A black lacquered kiseru (tobacco pipe) case and leather pouch -Japan - Late 19th/early 20th century
Scroll painting signed and sealed by Otake Chikuha (1878-1938) 尾竹竹坡 - "Temple and cranes in the mountains" - Japan - Early 20th century
Raden black lacquered box with mother-of-pearl shell and maki-e - Japan - Early 20th century
Beautiful Satsuma vase - Japan - Early 20th century (late Meiji era)
Ukiyo-e hand-painted hanging scroll - "Beauties in Teahouse" - Japan - Early 20th century (Meiji period) w/box
Scroll painting signed and sealed 'Koun' - "Tiger in the snow" - Japan - First half 20th century
Pair of miniature vases, black matte on bronze with kindei (gold paint) decoration - Japan - ca. 1900 (Meiji Period)
Kyoto Satsuma vase transformed into an oil lamp - Japan, circa 1920
Handpainted hanging scroll after Cho Gessho (1772-1832) - "Moon and Boating" - Japan - Late 19th century
Little stone Fudo Myo deity of monetary fortune in a Shinto shrine - Japan - 19th century (Edo period)
INRO and other miniature forms of Japanese Lacquer Art - Melvin and Betty Jahss - 1971
Hirado Mikawachi 4 bowls/plates with blue paintings – marked 'Dai Nippon Mikawachi zo' – Japan – end of the 19th century
Antique silk kimono with exquisite embroidery decoration of Paulownia and Phoenix - Japan - Mid 20th century
Cloisonné platter - Japan - Early 20th century
Hand painted scroll by 福井江亭 Fukui Kotei (1866-1937) - "Great Success" (Carp swimming upstream a waterfall) - Japan - Early 20th century
Pair of cloisonné vases with Japanese imperial hallmark. Solid bronze - Japan, circa 1900 (Meiji era)
Two Imari charger - Japan - early 19th and late 19th century
Imari chawan (lidded bowl) with Chinese Qianlong reign mark - Japan - ca. 1790-1810
Large kakemono on silk - Crane with 'shochikubai' (pine, bamboo, plum also known as 'The Three Friends') - Japan - ca. 1900 (Meiji era)
Vintage marquetry puzzle box - Japan - ca. 1920-30s
Beautiful antique bronze cloisonné vase – Japan – around 1900
Arita porcelain vase with cover - Marked 'Zoshuntei Seiho zo'- and a plate - Japan - Late 19th century
A comb (kushi) made of bone - signed with 奈良 (Nara) - Japan - c. 1900
Antique lacquerware (urushi) drinking dish set, maki-e design of Mount Fuji - Japan - Early 20th century
Two cloisonné brush pots - Japan - First half of 20th century
Scroll painting on silk of a standing crane - Japan - around 1930
Beautiful very rare large Satsuma moriage (raised enamel) vase - numbered - Japan - ca. 1920s
Bronze dish with bas relief of a fight between a tiger and a dragon - signed - Japan - late 19th (Meiji period)
Flat openwork oval Imari plate - Japan - Late 19th century (Meiji period)
Original litograph by Machida Shinjiro (?-?) - Woman In Kimono - Japan - 1899
Rare, antique hand-painted Kyoto Satsuma vase - Japan - around 1920
Lacquered, mother-of-pearl inlaid inro decorated with tree and house - Japan - Early 20th century
Large Imari vase/jar with a copper lid and foot - Japan - 19th century.
Arita bowl with landscapes and Chinese Chenghua mark - Japan - ca. 1760-90
Beautiful Satsuma vase – Japan – Early 20th century
Two Imari plates - Japan - 18th/19th century
Lidded Imari Jar with shishi (Chinese lion) Finial - Japan - 19th century
Old detailed handpainted hanging scroll - 'Cranes' - signed and sealed - incl. old signed scroll box - Japan - 1925
Satsuma lamp base with gold-plated bronze frame – Japan – First half of 20th century
Silk Juban kimono with ivy and flower pattern - Japan - Mid 20th century
Hand painted hanging scroll Signed Shunkoku 春國( ?-?) - "Cranes and Sunrise" - Japan - ca. 1920-30s (Taisho Showa Period) w/box
Set of Kyoto Satsuma porcelain oil lamps - Japan - around 1920–30
Pair of bronze vases with brow patina - Japan - Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Kyoto Satsuma vase - marked "Matsuyama" or "Shozan" - Japan - around the 1930s
Painting on silk (unframed) after Utagawa Toyokuni II (Toyoshige, 1777-1835) - 'Beauty playing with her cat' - Japan - First half 20th century
Hanging scroll, paint with ink wash - signed and sealed 'Hyakusen' 百仙 - 'Rock lobsters' - Japan - 1927
Two wooden noh masks - Jo 尉面 and Yoroboshi 弱法師 - Japan - Mid 20th century
Hand painted hanging scroll signed Tani Buncho '谷文晁' (ca. 1763-1842) (Reproduction) - "Dragon Beyond the Mt.Fuji" - Japan - Late 19th century (Edo period) w/box
Lacquered tortoise-shell comb - Japan - ca. 1850
Shunga album by an unknown artist - Japan - Early 20th century
Vintage silk brocade gold kimono - Japan - ca. 1920-30s
Hand painted hanging scroll Signed Gyokushu 玉舟( ?-?) - "Tiger and Bamboo Tree" - Japan - ca. 1930-40s (Early Showa Period) w/box
Satsuma moriage vase in porcelain - marked at the bottom - Japan - circa 1920
Antique lacquered jubako lunch box with traditional maki-e design - Japan - ca 1800 (Early 19th century)
Two books on Nanban art - One by K. Teramoto - Nanban Torai Kibun. (Collection of prints depicting Japan's first impression of foreigners and their strange customs) & a book on Nanban with Japanese text - Tokyo - 1976 and 1980
Imari porcelain shaving basin - barbers bowl - Japan - 18th century (Edo period)
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