Japanese Skeleton Boxwood Netsuke Late Edo Period

Japanese meiji period mixed metal box. The box formed in a kidney shape decorated with swimming koi carp fish throughout. Each koi with intricate detailing wi...

The charming figure, carved from a single piece of wood is exceptionally carved showing the male figure with humorous expression holding two Rabbits one by the ears and the second under his arm. A third Rabbit stands at the feet of the male looking up, each rabbit with a different expression. The male figure is wearing traditional Japanese attire with his hair tied back stood upon a naturalistic base. The figure dates to the Meiji Period (1868-1912) circa 1900. Notes The Rabbit is one of the 12 animals to feature in the Japanese Zodiac signs which follows the Chinese astrological system along with the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. Such division is connected with the Jupiter cycle around the Sun, which lasts about 12 years. As 2023 is the year of the Rabbit...

Japanese cloisonne enamel vase. The vase of ovoid form with circular opening, black enamel glaze and silver mounted rims. Boldly decorated with autumnal flowers and birds. To the top and bottom geometric patterns finish the vase. Notes Ando Cloisonné...

Japanese Komai style iron damascene dish. The dish decorated with a landscape scene worked in gold and silver nunomezogan on a matt black ground with a ...

Unusual Casting of a Pheasant in Flight From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese bronze okimono of a Pheasant upon a naturalistic root wood base. The Ph...

Antique 18th century fruitwood carved Memento Mori Skull. The skull of petrified display powerfully carved in the form of a human skull consisting of the cranium, upper and lower jaws, the cadaverous face with deliberate missing tooth in brown wash patination throughout. Stood upon a small marble base with the skull attaching via a dowel fitting. The Skull probably from German origin. Notes  From approximately the sixteenth century, skulls were commonly used to remember death as they symbolise the transience of human life. Memento Mori literal Latin translation means remember that you [have to] die. The concept has its roots in the philosophers of classical antiquity, and appeared in funeral art and architecture of the medieval period. Memento Mori jewellery...

Japanese rare late Edo period large Imperial Gosho Ningyo doll. The piece depicts a cute chubby child with very white skin, small limbs and big head with ...

A rare Edo period (17th century-18th century) Japanese lion mask for the Gion Festival. This mask was part of a two-man costume, with one man holding the mask and the other at the back covered with fabric to perform the traditional Lion Dance...

Japanese Lion Gion Festival Dance Mask, Lacquered wood, Late Edo period This lion mask can be found at the head of a float in the Gion festival. It is...

A Japanese sculpted wood Ike mask produced during the Edo Period (1603-1868) around 1850, depicting a devil face. Highly detailed, the mask has inserted eyes and hair attached to it.

An extremely rare Japanese Edo period Kyogen mask of a Nio guardian king, a ferocious native deity often associated with the Naga Dragon Kings, who convert...

Japanese Edo period carved and hand painted wood plaque for a Buddhist temple interior, with lotus blossoms, a crane and lotus leaf shelves to disp...