Raku Kichizaemon XI Keinyu

From our most recent Japanese acquisitions Rare Hand-Painted Double Tea Master Scroll (2) entitled: Tea Ceremony Rules of Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818) Includes a later wooden col...

Mint condition From Japan, a hard to find and unusual hand-built, painted and glazed tea bowl featuring "flying bats" - signs of good fortune, created over thirty years ago. A stunn...

Exquisite Japanese signed and hand painted porcelain mizusashi/Water Jar features an attractive automn scene in warm orange and yellow on a white background and two intricate pattern in yellow and deep blue decorating the rim and base. Gold accents add another layer of elegance to this stunning piece. With its matching lid, this piece is classified as a tomobuta (matching lid) type. The exterior palette is playfully repeated on the reverse side of the lid. Mizusashi is a lidded fresh water jar used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony...

A fine antique Chinese coral glazed porcelain brush washer or inkwell decorated with a bamboo sprig and dating from the early Guangxu reign 1875-...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions with original signed box. A finely cast Japanese traditional iron teapot -chagama- with a wonderful relief band and design of summer time bam...

A small Korean ceramic water dropper in square form on four corner feet, circa 19th century late Joseon Dynasty. The piece features an underglaze blue pa...

A very fine and attractive pair of graduated Chinese turquoise glazed dogs of foo figures dating from the first half of the 20th century. The hollow biscui...

A Korean ceramic water dropper in the form of fog circa early 20th century likely from Japanese colonial time post 1910s. The animal form features under...

A small Korean ceramic water dropper in square form circa 19th century late Joseon Dynasty. It features an underglaze blue painting of a full cluster of ...

A modern Japanese ceramic tea bowl (chawan) made by potter Toyoda Katsuhiko (1945-). The bowl was potted in clog form with a short ring foot in the tradition of Shino ware...

A ceramic dish with high cylindrical foot in white glaze from Korea, circa 19th century Joseon Dynasty. By shape, this piece is most likely a ceremonial vessel that was used to make offerings on the altar. Although without inscription, we can't rule out that it could be a household item for occasions that were less formal. Such as a private shrine in the household. During Joseon dynasty, the social morals were largely centered on the principles of Confucianism that originated from China. Many ritual ceramic wares were produced for rituals and worships on all level of the society. The ware were often modeled after the archaic bronze ware that elevated them from the aesthetic of daily use pieces. High foot dish like this were made in both round and square shape to suite different use but they were all distinguished with the inscription for their exclusive ceremonial purpose. Of elegant form and harmonious proportion, this stem dish...

An antique Korean ritual incense burner circa 19th century, late Joseon dynasty. It was made in Bunwon Kiln in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Do, near Seoul. The ceramic container has a thickly b...