Red-lacuqered gigaku mask of Chido 治道面 - Japan - ca. 1960
Okimono of a water carrier, sectional Ivory - Japan - ca. 1910-1920 (Meiji/Taisho period)
Antique tabako-bon 煙草盆 ashtray with 2 pipes - Smoking set used in the tea ceremony - Japan - Early 20th century (Meiji period)
Cloisonné enamel on copper dish decorated with flowers and birds - Japan - Late 19th century
A 'murashi-do' patinated bronze 'ikebana' vase meant for the tea ceremony, by Kobori Masaharu (b. 1956)- Japan - ca 1975-1980 (Showa period)
Iro-tomesode (not black, another colour) vintage kimono with 3 family emblems in silk - Japan - Mid-20th century
Calligraphy on silk hanging scroll by Koga Michitsune (1842-1925) 久我通久 - "National Anthem of Japan" - Japan - Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Hand painted hanging scroll by Tajika Chikuson 田近竹邨 (ca.1864-1922) "Landscape" - Japan - ca. 1910-1920 (Meiji period) w/box
Kutani colored vase - Japan - early 20th century
A vintage copper mirror, finely cranes relief - Signed 'Fujiwara Shigetsugu'人見和泉守藤原重次' - Japan - Mid to late 19th century (Edo/Meiji)
Antique pewter dish - Samurai hunting. - Japan - Late 19th/Early 20th century
Lacquered matcha (green tea) tea caddy, maki-e design of bamboo grass by 'Heian Koetsu' (?) 平安幸悦 - Japan - Early 20th century
Hand painted hanging scroll - Signed 'Kanzan' 関山 - "Kingfisher on Tree" - Japan - ca. 1920-30 (Taisho period)
Two blue and white Arita porcelain mugs decorated with calligraphy and flowers - Japan - 19th century
Silk kimono with exquisite embroidery decoration of crane and chrysanthemum pattern on antique temple patterns - Japan - Mid 20th century
Porcelain Arita plate Mount Fuji - Japan - 18th/19th century (Edo period)
Satsuma Vase with figures - Japan - 19th century (Meiji period)
Antique Arita lidded dragon bowl - Japan - 18th century
Painting on a roll - Lion dance with musicians - Signed 'Takanobu' 考信 - Japan - 19th century
Vintage silk Haori - Japan - Mid-20th century
3 sake cups with tray on legs in red lacquered wood - Japan - Mid-20th century
Beautiful Imari paradise bird oval porcelain plate - Japan - Late 18th/Early 19th
A wakizashi samurai short sword - Japan - ca. 1920-30
Antique cloisonné vase - With 'Dai Min' 大明' mark - Japan - Meiji period (1868–1912)
Ancient Satsuma Vase with Kannon and Rakan (Arhats) - Signed "Senzan" 泉山 (?) - Japan - Circa 1920
Vintage Haori in Silk - Japan - Mid-20th century
Lacquered plate - Kanazawa, Japan - circa 1900
Arita chawan with two scholars marked 'Gorodayu' 五郎太夫 - Japan - ca. 1800-50 (late Edo period)
Ivory bonsai watering can - Japan - circa 1900 (Meiji period)
Vintage silk Haori - Japan -Mid-20th century
Wonderful series of porcelain Imari cups and saucers (rooster and hen) - Japan - 19th century
Large hand-painted hanging scroll - Oshamo 大軍鶏 and keitō 鶏頭 ('Fighting cock and cockscomb flowers') - Japan - ca. 1940-50s
Kyoto Satsuma shishi (Chinese dog) censer and a Dragon vase - Japan - ca. 1930-1940
Vintage copper vase, bird deign - Signed 'Tadaichi saku' 菫一作 - Japan - ca. 1900
Ivory okimono - 'Kneeling geisha' - Signed - Japan - around 1900-30 (Meiji/Taisho period)
Imari chawan (lidded bowl) with dragons and butterflies marked "fuku" - Japan - ca. 1770-90 (Edo Period)
Two Ichimatsu ningyo (doll) - Japan - First half of the 20th century
Ivory okimono - "Farm labourer" - Signed 'Katayama' (?) 姿山 - Japan - ca. 1900 (Meiji period)
Porcelain Soy bottle - Japan - ca. 1900
Scroll painting 'Winter landscape' - Signed 'Koun' 耕雲 - Japan - 1912
Vintage Michiyuki in Silk - Japan - Mid-20th Century
Two Satsuma porcelains - One marked 'Satsuma Hotoda' 薩摩保土田 - Japan - circa 1920 and 1900
Hand painted hanging scroll - Signed 'Oohashi Suiseki' 大橋翠石 (ca. 1865-1945) (Reproduction) - "Tiger in Snow" - Japan - ca. 1930-40 Showa Period w/box
Stag horn netsuke - Chinese philosopher - Japan - around 1920
Bronze or brass page turner - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Great erotic book – Japan – Beginning of 20th century
A stag horn netsuke of Gama Sennin carrying a gourd - Japan - early 20th century
A signed hanging scroll (kakejiku) - A pair of geese in front of a watery sun above a field of reed - Japan - ca. 1950 (Showa period)
Ivory sculpture, well defined, with maker's mark - Japan - Circa 1930
Antique lacquer makie 蒔絵 tabako-bon 煙草盆 - Smoking set used in the tea ceremony - Japan - Mid to late 19th century (Edo/Meiji period)
Noh mask - Koushi kojo - with signature - Japan - 1972 (Shōwa period)
Hanging scroll by Shijo School artist Takebe Hakuho 武部白鳳 (1871-1927) - "Swallow on willow branch" - Japan - Early 20th century
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