Wooden Noh mask of Ko-omote - Sealed by the artist 'Keiun' 景雲 - Japan - ca. 1940-50s
Carved bone netsuke - Chinese man walking with a cane - Japan - Late 19th century
Porcelain statue of Hotei, the God of Happiness - Japan - First half of the 20th century
Kutani vase decorated with pheasants and birds - Marked 'Kutani Matsubara sei' 九谷松原製 - Japan - Meiji Era (1868-1912)
Pair of Satsuma koro (incense burners) with decor of karako (Chinese boys) playing and shishi (Chinese lion) shaped handles - Japan - ca. 1930-40
A beautiful gold lacquer kushi comb inlaid with mother of pearl - decorated with a bird, a butterfly and flower/plants, and signed by the maker - Japan - ca. 1920
Bronze mirror - marked 'Fujiwara Mitsunaga' 藤原光永 - Japan - late 19th century (Meiji period)
Hand painted hanging scroll after Shibata Zeshin 柴田是信 (ca. 1807-91) (Reproduction) - "Bird and flower painting" - Japan - early 20th century
The God of good fortune Fukurokuju, seated on his bag of wealth in Kutani porcelain - Japan - ca. 1900
Travelling red lacquer folding mirror stand with double mirror - Japan - Early 20th century
Antique silk kimono with exquisite decoration of pine, plum and chrysanthemum patterns - Japan - Mid 20th century
A pair of Satsuma vases with decor of Rakan (Arhats) - Japan - ca. 1930s
Hand painted scroll - 'Mountain Landscape' - Signature and seal "Chikubun" 竹文 - Japan - ca. 1910-40 (Taisho or Early showa period)
Four books on netsuke - The collections of the Leyden Ethnographic Museum, the Ferenc Hopp Museum [2] and R. Bushell Collection - 1981-2003
Arito bedpan with lid - Marked "Hichozan Shinpo sei" 肥蝶山信甫製 - Japan - Meiji period (1868–1912)
Antique cloisonné vase with phoenix and wooden stand - Japan - ca. 1900 (Meiji Period)
Vintage silk Haori - Japan - Early 20th century
Handpainted silk makuri honshi - 'Ume 梅 & uguisu 鶯 on kakehi 筧' - Japan - First half of the 20th century
Book: "Takarabukuro (Treasure Bag) - A Netsuke Artist's Notebook by Mitsuhiro" - 2001
Mixed media picture of a geisha and her assistant walking in a snow storm - Japan - ca. 1950-60s
Bronze mirror - signed 'Nishimura Masashige' 西村政重 - Japan - Early 20th century
Bronze lamp base with dragon décor in relief and edge decorations of waves, phoenixes and dragons - Japan - 1st half 20th century
Tin with monkey skull - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Hand-painted Imari porcelain food serving set (complete with four trays + lid) with an image of cherry blossom tree - Signed and with seal 'Shogetsu' 松 月 - Japan - around 1920
Geisha bronze sculpture - Japan - First half of 20th century
Imari bowl with Chinese Jiaqing reign mark - Japan - Early 19th century
Ink painting with colours in the style of Tani Buncho (1763-1840) - elegantly clothed woman - Japan - circa 1900 (Meiji period)
Japanese Kutani plates, 2 pieces, Meiji period (1867–1912)
Vintage silk Haori - Japan - First half of the 20th century
Kutani porcelain bowl - Japan - ca. 1870
Vintage silk Komon kimono 小紋 (pattern all over the kimono) - Japan - First half of the 20th century
Lacquered container with colored leaves design - Japan - Mid 20th century
Lacquered matcha (green tea) tea caddy decorated with a maki-e design of flowers and daimyo oak leaves - Original tomobako with seal - Japan - Mid 20th century
Original ink painting with colours - signed and captioned - a half-length portrait of a lady opening a scroll - Japan - circa 1900 (Meiji period)
Kutani vase - marked 'Hichozan Sanka sei' 肥蝶山嘉製 - Japan - early 20th century
Silk Juban kimono with crane pattern - Japan - Mid 20th century
Large Yamatoku porcelain charger dish (31cm) - With impressed 'Yamatoku' ヤマトク mark to the base - Japan - ca. 1910-20
Vintage Silk Tsukesage 付け下げ Kimono - Japan - Mid-20th century
Pair of brush holder vases - branded 'Kyoto Kinkozan zo' 京都錦光山 - Japan - ca. 1900-10 (Meiji period)
Oyama ningyo doll of an elegant woman - Japan - Early Showa Period (1926-89)
Octagonal plate with a wonderful decoration of birds, butterflies and flowers - Japanese - around the 1920s
Nice lot of 7 oshie figures of imperial couple, geisha, daruma - Japan - Early 20th century
Two original watercolour shikishi - Signed - 'A squirrel with acorns' & 'Mount Fuji' - Japan - ca. 1920s
Two books - Japanese art of drawing and painting - "Comment peindre à l'Orientale: Sumi-e" en "Drawings from the Floating World: Nineteenth Century Japanese Drawings" - 1995/2000
Stunning porcelain Yoshidaya Kutani vase - Japan - mid 19th century
Vintage silk komon kimono (pattern all over the kimono) - Japan - Mid-20th century
Polychrome, wood Bugaku mask of Chikyu with Kasuga Shrine seal - Japan - 1st half 20th century
Makuri honshi painting on silk - Signed and sealed - Two baskets with summer flowers - Japan - Late 19th century
Porcelain Kendi - Japan - 19th century
Two books on netsuke - "Netsuke miniature carvings" - Budapest - 2000 and "The Art of Netsuke Carving" - USA - 2002
Ivory okimono - Man, possibly a Shinto priest - Japan - ca. 1910–20
Tomesode 留 袖 vintage silk kimonos with 5 Kamon 家 紋, family emblem - Japan - First half of the 20th century
Three-tiered square box, lacquered, floral motifs - Japan - Second half of the 19th century
Kutani vase decorated with peonies and birds in flight - Marked 'Kutani' 九谷 - Japan - circa 1920
Scroll hand-painted on paper - With signature of Tani Buncho (1763-1841, reproduction) - Waterfall - Circa 1900 (Meiji period)
Hand painted scroll with seals of the artist Matsumura Keibun 松村景文 (1779-1843) (reproduction) - "Birds on plum trees" - Japan - Late 19th/early 20th century
Polychrome wooden Noh theatre mask of Okina (old man) with seal - Japan - Early 20th century
A high-quality Imari tea cup and saucer - Japan - ca. 1700-1725 (Edo period)
Handpainted scroll with calligraphy by Morohoshi Seisho (1870-?) 諸星成章 - 'Calligraphy, Asahi, Matsu & Tsuru' - Japan - ca. 1900 (Meiji period)
A high-quality 'Kanake(i)-yaki' tea bowl by Koetsu Muroi (b. 1928) - Japan (Kagawa Prefecture) - ca. 1965 (Showa period)
Antique wakizashi with carved and stained bone saya (scabbard) and hilt - Japan - Early 20th century (Late Meiji Period)
Writing box- Japan - Second half 19th century (Edo0 Meiji Period)
Ivory mask netsuke - Japan - late 19th/early 20th century (Meiji period)
Ivory mask netsuke - Japan - late 19th/early 20th century (Meiji period)
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