Hakusan' hallmark - Japan - Early 20th century
Large hand-painted shunga painting on silk - Japan - around the 1920s
Satsuma period tripod censer - Japan - 1868-1912 (Meiji period)
A very fine pair of large cloisonne vases - Japan - Late 19th century
Inro with red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief and lacquered wood netsuke of a Hannya mask - Japan - Early 20th century
Collection of paintings and preparatory sketches on Nogaku (Noh and Kyogen) - Formerly in the collection of Japanese painter Mifune Tsunade (1876-1941) - Japan - ca. 1910-20s
A 'murashi-do' patinated bronze vase intended for the tea ceremony - Japan - ca. 1960 (Showa period)
Wooden Noh mask of Hannya - Japan - Early 20th century
A large Satsuma vase, richly decorated with beautiful drawings of a samurai fight (37 cm) – Japan – Circa 1910-20s
Pair of cloisonné vases decorated with cherry trees blossom and sparrows - Japan - Beginning of the 20th century.
Wooden netsuke of a Dutchman with a Fly Swatter - Japan - Mid 19th century
Bronze shishi (Chinese Lion) scroll weight - Japan - ca. 1900
Rare and extraordinary small Kutani vase – stamped 'Kutani Kaburagi sei' Japan – 19th Century
Kyo ningyo - 'Geisho puppet with Koomote Noh mask' - Japan - Mid 20th century
Splendid shimedaiko, traditional drum, with peonia paintings, stand and sticks - Japan - Late 19th/Early 20th century
Silk brocade Nagoya obi, vintage Japanese kimono sash. Japan. 1920 -1940
Netsuke of Hollander with rooster - marked 'Mitsumasa' - Japan - late 19th century
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