- No Reserve Important Antique 12th century
Japanese - 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....
[more like this] - Isamu Noguchi. Akari, model UF4-L10.
1951 / 21st century, washi paper, lacquered steel. 76½ h × 18 w × 18 d in. result: $1,386. estimate: $1,000–1,500. Stamped signature and ideogram to shade ‘I. Noguchi...
[more like this] - 20TH C. JAPANESE MEIJI NEGORO LACQUERED
JUBAKO & 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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - JAPANESE MUROMACHI STEEL & LACQUERED
WOOD 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...
[more like this] - EARLY 20TH C. JAPANESE MEIJI NEGORO
LACQUERED 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...
[more like this] - SIGNED 1650S JAPANESE EDO WAKIZASHI
BY 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...
[more like this] - 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...
[more like this] - (2) JAPANESE PLATINUM & BLUE OITA FOUNTAIN
PENS(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,...
[more like this] - QUEEN ANNE GILT DECORATED JAPANNED CABINET
ON STAND18th Century. The cabinet with two doors fitted with brass plates, decorated in gilt with figures in exotic landscapes, the sides with bail handles, the interior with...
[more like this] - Two Zelkova Wood Shop Signboards, Kanban
PHARMACEUTICAL
KANBAN: EDO PERIOD, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY; EYEGLASS KANBAN: MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY
each of rectangular form, the eyeglass shop kanban with gilt and polychrome highlighted...
[more like this] - AN EIGHT-PANEL JAPANESE FOLDING SCREEN
OF 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...
[more like this] - * A Collection of Japanese Art Reference
Books 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...
[more like this] - Very Rare Pair of Japanese Six-Panel
Byobu (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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