Japanese Old Wood Carving Maneki Neko 1940s-1970s/Beckoning Cat Animal Sculpture

This is an old Japanese wood carving of a chimpanzee. It is from the mid-Showa period (1940s-1960s). It is made of camphorwood. It is a dynamic work boldly carved from a large tree....

This is an old Japanese monkey wood carving. This wood carving is estimated to have been made between 1950 and 1970. The artist's name and other d...

This is an old carved wood folk art made in Japan. They are modeled after Japanese wartime children. This is a wood carving from the mid-Showa period (1940s-1960s). The carving is b...

This is an old Japanese wood carving of a dog. This wood carving is estimated to have been made between 1920 and 1940. It is carved from zelkova wood. The artist's name and other de...

This is a very old raccoon dog wood carving made in Japan. This wood carving was made in the early Showa period (1900s to 1940s). It is carved from a pine tree. In Japan, there is a...

This is a very old raccoon dog wood carving made in Japan. This wood carving was made in the early Showa period (1900s to 1940s). It is carved from a ...

This wood carving sculpture origins from China, circa 1880.  

An extremely well detailed wood carving of Ebisu, as a fisherman. Beautiful and well detailed sculpture, created in Japan during the Meiji dynastic period (1868-1912) back in the 1890's. This piece represent the god of good fortune Ebisu. Was exceptionally carved and executed from one solid single piece of rose wood, showing a gorgeous face expression, with intricate details in the hands and feets, he's carrying as usual a rod and a fish. Ebisu (yebisu), ???, god of fortune, the ocean and fisherman. In the japanese mythology is one of the seven gods of luck, sichi-fuku-jin, the patron of the fisherman and tradesmen. he is depicted as a bearded, smiling fisherman with formal long court ropes, often carrying a rod in one hand and a tai, symbolic fish of the good luck, in the other. The height is 14.25 inches (36.20 cm) and the base measurements is 6.5 by 6.45 inches (16.5 x 16.38 cm). Meiji period, is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization by Western powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized nation state and emergent great power, influenced by Western scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aesthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign...

This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1970s. Netsuke is a miniature sculpture, originating in 17th century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on...

Very nice highly decorative Shishi face Mask Japan 1940s ,some paint losses . hand carved.

Early 20th century porcelain Maneki Neko, Japan This porcelain Maneki Neko, the good fortune beckoning cat, is a molded seated form with the right raised ...

A Japanese carved paloma wood Okimono of Jurojin (god of longevity with a turtle). A symbol of long life, the sculpture also depicts a young boy representing the beginning of life. Carved from one piece of boxwood with a beautiful rich patina. Jurojin originated from the Chinese Daoist god, the old man of the South Pole, he may have been a historical figure of the Northern Song Dynasty...