Modern Asian Art and Furniture
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Modern
Jane Wooster Scott Signed and Numbered Serigraph Framed Art "Carefree Days"
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Jane Wooster Scott signed and numbered Serigraph framed art "Carefree Days". Item features an original signature and number, plexiglass front, nice frame, very nice item, great style...
Category
1980s Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Plexiglass
Fine Japanese Couture Shibori Silk Furisode Kimono with Under Garment
Located in Atlanta, GA
A spectacular Japanese silk kimono set with an outer furisode and an inner garment circa 1960-80s. The long sleeve furisode is of couture quality and made m...
Category
1960s Japanese Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Modern Japanese Studio Pottery Oribe Tea Pot by Ken Matsuzaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary studio ceramic tea pot with metal handle made by Japanese potter Ken Matsuzaki (1950-). The stoneware tea pot showcases a thick dripping Oribe green glaze partially revealing the unglazed part of the body, which is decorated with scrolling pattern of ash glaze. The work is rooted in both Yohen Shino glaze technique and Oribe tradition, but interestingly it also paid homage to Sancai pottery...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Hepburn Settee
Located in Carmel, CA
The Hepburn Settee is part of the Modern Hepburn collection that sets a standard in sophisticated and timeless furniture while remaining practical and functional for everyday modern ...
Category
2010s American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Oak
Muramasa Kudo Signed Limited Edition Japanese Serigraph Print Lilies in Stream
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist/print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Lilies in Stream".
The w...
Category
1980s Japanese Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Early Large Ceramic Vase with Sang-de-boeuf Glaze by Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Atlanta, GA
An early ceramic long-neck vase with a brilliant copper red glaze by Benedictine monk potter Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007). The minimalistic an...
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Large Japanese Ceramic Oribe Sculptural Vessel by Shigemasa Higashida
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large ceramic lidded vessel with striking sculptural form by contemporary Japanese potter Shigemasa Higashida (1955-). Hand-built and with drasti...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Sculptural Slab Yoshikawa Masamichi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A richly glazed ceramic sculptural slab in the shape of a centerpiece plate by Japanese ceramic artist Yoshikawa Masamichi (1946-). The highly abst...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Plate Yoshikawa Masamichi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic square plate with white-celadon glaze by Japanese potter Yoshikawa Masamichi (1946-). The sharp-edged plate features a concaved center an...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Scroll Stand, Cream Lacquer, Hand-Carved, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Scroll stand.
Cream lacquer.
Hand-carved.
Wood-base.
Limited edition decorative object.
Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Paresh Maity Watercolor on Board, Encounter I
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a glorious contemporary piece of Art by a recognized Indian Master – Paresh Maity Watercolor on Board – Encounter I.
This piece has impeccable Provenance!
It was purchased by a Private Dallas Collector at Sotheby’s New York Auction on 18th September 2008. Lot No. 74.
Sotheby’s operate a twice yearly auction of Southeast Asian Art & Antiquities in New York in the months of March and September.
This sale was titled “Modern & Contemporary Indian Art”.
The Lot consisted of a Group of 3 Watercolors by Babu Xavier, Paresh Maity and Ranjit Kurmi. (b.1960, b.1965, b.1970) Three Untitled Works.
Signed and dated ‘Paresh Maity ’02 lower right, watercolor and ink on paper. …. 5.6 x 3.6 (14 x 9 cm)”.
Exhibited: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Modern Indian Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, April 8 – June 11 2006.
The Provenance is given as: “Property of Private Maryland Collectors”.
The 3 watercolors carried an Auction estimate of USD 3,000 to USD 4,000 and Sold for USD 4,000 (not including Buyers Premium).
Allowing for inflation alone this would be over $7,000 in today’s value.
We have this watercolor by Paresh Maity and (listed separately) the Babu Xavier watercolor, but not the Ranjit Kurmi watercolor.
As an added bonus and proof of authenticity the painting still retains it’s original Sotheby’s Lot No. Label.
It has substantially increased in value over the years as a HIGHLY DESIRABLE piece from an exhibited and highly collected Modern Indian Master painter.
We also possess the Babu Xavier watercolor in our Collection!
Paresh Maity (born 1965) is an Indian painter...
Category
20th Century Indian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Babu Xavier Watercolor on Paper Bird & Woman
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a GLORIOUS Contemporary piece of Art by a recognized Indian Master – Babu Xavier Watercolor on Paper Bird & Woman .
This piece has impeccable...
Category
20th Century Indian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Marble Top Tall Stand, 20th C
Located in New York, NY
Chinese circular marble-topped tall stand, the circular top with inset pink marble disc, above a reticulated apron carved with bamboo foliage and above fou...
Category
20th Century Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Marble
Contemporary Chinese Ink Wash Painting by Li Jin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary ink painting on paper by Chinese artist Li Jin (1958-) presented in a white shadowbox frame. Entitled in English "Morning Practice in California", this series of work was painted in 2017 when the artist resided in US. The Chinese title inscription is "Blossom Branch" with artist's name signed in both Chinese and English. The painting is considered "Expressionistic-abstract". Using only various shades of ink, the poetic work depicts a large lotus flower with the pistil in the center composed of clusters of mediating arhats, the beings who have gained nirvana through Buddhism practice (known as Luohans in Chinese). There is a strong association of lotus flower and purity in Buddhism. The wisdom one can possibly achieve may be considered omnipresent and morphogenetical quantum and be part of everything around us. The image size is 13.5" x 13.5".
Provenance: Purchased in 2017 from the Ink Studio at West Bund Art and Design Fair, Shanghai, China.
Li Jin (1958-, Tianjin, China) is an ink master who draws from the tradition of Chinese literati ink painting and creates contemporary works celebrating all aspects of everyday life. Having explored color washes for two decades, Li Jin has translated them into a masterful control of tonality-the "five colors of ink"-in a series of monochrome paintings in the expressionistic-abstract "Da Xie Yi" manner. Through the ink medium's inherent sensitivity and ambiguity, they evoke the nuances of human existence and raise profound questions about self-representation and subjectivity. Trained at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (graduated in 1983) and has been a leading figure in contemporary Chinese ink art...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Muramasa Kudo Signed Limited Edition Japanese Serigraph Print Sunflowers
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist / print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Sunflowers".
The work, ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Large Ceramic Center Bowl Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large ceramic center bowl by Japanese American artist Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922 - 2011). Meant to be a bespoken center piece., the deep form bowl features a robust body of thick wall, supported by a short round foot ring. The surface showcases an expressive glaze pattern that is the signature style to the artist's work. Free-flowing abstract strokes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
1990s Pierrot Constantini Postmodern Sideboard Server
Located in Naples, FL
Sleek postmodern design-unmistakable Italian style; top has a subtle geometric inlay; folding door on left hides a hidden drawer and folding door on right hides a shelf; finished in clear lacquer to highlight the natural wood color and grain; a spectacular functional piece for an elegant postmodern dining...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Modernist Painting of a Seaside Village by Torao Ataka Dated 1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Modern oil painting of a harbor town with the water and mountains views in the distance.
It is signed on the bottom left hand corner Ataka and dated '30 (1930).
The brushwork is ...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Muramasa Kudo Signed Limited Edition Japanese Serigraph Print Wicker Basket
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist/print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Wicker Basket".
The work...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1980s Lee Reynolds Oil on Canvas Painting Depicting "A Zeal of Zebras"
By Lee Reynolds
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large oil on canvas (40" tall x 50" wide) depicting a group on Zebra, AKA "A Zeal of Zebras". This striking modern painting is well made. There is a thickness to the paint that add...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Japanese Mingei Glazed Tea Pot with Kintsugi by Shoji Hamada
By Shoji Hamada
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese stoneware tea pot by Hamada Shoji (Japanese 1894-1978) circa 1960-80s. The teapot is of the classic form and of a strong style of Mingei (folk ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Muramasa Kudo Signed Limited Edition Japanese Serigraph Print Ocean Breeze
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist/print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Ocean Breeze".
The work,...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
1946 Vintage Ray Martinez Oil on Canvas Rendering of the Girl before a Mirror
Located in Monrovia, CA
1946 Vintage Ray Martinez oil on canvas rendering of the girl before a mirror.
1946 oil on canvas rendering by artist Ray Martinez during Picas...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Glazed Ceramic Tea Bowl with Abstract Strokes by Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A glazed ceramic tea bowl (chawan) by Japanese American artist Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922 - 2011). The well-balanced form is hand built and shows slight irregularity, further ac...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Oribe Glazed Stoneware Dish by Kitaoji Rosanjin
Located in Atlanta, GA
An oribe stoneware square dish with four notched corners and up-turned edges made by Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) circa 1950s. The Mingei style dish h...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
"Tranquil River" Watercolor Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming watercolor is composed in the style of traditional ink calligraphy and depicts two ducks resting on a river bank. Tall grass and leafy sprouts dot the rocky terrain and...
Category
20th Century Chinese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Abe Motoshi
By Abe Motoshi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Ikebana bamboo basket woven by artist Abe Motoshi (Japanese, b. 1942). Constructed with lacquered reddish Madake bamboo and rattan with technique of open and irregular twinning, the basket features an organic form with undulating woven surface with wavy crossing lines. The basket appears simple and refined, but the making process is deceivingly sophisticated. Clean and precise, it is of the signature style of Abe Motoshi's.
The basket is signed on the base. It comes with the original tomobako storage box with inscription of the title on the lid as well as the artist's name and seal under the lead. A yellow wrapping cloth and a printout of the artist's biography from Tai Modern...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Glazed Ceramic Tea Bowl by Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small elegant glazed ceramic tea bowl (chawan) by Japanese American artist Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922 - 2011). The well-balanced form is hand b...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Custom Fire Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Modern custom fire screen made in 2020. Measures: H: 35” W:43” D: 7”.
Category
2010s Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Glazed Ceramic Tea Bowl by Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A glazed ceramic tea bowl (chawan) by Japanese American artist Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922 - 2011). The well-balanced form is hand built and shows...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Scholar Rock Viewing Stone on Wood Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a highly abstract scholar rock on a fitted wood stand collected by an American collector in Palm Desert, CA. The dense rock in dark grey is likely granite and takes a natural sculptural form of a bird, which explains the note on the back from the previous collector "A Constantin Brancusi Bird". The rock is presented in the tradition of a Chinese scholar rock on a fitted carved wood stand, very sculptural and visually interesting from different angles. While Chinese scholar stones are appreciated all over the world, many collectors also look into their local stone sources that reflect the same spirit and philosophy of using the viewing stone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Abstract Scholar Rock Viewing Stone on Wood Stand
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is a large and expressive scholar rock on a fitted wood stand collected by an American collector in Palm Desert, CA circa 1980s. The deep grey boulder is likely granite and takes a wonderful natural form of a mountain peak. The dark matrix is dramatically intercepted with strokes of white veins, that looks like an abstract painting by Franz Kine. The rock is presented in the tradition of a Chinese scholar rock (Gong Shi) on a fitted carved wood stand, but it strikes the viewer as a modern and abstract version. While Chinese scholar stones are appreciated all over the world, many collectors also look into their local stone sources that reflect the same spirit and philosophy of using the viewing stone...
Category
20th Century American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Modern Japanese Studio Pottery Oribe Vase by Ken Matsuzaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary studio ceramic vase made by Japanese potter Ken Matsuzaki (1950-). The vase showcases a geometrical spindle form, rather distinguishingly modern. It is covered with a thick dripping Oribe green glaze partially revealing the unglazed part of the body, which is decorated with scrolling pattern in left by ash glaze. The work is rooted in both Yohen Shino glaze technique and Oribe tradition, but it is an innovative reinterpretation of the ancient aesthetic. The base is marked with the artist's signature. The vase comes with an inscribed tomobako storage box with the artist's bio and wrapping cloth with seal. The vase measures 9"h x 5.5"w x 4"d.
Ken Matsuzaki’s haptic ceramics bring a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese ceramicware, most notably 16th-century Oribe pottery...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Contemporary Celadon Ceramic Bowl by Ono Kotaro
By Ono Kotaro
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic bowl with celadon glaze by Japanese potter Ono Kotaro (Japanese, b. 1953). Named "Circular Reef", the fine porcelain bowl features an irregular ed...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Citron Yellow Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of ceramics, this striking long-necked vase is cloaked in an all-over citron-yellow glaze. With a rounded, globular body and cylindrical neck, the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Modern Studio Ceramic Oribe Jar by Ryoji Koie
By Ryoji Koie
Located in Atlanta, GA
A glazed ceramic vessel by Japanese potter Ryoji Koie (1938-2020). Hand-built with intention to be seen as such, the tsubo has a primordial irregular form with a small opening and a swelled body resembling a beehive. The upper body was covered in a glassy green oribe glaze with fine crackles, highlighted with three incised geometrical symbols. The lower body is unglazed and exposed the white clay with marks of the hand-making pinches and kneading along the base. The base also shows highly irregular surface due to the seashell spur marks and clay pitting in the kiln during the firing process. All these occurrences honestly preserved and presented as part of the character of this wonderful modern piece. The jar comes with a plain wooden tomobako box.
"One of Japan’s most versatile and forward-thinking contemporary artists, KOIE RYOJI...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
3-Panel Screen with Smoked Mirror
Located in New York, NY
3-Panel Screen with Smoked Mirror and painted metal frame.
Category
1960s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Japanese Woven Ikebana Hanging Basket by Suemura Shobun
By Suemura Shobun
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese woken bamboo Hanakago, a wall hanging Ikebana basket by Suemura Shobun (1917-2000). The basket is entitled Purple Bamboo Mt. Fuji and was woven with Susudake (smoked bamboo) using irregular plaiting technique to achieve a voluminous form that resembles the iconic Mount Fuji and with the textural appearance of a bird's nest. The base was detailed with mushi-maki knotting and the mouth rim is equipped with a small loop for hanging. The surface has a lustrous lacquer coating that shows off the natural pattern of the bamboo marking. It houses a removable lacquered container made from bamboo culm. The piece is not singed, but it comes with an original fabric stroage pouch, and an original storage box (Tomobako), which is signed with the title on the esterior Mt. Fuji Purple Bamboo” and signed Suemura Shobun on the inside with two red seals.
Suemura Shobun was from Kansai region and active in Osaka. He studies under Yamamoto Chikuryosai I. Shobun is known for making unconventional baskets that are modern and sculptural.
For reference, see page 94 Master of Bamboo" Rinne.
For a recently sold basket...
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese White Glazed Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by its rounded body, high shoulders, and domed lid, the time-honored baluster jar form takes on a streamlined look in this modern interpretation. Traditionally elaborately de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Massive Ceramic Jar Tsubo by Japanese Potter Tsujimura Yui
By Tsujimura Yui
Located in Atlanta, GA
A massive and magnificent ceramic Tsubo jar by Japanese potter Tsujimura Yui (1975-). Inspired by the techniques and aesthetics of the early medieval Sue ware, the artist hand builds an impressive voluminous oviform, irregular by intention, from a combination clay from both Shigaraki and Iga, coarse by nature and rich in feldspar. Fired on their sides horizontally, the surface of the thick wall tsubo is covered with streaks and drips of natural ash glazes in shades of green and blue, forming an abstract and mesmerizing pattern that resembles geothermal earth activity. Additional ashes are blown during the firing to accentuate the textures. Most recognizably, there are many circular marks scattered on the surface of his archaic looking vessels. That is resulted from using stacked tea bowls to prevent the conjoining of the vessels. After the firing, the stacked vessels are chipped away, leaving behind those circular impression, as well as deep pools of glaze which gather where they were placed.
Born in 1975, Tsujimura Yui is the first son of the contemporary ceramic artist Tsujimura Shiro...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Citron Yellow Bottleneck Vase
Located in Chicago, IL
Drawing on a long Chinese tradition of monochrome ceramics, this tall gooseneck vase is glazed in cheerful citron-yellow glaze. The vase features a rounded, globular body and a narro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Modern Japanese Studio Pottery Oribe Moon Flask Vase by Ken Matsuzaki
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary studio ceramic vase made by Japanese potter Ken Matsuzaki (1950-). The vase showcases distinguished "moon flask" form with shoulder loops. The moon flask form was widely recorded first in Tang Dynasty China, most likely arrived from the Mideast countries via the silk road. It was originally used as drink vessel for the nomads and the loops were used to tie it to the horse-centered owner. The exotic form persisted in Chinese ceramic production through Ming to Qing dynasty. The form is unusual in Ken Matsuzaki's work. The artist covered the vase with a thick dripping Oribe green glaze partially revealing the unglazed part of the body, which is decorated with scrolling pattern in left by ash glaze. The work is rooted in both Yohen Shino glaze technique and Oribe tradition, but interestingly it also paid homage to Sancai pottery in Tang Dynasty when green glaze was prominently used to drip and splash onto the pottery. Viewing the vase, one can see in this harmonious piece, the innovative reinterpretation of ancient aesthetics that cross the cultures, geology and time. The base is marked with the artist's signature. The vase comes with an inscribed tomobako storage box with the artist's bio and wrapping cloth with seal. The vase measures 8.6"h x 7"w x 2"d.
Ken Matsuzaki’s haptic ceramics bring a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese ceramicware, most notably 16th-century Oribe pottery...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Oribe Square Dish by Kitaoji Rosanjin
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Oribe-Style rectangular dish with a slightly concaved slab body and up-turned irregular edges, made by Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) circa 1930-50s....
Category
20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Contemporary Buncheong Ceramic Sculpture by Sung Jae Choi
By Sung Jae Choi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic sculpture piece created in the tradition of Buncheong ware by contemporary Korean ceramicist Sung Jae Choi (South Korean, b. 1962). In a hollow rectangular with slight irregularity of being hand-made, the piece evokes the distant memory of the stoneware pillow...
Category
Early 2000s Korean Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Studio Ceramic Vase by Ken Matsuzaki with Original Tomobako
Located in Atlanta, GA
An impressive stoneware bottle form vase by contemporary Japanese studio potter Ken Matsuzaki (1950-) circa 2010s. The solid form takes its cue from Chinese traditional plum vase (Meiping) with raised and swelled shoulder and a small opening, yet it rises from a non-conventional pentagonal faceted base. The extraordinary surface was covered with Yohen Shino glaze in a deep iron hue. Thick white slips were applied in bold strokes to the lower portion of the vase. The abstract pattern calls to mind of the imagery of the iconic ocean waves found in traditional Japanese art. The presence of the vase is strong and none-compromising, reaching back to the past yet appearing utterly modern. It is marked by the artist underneath and comes with the original tomobako with title and author inscriptions and a wrapping cloth with the artist's seal.
"Ken Matsuzaki’s haptic ceramics bring a contemporary approach to traditional Japanese ceramicware, most notably 16th-century Oribe pottery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Gebrüder Thonet Vienna Feng Two Folding Screen by Testatonda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This screen is born as a collaboration with the Testatonda studio, a group of three young designers that the company has decided to focus on. Their aim is to design furniture and obj...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Modern Japanese Ceramic Shigaraki Ikebana Vase Takahashi Shunsai
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tall ceramic vase made in the tradition of Shigaraki ware by Japanese potter Takahashi Shunsai (1927-2011), the fourth heir of the famed Rakusai lineage of potters. The vase is heavily potted in the reddish sandy Shigaraki clay. It has a Classic vase form made for Ikebana display. The surface is thickly draped with natural ash glaze that deposited onto the body during the firing process in the kiln. It also features decoration of carved lines. Nuggets of feldspar were incorporated in the clay and exposed onto the surface as crystal like jewels. Substantial and archaic looking, the vase also has a strong modern appeal due to its Mingei styling. It was signed on the base with a pressed seal Shunsai as shown. The vase comes with its original wood storage box (tomobako) with bears the title and signature in Kanji and a seal. It also retains a paperwork noting the artist's biography and practice philosophy in Japanese.
Born in Shigaraki, Shunsai was the second son of renowned potter Takahashi Rakusai...
Category
1990s Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Hauntingly Beautiful Portrait of a Young Yemenite Girl by William Weintraub
By William Weintraub
Located in Tucson, AZ
Hauntingly beautiful oil on canvas painting of a young Yemenite girl by Israeli artist William Weintraub (b.1926). The frame probably needs to be replaced. The canvas itself measures 19.75" x 28.75". There is minor paint loss to near the elbow but it does not detract from the overall beauty of this painting. Comes with a vintage "Hang-o-Lite" picture light.
American-born, “Sonny” Weintraub was one of Israeli’s best-known young painters of Israelis, Yemenite and Oriental children, as well as old people (including Ben Gurion...
Category
1970s Israeli Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Contemporary Japanese White Glaze Ceramic Vase by Manji Inoue
By Inoue Manji
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large glazed white porcelain vase in the jar-form by Japanese ceramic artist Inoue Manji (Japanese, b. 1929). Minimalistic in form, the vase is pure white with a very subtle blue h...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Japanese Obi Pillows in Silver and Orange
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of artisan-designed pillows was made by hand from a vintage Japanese obi patterned with orange wave-like swirls against a metallic silver field. ...
Category
1970s Japanese Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Down, Linen, Silk
Asian Style Deep Black Lacquer Lighted Curio Display Cabinet
Located in Toledo, OH
Asian style bamboo design black lacquer lighted display / curio cabinet. Shelves have plate rails. Two doors with glass fronts and green silk back. Very nice condition. Dimensions: 8...
Category
20th Century Unknown Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Orley Shabahang "Leopardess" Tribal Revival Persian Rug, 6' x 9'
Located in New York, NY
Titled “Leopardess,” this cream and grey detailed carpet showcases a spotted leopard perched in a tree, surveying her surroundings for her prey. The carpet’s pile is hand-knotted uti...
Category
2010s Persian Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wool
Unique Japanese Woven Bamboo Hanging Ikebana Basket Suzuki Gengensai
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare hanging ikebana basket by Japanese bamboo artist Suzuki Gengensai (1891-1950) circa 1923-50. This elegant hanakago was made entirly from white bamboo. It consists of a square ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Contemporary Artist, Figurative, Paintings, Cream, Pink, White, Oil Canvas 2000
Located in Stamford, CT
Mid-Century Modern figurative oil on canvas.
Two lovely Oriental Woman each scantily clad in a seductive pose.
Removed directly from Dr. Shawn Garber's home on the Gold Coast o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Robert Lee Morris "Brass Stack" Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Robert Lee Morris , "Brass Stack" 1980's, hammered brass, signed Verso.
Category
20th Century American Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Porcelain Celadon Vase with Copper Glaze by Brother Thomas Bezanson
Located in Atlanta, GA
A spindle form porcelain vase by Brother Thomas Bezanson (1929-2007). As a modern interpretation of "Mei-Ping", a classic form of Chinese vase,...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Seiko Tachibana "Existence IV #9" Intaglio
Located in New York, NY
Seiko Tachibana (Japanese, b. 1964)
"Existence IV #9"
Intaglio, edition: artist's proof, signed lower right in pencil.
Measures: Image: 32.5" H x 9" W;
Frame: 44" H x 18" W.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Contemporary Bamboo Basket by Abe Motoshi
By Abe Motoshi
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese Ikebana basket woven by bamboo artist Abe Motoshi (Japanese, b. 1942). Constructed with Madake bamboo and rattan with technique of o...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Modern Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
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