No Reserve Important Antique 12th centuryJapanese - carved wood figure of a seated Buddha. Unkei (1150–1223). Dated 1198 Kamakura period. Carved in the warihagi zukuri technique and seated in the lotus position....
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Antique 12th century Japanese Jizo bodhisattvastanding wood figure Buddha. Kamakura period (1185–1333). Partial gilt lacquer and ochre pigment & lacquer colours can still be seen in places. The original alms or rice...
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JAPANESE SWORD20th Century JapaneseAntique Style Hand Made Sword in Yellow Lacquer Scabbard. Gilt metal lady bug form push lock. Overall measures 41-3/4". Condition: Scabbard has some wear to the surfcae at...
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JAPANESE RED LACQUERED BAMBOO WICKERBASKET Japanese Red Lacquered Bamboo Wicker Basket decorated with the flower of life symbol to the interior and with a bowed handle, 16th century or later, four character...
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PAIR OF 'SAWASA' PARCEL-GILT HANDLEDCUPS
CHINESE OR JAPANESE, 18TH CENTURY ????? ???? ???????????????each with rounded sides resting on a ring foot rising to a foliated mouth, the exterior covered in black lacquer...
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WORKS OF ART REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION??????????????????????????????????????????????Including: Chinese works of art, cloisonne enamel, archaic bronze, furniture, Buddhist art, Scholar's pieces etc, in total 36...
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ASIAN BENCH AND STAND. Twentieth century.Japanese lacquered kimono stand. Surface and end loss with some touch up, 48"h. 53.5"w. And a Chinese bench with pierce carved splats. Seat has shrinkage, edge loss and split....
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A JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER AND MOTHER-OF-PEARLINLAID LOW...A Japanese Black Lacquer and Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Low Table, Ryukyuan 17th century or later, rectangular top with a figural scene in a landscape, on cabriole...
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20TH C. JAPANESE MEIJI NEGORO LACQUEREDJUBAKO & TRAYEast Asia, Japan, Meiji era, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful vintage stacking jubako (bento) container with three separate boxes, a lid, and tray - all...
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SIGNED JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL KO-WAKIZASHI& BOOKEast Asia, Japan, late Muromachi period, ca. 1500 to 1550 CE, signed by Kanehisa. A beautiful example of a ko-wakizashi with a single-edged steel blade that is slightly...
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JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL & LACQUEREDWOOD WAKIZASHIEast Asia, Japan, late Muromachi period, ca. third quarter of the 16th century CE. A beautiful wakizashi with a single-edged blade, a lacquered (urushi) wood...
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EARLY 20TH C. JAPANESE MEIJI NEGOROLACQUERED TRAYSEast Asia, Japan, Meiji Period, ca. early 20th century CE. A lovely pair of Negoro lacquered wood trays, one is a lengthy ovoid form and the other a discoidal...
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SIGNED 1650S JAPANESE EDO WAKIZASHIBY BISHU OSAFUNEEast Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. mid-17th century, signed "Bishu Osafune" on tang. A forged steel wakizashi blade of elegant shinogi-zukuri form bearing...
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17TH C. JAPANESE EDO STEEL KATANA W/GILT BRASS MENUKIEast Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. early 17th century CE. A forged steel katana blade of nice length exhibiting a shinogi-zukuri shape and a shortened...
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(2) JAPANESE PLATINUM & BLUE OITA FOUNTAINPENS(lot of 2) Japanese fountain pens, including: (1) Japan Blue, Oita, hammered aluminum cap and barrel in an anodized purplish-blue indigo finish, Sailor 14-karat-gold nib,...
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JAPANESDE CINNABAR LACQUER INRO20thCentury. Possibly Chinese, made for the Japanese market. The tree compartments decorated with figures on an outdoor patio, the reverse with a village set in a mountainous...
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JAPANESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACKLACQUER INRO20th Century. The four compartments decorated on each side with a tiger in a landscape. Height 3 in. (Cond: good)...
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COLLECTION OF JAPANESE LACQUER BOXES20thCentury. Including rectangular lidded boxes and lidded circular examples, containing sets of small trays, one with a nest of bowls, all with gilt highlights, mainly foliage....
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AN EIGHT-PANEL JAPANESE FOLDING SCREENOF THE TALE OF GENJI Meiji or Taisho period, early 20th century, silk with colors and ink, the screen illustrates a passage from the novel The Tale of Genji written in the...
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THREE ASIAN LACQUERWARE STACKED BOXES.Twentieth century. Two Japanese boxes with handles. Shrimp (wear and splits), 9"h. 7.5"w. and hexagonal Tsugaru Nuri box with three interior compartments. Repaired handle....
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FIVE ARTWORKS INCLUDING DONN DEVITA.Twentieth century. Three etchings by "Louhp". Signed and numbered. Two plants, 9.75". 5.25"w., 9.75"h. 8"w. and an artist, 12.75"h. 8.75"w., and a Japanese figure of a woman...
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JAMES MONT ASIAN MODERN CARVED WOODTABLE LAMPS 2 James Mont Asian Mid-Century Modern pair of table lamps in cherry lacquer and carved wood, each mounted with a Japanese carved wood figure, with original wooden...
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JAPANESE SWORD W/ KAPPA ORNAMENTS, 16THCENTURY A 16th Century Japanese sword, the textured pommel guard of indeterminate design, the [splitting] ray-skin wrapped wooden hilt with a matching pair of two-tone metal...
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ASIAN BENCH AND STAND. Twentieth century.Japanese lacquered kimono stand. Surface and end loss with some touch up, 48"h. 53.5"w. And a Chinese bench with pierce carved splats. Seat has shrinkage, edge loss and split....
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JAPANESE BLACK LACQUER ALTAR TABLE,19TH C. Japanese black lacquer altar table with cloud-form joints, red-painted borders, and incised patinated metal decoration, nineteenth century. 13.5" H x 24.5" W x 12.25"...
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Japanese Edo Period Katana Sword19thcentury or earlier the tang signed on both sides a prominent hamon along the blade iron tsuba matching temple dog menuki lacquered wooden saya with remnants of antique paper...
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Japanese yari (spear), triangular bladeset in lacquered and brassbound shaft with abalone inlay, paper label taped to shaft "…Hickory Museum of Art…", 17th century, 48-1/2 in. Blade with...
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Japanese namban lacquered coffer, domedlid, two drawers, elaborate bronze fittings, gold maki and abalone inlay, cartouches with birds, trees, back and interior with leafy vines, 16th or 17th century, 15-3/4 x...
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* A Collection of Japanese Art ReferenceBooks each hardcover comprising Watson William Sculpture of Japan: from the fifth to the fifteenth century London 1959; Herberts Kurt Oriental Lacquer: Art and Technique New...
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Japanese Gilt Lacquered Wood Buddha18thcentury seated on lotus carved base supports pierced petal shaped mandorla with gilt metal headdress inset glass eyes and an inset stone ''Third Eye.''25 in.Minor chipping...
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Japanese Buddhist Bronze Gong19th centuryhammered surface open ovoid form artist signed with red lacquered and hide covered strike.11.5 x 14.5 in. diameterAttractive patina....
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EARLY JAPANESE BUDDHA - 17th centuryJapanese Lacquered Wood Standing Buddha in red and black with gilt detail he is depicted holding a lotus box to his chest in his left hand his open right hand at his side...
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Two Kano School Six-Panel Screens Japanese,17th century, ink, color, gold leaf on paper, each with Chinese court scene: one with red-lacquered frame, meeting of a court official and possibly a Mongol envoy, the delegation...
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Very Rare Pair of Japanese Six-PanelByobu (Floor Screens), 18th century, Edo Period, each panel executed in gouache on paper with gold foil borders at the top and base, bordered in the original silk brocade...
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JAPANESE NAMBAN PLAQUES- Circa 1620-probably sourced from popular engravings of European 17th century fashions. In lacquer over wood with applied brass copper lead and ivory sections. Backed with fine silk brocade....
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Interesting Collection of Eight Snuffand Sweetmeat Boxes, 18th-20th centuries, consisting of a good Meissen porcelain snuffbox, 1756-1780, a Limoges Porcelain "Liberte" bicentennial snuffbox, 1989, a brass-mounted...
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