Large Antique Bronze Japanese Statue Decorated Shou Lao and Turtle

A Japanese Satsuma figure, Large size, Meiji period. There are also turtles on the planter. Very nice craftmenship. Additional information: Material: Porcelain & Pottery Region of O...

Lovely and very detailed piece. . If someone were to bring up the topic of Japanese antiques, what images would come to your mind? Kimono? Swords? Armor? Possibly netsuke? A few might even know what an inro is. How about the yatate? I have shown a yatate to many of my Japanese acquaintances here in Tokyo, and was surprised to discover that most did not even know what it was! Artists and calligraphers usually knew right away, though. A yatate (pronounced yah-tah-teh) is a Japanese portable writing set. The yatate has been around since the Kamakura period (1185-1333). It contains a traditional Japanese bamboo brush and an ink pot filled with cotton or silk which holds liquid sumi ink. Yatate literally means "arrow Stand." The Japanese traditional way of writing is with a brush (fude) and ink (sumi). Before the invention of the yatate, whenever anyone wanted to write or draw in ink, he had to make his own ink by grinding the ink stick...

Nicely made and large incense burner or Okimono of a turtle. In earthenware with nice patina. Shimane Prefecture Iwayaki (Nagahama Yaki) Turtle figurine. The head and part of the bac...

Absolute top Quality vase with superb decoration of flowers Cloisonné is a way of enamelling an object, (typically made of copper) whereby fine wires are used to delineate the dec...

Material: bronze 69 cm high 38 cm wide and 23 cm deep Weight: 20 kgs With traces of 24 krt. gilding Bhumisparsha mudra Originating from Laos 17-18th century Very nice quality !

Magnificent and powerful, fantastically sculptural, ferocious bronze Japanese writhing sea dragon candleholder is coiled around itself, with an uplifted head and a stylized plume of ...

Antique terracotta figures Han style from my private collection: collected about 35 years ago and never exibited to the public. One is very ancient, the other one is more recent. The prices are different, but an expert can understand the value. A certificate Oxford test would be needed: I don't have it, so I'm accepting offers: I want to close my activities and I have a beautiful Chinese collection, see the other ones published under my name enrica pasino.

Large Thai bronze sitting buddha.