Hanging scroll - Silk - Peacock on pine tree - With signature 'Shunka' 春香 seal 'Kanjoshi' 管城子 - Japan - ca 1920-30s (Taisho/Showa)
Noh mask - Wood - Ko-omote 小面 (young woman) mask for Noh theater performances - Japan - Early 20th century
Concertina album - Cardboard, Paper - "Koshinjo" 雪融帖 - Een concertina album met 24 schilderingen - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Large ornate Cloisonne plate with flowering peonies - Cloisonne enamel, Copper - Decorated with radishes, gourds, and plum blossoms - Japan - Mid 19th century
Hanging scroll painting - Silk - "Shipping limitation on this order. Please check description" - Thousand cranes - with signature and seal 'Taizan' 堆山 - Japan - 1900 (Meiji)
Small cloisonne vase - Cloisonne enamel - Avec oiseaux et bambous - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
"Kannon okimono" 観音置物 - Pottery - Antique Kannon statue - With tomobako signed 'Shunko saku' 春湖作 - Japan - 1931 (Showa 6)
Dinner plate (1) - Porcelain - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Lacquered (urushi) zushi-shrine with gold lacquered wooden - Woohen - Sitting Kannon bosatsu 観音菩薩 (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) - Japan - Early 19th century
Altar - Natural solid wood and lacquer gold - Altar for Buddhist sculpture - Japan - ca 1950-60s (Showa period)
Book - Hardcover with dustjacket - Netsuke Collection - Eskenazi - Japanese Netsuke from the Lazarnick collection - Japan - 1990
Beautiful dragonfly jizai okimono with box - Copper - Japan - Second half 20th century
Kimono (2) - Silk - kimono set for man with Chinese Lions patterns - Japan - Mid 20th century
Book about lacquer, inro, netsuke - Paper - "The Garrett Collection" - England - 1993
Bugaku mask - Natural solid wood - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Early Showa period)
Single-flower vessel - Bronze - By Oshima Joun (1858-1940) - Decorated in relief with a crab - With signature Jo'un 如雲 - Japan - Early Showa (1920-40)
Hanging scroll calligraphy - Zen-go - Ink, Paper - Calligraphy - Matsumoto Jitsudo (1903-1999) -"Sho-ju Sen-nen no Midori" 松樹千年翠 - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Obi - Silk - Japan - Second half 20th century
Hanging scroll - Silk - Flower and bee - With signature and seal 'Gyokushu' 玉洲 - Japan - ca 1920-30s (Taisho/Showa)
Belt buckle - Satsuma - Porcelain - Japan - Circa 1920/1930
Kimono - Silk - Japan - Mid 20th century
Great dish - Arita, Imari - Porcelain - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Cloisonne bronze bird and flower decor dish (32cm) - Bronze, Cloisonne enamel - Japan - Late 19th century (Meiji period)
Lacquered box - Lacquered wood - Sakura illustration - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Okimono (2) - Bronze - Phoenix - Japan - First half 20th century
Cloisonné teapot, enamel on copper - Cloisonne enamel, Copper - Japan - Late 19th / early 20th century (Meiji period)
Mask - Wood - God of Good Fortune Ebisu 福神惠比壽 - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Satsuma Vase - Earthenware - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Mirror (3) - Bronze - Drie antieke Japanse spiegels met afbeeldingen van bloemen en planten - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji period)
Okimono, By Murata Kinryudo 村田金龍堂 - Sentoku Copper - "Sentoku okimono" 宣徳置物 - Tomobako signed 'Hirayasu Kinryudo zo' 平安村田金龍堂造 - Japan - Late Meiji to early Showa period
Plate (1) - Red green plate hand painted - Porcelain - Bird - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Okimono - Lacquered wood - Kodansu 小箪笥 (Small cabinetl - With signature and seal 'Matsukaze' or 'Shofu' 松風 - Japan - Second half 20th century
Sculpture - Bamboo - God of Good Fortune Ebisu 恵比寿 - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Beautiful original scroll painting - 'Butterfly on Flower' - Handpainted on silk - With signature and seal 'Gyozan' 漁山 - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Early Showa period)
Vase - Bronze - With mark ’Yasuteru’ 保照 - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Vase - Bronze - Tomobako with signature and stamped seal 'Keiseuke saku' 啓祐作 - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Catalogue (6) - Japan auction catalogs of Boisgirard-Antonini, Paris. Approximately 1500 items, English and French - Paper - France - 21st century
Vase - Porcelain - A beautiful Japanese vase (2.6kg) - With mark 'Kan' 館 - Japan - ca 1920-30s (Taisho/Showa)
Kimono - Silk, Wool - with colorful flower patterns - Japan - Mid 20th century
Okimono - Bronze - Kani 蟹 (Crab) - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Kimono - Silk - Japan - Mid 20th century
Netsuke - Wood - Manju - Shoki the Demon Queller wearing a large hat - With signature 'Kazutora' 一虎 and 'Hogetsu' 峰月 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Vase (5) - Kutani, Red And Gold - Porcelain - Bird, Flowers, Warrior - With marks 'Kutani' 九谷 and 'Wataya sei' 綿谷製 - Japan - Early 20th century
Vases (2) - Copper and cloisonné enamel - Japan - ca. 1900 (Meiji Period)
Obi - Satin - Crane and flowers - Japan - Mid 20th century
Cup - Imari - Gilt bronze, Porcelain - Flowers - Japan - Late 19th / Early 20th century (Meiji period)
Hanging scroll painting - Horizontal Hanging Scroll - Silk - Morning sun - Kido Soi (1899-1984) -"Morning sun" - With signature and seal 'So-i' 草衣 - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Cloisonne lidded vase, casket, on copper (3) - Cloisonne enamel, Copper - Japan - Late 19th / early 20th century (Meiji period)
Okimono - Wood - With wooden box - Shishi to 獅子頭 ((Chinese Lion head)) - With signature 'Shunsai' 春斎 - Japan - Second half 20th century
Vase - Copper - Takaoka copperware vase - With mark 'Yoshiyuki' 芳幸 - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Bowl - Pottery - Shino ware bowl made by Seido'in 精道院 - With original signed and stamped tomobako - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Early Showa period)
Satsuma Amida Buddha okimono - Porcelain - Japan - ca 1940s (Early Showa)
Vases (2) - Bronze - Pair of fine bronze vases - With signature 'Soho' 宗甫 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Book - Inro : Japanese Belt Ornaments - The Trumpf Collection - Japan - 2016
Okimono - Natural solid wood and lacquer gold - Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来 (Mahavairocana) - Japan - ca 1960-70s (Late Showa period)
Hanging scroll - Silk - Bird on nankin tree - With signature and seal 'Rinro' 琳琅 - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Showa)
Cloisonne plates and small trays (4) - Cloisonne enamel - grapes; butterflies, flowers birds - China - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Cinema program on board the NVK Hikama Maru about an uchiwa 団 扇 (fan) - Cardboard, Wood - Japan - 1952
Bamboo flower basket - Bamboo - Hand-woven bamboo flower ikebana basket - With signature 'Tonan saku' 豊南作 - Japan - ca 1940-50s (Early Showa period)
A fine pair of dark brown Satsuma vases with makie decoration - Earthenware - Asagao (Morning glories) and with mark 'Hakuzan' 白山 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Hanging scroll calligraphy - Zen-go - Ink, Paper - Calligraphy - Tanaka Shodou (1927-?) - "Sho-ju Sen-nen no Midori" 松樹千年翠 - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Kimono - Satin, Silk - Peony Gold and silver color - Japan - Heisei period (1989-2019)
A large Satsuma vase with Geishas in a mountainous landscape - 40cm tall - Earthenware - Japan - 1930
Lacquer ware/Urushi ware - Lacquer - Japan - 19th and (first half) of the 20th century
Mask - Wood - Hannya 般若, the spirit of a jealous woman - With artist's signature 'Ko' 胡 (?) - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Hanging scroll painting - Silk - Crane - Koda Shunko (1897-1976) - "Cranes" With signature 'Shunko' 春耕 - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Vases (2) - Copper - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Hanging scroll painting - Tomo-bako - Silk - Flying Geese in the Autumn Valley - Miyake Gogyo (1864-1919) -"Flying Geese in the Autumn Valley" - With signature and seal 'Gogyo' 呉暁 - Japan - ca 1900-10s (Late Meiji/Early Taisho)
Netsuke - Elephant ivory - Cane su roccia - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Vase - Kutani - Porcelain - With mark 'Kutani' 九谷 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Hanging scroll - Silk - Sparrows on wisteria tree - With signature and seal 'Shunrei' 春嶺 - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Early Showa period)
Small cloisonne vase - Cloisonne enamel - Avec décor de kiku (chrysanthèmes) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Mask - Natural solid wood - Mask of Furyu 浮立面 for the Menburyu dance in the Kashima area - With signature 'Komori Keiun' 小森恵雲 - Japan - Early Showa period (1930)
Vase - Copper - 'Ginzogan do kabin' 銀象嵌銅花瓶 (Copper Flower Vessel with Silver Inlay) - Japan - ca 1930s (Early Showa)
Case - Tortoiseshell - Japan - Late 19th century (Meiji period)
Octagonal vase - Imari - Bronze, Porcelain - Japan - 19th century
Vase - Ceramic, Gold foils - A beautiful goldleaf vessel - With mark 'Kinkai Kogei Kinki yaki' 金階工芸 金亀焼 - Japan - Early Showa period
Original scroll painting - 'Grasshopper and Flowers' - Handpainted on silk - Signed and sealed 'Mishiro' 美城 (?) - Japan - ca 1920-30s (Taisho/Showa)
Okimono - Cast bronze - Recumbent bull - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Original hand-painted album - Paper - Animal, Bird, Flowers, character - - Paper - Miscellaneous paintings - By By Fukaku 楓閣 (?-?) - Japan - ca 1920s
Satsuma vase - Porcelain - With moriage (raised enamel) and marks 'Made in Japan' and 'Maruni' 丸二 beneath Shimazu family crest - Japan - ca 1910-20s (Late Meiji / Early Taisho)
Netsuke (3) - Marine ivory - Dio della Fortuna Hotei, - Buddha - Karashishi (Leone Cinese) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Hanging scroll painting - Big scroll - Ink, Paper - Ho-ju - Collaborative work by 13 artists -Hōju 宝珠 (Wish-granting Jewel) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Tables (2) - Lacquered wood - Set of two black squared lacquered low tables (zen) - Decorated with moiji (maple leaves) over water - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Noh mask - Wood - 女系 増女 - Onna Kei Zohonna - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
A set of antique wall plaques with ivory and mother of pearl (2) - Lacquered wood, ivory, mother of pearl - Japan - Late 19th century (Meiji period)
A very fine Satsuma jardiniere with figures in landscape scenes - Satsuma - Earthenware - With mark 'Hotoda zo' 保土田造 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Satsuma earthenware scent burner - Satsuma - Ceramic - Japan - ca 1900-20s (Meiji / Taisho)
Inro, Netsuke, Ojime (3) - Bone, Boxwood, Cloisonne enamel, Copper - Ginko - A five-part cloisonné 'inrō' with boxwood 'netsuke' and bone 'ojime' - Japan - ca 1950-60
Rare old hanging scroll - Handpainted on silk - Signed and sealed - "Fukurokuju, God of Wealth, Happiness, Longevity" - Japan - ca 1880 (Meiji period)
Musha Ningyo Japanese Doll Shoki the Demon Queller - Ceramic, Wood - Shoki the Demon Queller met de originele kist - Japan - 2018
Jizai (articulated) turtle okimono - Bronze - With seal 'Hata' はた - Japan - Late 19th century (Meiji period)
Chagama 茶釜 (iron tea kettle) - Bronze - Heavy chagama with cast iron kettle with signed bronze lid and bronze tripod brazier - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Altar cloth embroidered with cedar kamon 家紋 (family crest) - Textile - Japan - 1954
Rare inro in black with gold lacquer and mother of pearl, - Lacquer - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)
Okimono - Copper - Very cute puppy with signature 'Hozan' 芳山 - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Early Showa period)
Plates (2) - Arita, Blue and white - Porcelain - Deer and bamboo - With apocryphal Qing Dynasty Qianlong Mark 大清乾隆年製 - Japan - Late 18th/Early 19th century (Edo period)
Six shunga paintings on silk mounted on a scroll - Silk - Woman - Abuna-e (Dangerous pictures) - Japan - ca 1920s (Taisho/Showa)
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