Netsuke - Stag antler - 'Buddha's Nostril' - Large column at Nara's Todaiji - Marked 'Nanbu Daibutsu hashira' 南部大佛柱 - Japan - Taishō period (1912-1926)
Letter opener - oxhorn - Decorated with pine cones and pine needles - Japan - Early 20th century
Tanto - Bone - Japan - Early 20th century
Okimono - Bronze - With relief decoration of a dancing tennyo 天女 (celestial being) - Japan - ca 1930-40 (Early Showa period)
Shaving bowl - Imari - Earthenware - Flowers - Scheerbekken - Japan - 18th century
Hanging scroll - Silk - Tokiwa Gozen - With seal 'Kaizan' 海山 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Altar - Natural solid lacquered wood - Exquisitely carved wooden stand for Buddhist sculpture - Japan - ca 1950-60s (Showa period)
Early 1700s Imari charger - Porcelain - Japan - Early 18th century
Hiradaiko 平太鼓 drum with religious dragons paintings and signed - Wood - Japan - Early 20th century
Arita Sometsuke Wall Plate (Peonies) - Blue and white - Porcelain - Flowers - Japan - 19th century
Kagura mask of Okame お亀 - Natural wood - Wood - Japan - Second half 20th century
Cloisonne vase - Copper cloisonne etc. - Cloisonne enamel - Vaas - Japan - First half 20th century
Kimono - Silk - With fly crane pattern - Japan - Mid 20th century
Original japanese cloisonne card dish by Ando - Cloisonne enamel - Japan - Second half 20th century
Hanging scroll - Silk - Bird on Sakura tree - With signature 'Taigen' 泰嚴 and seal 'Tomita' 富田 - Japan - Early 20th century
Imari bowl and dish (4) - Imari - Porcelain - Japan - 19th century
Five soroban (traditional abacuses) with carved company names (5) - Bamboo, Wood - Japan - ca. 1930-1950s
Fine jar - Porcelain - Marked 'Kaga Kuni Matsubara (?) sei' 加賀国松原製 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Noh mask - Lacquer, Wood - Uba 姥 '(old woman) - With seal 'Un' 雲 - Japan - Second half 20th century
Bowl - Blue and white - Ceramic - An openwork fruit bowl - Marked - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Okimono of a Buddhist monk or sonja 尊者 - Bronze - Japan - Early 20th century
Plate - Blue and white - Porcelain - Japan - Mid Edo period
Sake set (7) - Koi fish - Lacquer - 7 sake bowls with lids - Japan - Taishō period (1912-1926)
Pipe and pipeholder (kiseru) - Wood - Japan - Taishō period (1912-1926)
Kimono - Silk - Heren samurai kimono XXL - Japan - Mid 20th century
Tea bowl (chawan) - Earthenware - A signed Ohi-'yaki' 'ame-yu' glazed tea bowl for the green tea ceremony - Japan - ca 1960s (Showa period)
Tetsubin - Cast iron - Nanbu tekki 南部鉄瓶 (Nanbu cast iron teapot) - Japan - Taishō period (1912-1926)
Tea cups and saucers (12) - Imari - Earthenware - Flowers - Japan - 18th century
Vase - Bronze - Japan - Late 19th century (Meiji period)
glass negatives (19) - Cardboard, Glass - 19 Japanse glasnegatieven & origineel opbergdoosje - Variabele afbeeldingen - Japan - ca 1920-30
Vintage Satsuma Moriage Incense Burner Pot Foo Dog - Porcelain - Marked 'Kinkozan zo' 錦光山造 - Japan - ca 1930s (Early Showa period)
Vase - Cloisonne enamel - With apocryphal Ming Dynasty Mark 'Great Ming' 大明 - China - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Censer - Bronze - With mark 'Dai Nippon Kyoto Yoshida zo' 大日本京都吉田造 - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Two Imari porcelain cups and saucers - Porcelain - Japan - 18th century
Arita Sometsuke Wall Plate (Peonies) - Blue and white - Porcelain - Flowers - Japan - 19th century
Noh mask - Dry lacquer - Mask of Okina 翁面 - With signature and seal 'Gyokushu' 玉秀 - Japan - ca 1940-50s (Early Showa period)
Old very beautiful scroll painting, incl. tomobako (storage box) - Handpainted on silk - 'Singing Swallow on a Willow Tree' - With signature 'Tamada...' 玉田... - Japan - ca 1920-30 (Late Taisho/Early Showa period)
Mask - Cast iron - Nio 仁王 (Benevolent King), Protector of Buddhism - With seal - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Large votive candle holder or lamp base - Imari - Porcelain - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Sewing box with fine detail - Lacquer, Wood - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Bowl (2) - Porcelain - Imari octagonal bowls - Japan - 18th century
6 antique Japanese lacquer boxes (6) - Lacquer, Wood - Crane - Japan - Early 20th century
Antique octagonal charger - Imari - Porcelain - Marked 'Fuku' 福 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Figurine(s), Hagoita b 子 板 (battledore) and cloth figurines (5) - Paper, Silk, Wood - Japan - First half 20th century
Noh mask - Lacquered wood, Wood - Ko-omote 小面 (young woman) - Japan - Early 20th century
Mount Fuji smoking service, music box - regulates copper, gold and silver patina - Japan - 1950-1960
Tea caddy, with wood case and bag shifuku 仕覆 - Lacquer, Wood - Flowers - Japan - Mid 20th century
Dressing table & mirror - Brass, Wood - Antieke Japanse kaptafel met drie laadjes en groot formaat messing spiegel - Japan - ca 1920
Obi - Satin - Japanese pattern - Japan - Second half 20th century
Bronze Lobster. Crab (2) - Bronze - Japan - Second half 20th century
Vase - Satsuma - Earthenware - Children, Geisha - Marked 'Maruni' 丸二 - Japan - First half 20th century
Tobacco pipe (kiseru) complete with leather pouch - Wood - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Kimono - Silk - with Japanese treasure patterns - Japan - Mid 20th century
Plate - Imari - Porcelain - Decorated with birds, peonies and bands of clouds - Japan - Late 19th century
Noh mask - Wood - Wooden mask of Ko 大 or O-beshimi 小癋見 (?) - Japan - Late 19th / Early 20th century (Meiji period)
Figure, Okimono - Kutani - Porcelain - Bijin - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Taisho to early Showa period)
Tea set (3) - Imari - Porcelain - Peony - Japan - Early 19th century
Calligraphy, Hanging scroll - Ink, Paper - Calligraphy - "Meigetsu seifu wo harau" 明月払清風 (The clear breeze wipes away the bright moonlight) - Japan - Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Tetsubin - Cast iron - Decorated with bamboo grove and birds - Marked 'Nanbu tekki Iwaju' 南部鉄器岩壽 - Japan - ca 1930-40s (Early Showa period)
Okimono - Marine ivory - Kan'u (Guan Yu) con oni e rospo - Japan - Mid 19th century
Vasi di bronzo con fenice (2) - Bronze - Con marchio apocrifo Chenghua della Dinastia Ming 大明宣德年制 - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Kyobako 経 箱 (Sutra box) - Gold, Lacquer, Wood - Decorated with mon 紋 (family crests) - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Kimono - Silk - with lozenge pattern - Japan - Mid 20th century
Dish - Cloisonne enamel - Bird, Flowers - Japan - ca 1900 (Meiji Period)
Inro, Dark brown lacquered inro in 5 pieces, with extensive mother of pearl (raden) inlay in different - Lacquered wood, Mother of pearl - Japan - Taishō period (1912-1926)
Obi - Beautiful birds design silk obi - Silk , cotton - Japan - Mid 20th century
Okimono - Marine ivory - Fisherman - With signature 'Koji' or 'Mitsuji' 光二 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Wooden mask - Lacquered wood - Inscribed with '1911 KY' - Elder, possibly a foreigner - Japan - Early 20th century
A pair of mirrored Kutani vases - Kutani - Porcelain - Gemerkt 'Kutani sei' 九谷製 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Pipe, Pipe and pipe holder (kiseru), complete with leather pouch with mount Fuiji design. - Leather - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Plate - Arita, Blue and white - Porcelain - Transfer print export plate - Japan - Early 20th century
Okimono - Bronze - Carp, Water Lilies - Incense Holder - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Teapot - Satsuma - Porcelain - Samurai and court ladies - Teekanne - Mit der Marke "Senshu zo" 仙舟造 - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
Inro, 5 piece dark brown lacquered inro with gold leaf decoration - Lacquered wood - Japan - Mid 19th century (Late Edo/Early Meiji)
Original old scroll painting - 'Cranes and Pine' - Handpainted on silk - With signature 'Oju Nankoku' 応需南谷 (By request) and seal 'Nankoku' 南谷 - Japan - First half 20th century
Netsuke - Ivory - Mask - Signed 'Matsuda' 松田 - Japan - ca. 1870-80 (Meiji period)
Lantern (2) - Bronze, Gilt brass - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)
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