About Cave Gallery
The Cave is a study of spacial relationships. It’s a cultural experience center with no beginning, middle or end. It has no shape and is closer to a liquid form of ideas than anything physical. Whatever objects, conversations, or gestures have arrived here is something like a coral reef; an accumulation supporting and sustaining life. Created by Max King in 2018, Cave is a way of seeing the rich text of the world we inhabit. Bringing together iconic international designers, found objects and the natural world through a unique perspective. Entering the Cave invites you t...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Shogo Okamoto 20th Century Japanese Fish Signed Copperplate Print
Located in Vancouver, BC
Incredibly hand done copperplate etching print of a pair of fish. I can't make out the name of the artist but it is signed and is an edition of 77/150 - dated 1983
Printmaker Shogo Okamoto...
Category
Vintage 1980s Japanese Drawings
Materials
Other
Early 20th Century Tsuboya-yaki Ceramic Fish Dish Okinawa
Located in Vancouver, BC
Incredible piece of Tsuboya-yaki or Tsuboya ware which comes from the Okinawa region of Japan. Most likely from the Taisho period (1912-1926) when there was a resurgence of popularit...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Clay, Pottery
Early 20th Century Japanese Small Plate
Located in Vancouver, BC
Beautifully crafted small plate from Japan. As you can see in the images only a small circle motif of the plate was left unglazed. It has a primitive feeling and old world energy. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Early 20th Century Japanese Braided Blown Glass Cups
Located in Vancouver, BC
Touched by the most talented glassmakers of Japan. Braided for your pleasure.
This pair of beach glass style cups are an incredible piece of design from the opaque colour of the gr...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Glass
Materials
Glass, Blown Glass
Early 20th Century Japanese Hand Painted Ceramic Abstract Motif Miro
Located in Vancouver, BC
A wonderfully one of a kind ceramic. Porcelain glazed on earthenware clay.
Signed on the back.
A great addition to your collection.
The maker is unknown but it has VERY distinct ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Fulvio Bianconi - Designi di BIANCONI
By Fulvio Bianconi, Fulvio Bianconi
Located in Vancouver, BC
Extremely uncommon Fulvio Bianconi
Milan, circa 1959. Small folio, cloth with jacket, 72pp. one of 500 copies, signed by Bianconi with an additional inscription initiated by Bianco...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Books
Materials
Paper
1st edition 1965 Peter Beard 'End of the Game' Viking Press
By Peter Beard
Located in Vancouver, BC
“The deeper the white man went into Africa, the faster the life flowed out of it, off the plains and out of the bush…vanishing in acres of trophies and hides and carcasses” proclaimed renowned photographer and artist Peter Beard in his 1965 seminal publication The End Game, a tome highlighting the atrocities of man made destruction done to Africa’s wildlife in the National Parks of Kenya’s Tsavo lowlands and Uganda.
An incredible 1st edition issue of "End of the Game...
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Early 20th Century African Milk Vessel Uganda Hima Ekyanzi
Located in Vancouver, BC
An incredibly unique wooden vessel carved from a single piece of wood in Uganda. The shape, design and decorative nature of this piece separates from anything else you will find.
Th...
Category
Early 20th Century Ugandan Vases
Materials
Aluminum
Antique 20th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl with Ship Motif
Located in Vancouver, BC
A beautiful porcelain bowl from Japan. A piece which has unique characteristics such as the mythical boat motif in the centre of the bowl.
It has a special feeling - somewhat minima...
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
1970's Nicaraguan Mask Folk Art
Located in Vancouver, BC
A traditional Indian dance mask from the town of Monimbo, adopted by the rebels during the fight against Somoza. These were worn in order to conceal one's identity.
It is a very un...
Category
Vintage 1970s Nicaraguan Folk Art Masks
Materials
Metal, Wire
Antique 20th Century Japanese Porcelain Bowl with Boat Motif
Located in Vancouver, BC
A beautiful porcelain bowl from Japan. A piece which has unique characteristics such as the mythical boat motif in the centre of the bowl.
It has a special feeling - somewhat minima...
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Porcelain
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquered Wooden Spoon Shamoji
Located in Vancouver, BC
This incredibly beautiful and functional red lacquered hardwood spoon is truly one of a kind. The deep matte like finish of the red lacquer over the wood make this something worth ow...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Arts and Crafts Tableware
Materials
Wood, Hardwood
