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Place of Origin: Japanese
Japanese Blacksmith Tongs and Woodcarver Brace Drill, Early 20th Century
Located in Miami, FL
REDUCED FROM $225....Antique Japanese Tools, a Blacksmith Tong Pincer and Woodcarver Brace Drill, both early 20th century. Most likely late Meij...
Category
Early 20th Century Japonisme Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Iron
$98 Sale Price / set
56% Off
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Stencil-Dyed Han-Juban
Han-juban are worn under kimono. This example, without its original cotton sleeves, displays a unique stencil-dyed pattern with indigo. A ve...
Category
Early 20th Century Taisho Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Asian Large Ceramic Stoneware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Bowl Charger
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly magnificent in size and execution Japanese stoneware studio pottery charger/bowl. This exceptionally large and heavy asymmetrical work features a circular swirl design patter...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
20th Century Abstract Iron Sculpture, Japan
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th Century Hollow Abstract Iron Sculpture, Japan
This heavy hollow iron sculpture by an unknown Japanese metalsmith is a knockout from every angle. It measure 9 inches high by 9 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japonisme Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Japanese Okinawa Ceramic Showa Period Awamori Sake Pottery Dachibin Hip Flask
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful hand painted and decorated traditional Okinawan ceramic awamori/sake flask, also known as a dachibin. These handcrafted pieces were originally designed to be carried and worn against the hip, hence the curved shape.
This piece is from a collector of fine Japanese and Asian ceramics and pottery works - a collection like no other we have seen. We believe this flask is from the early to mid-1900s.
Would be a great addition to any Japanese ceramics...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Asian Hand Painted Lacquered Temple Shrine Plaque Horses, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a single rider and group of frolicking horses set against a gorgeous countrysi...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Japanese Asian Hand Painted Lacquered Temple Shrine Plaque Peacock, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a majestic peacock posed against a gorgeous countryside landscape.
Would be...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Old Japanese Anonymous Handicraft Mechanical Wooden Toy Flying Bird with wheel
Located in Chiba, JP
Old Japanese mechanical toy as amateur wooden handicraft from Showa period, 20th century. When wheeled back and forward tightly, head shaking and wings flapping but as barely and awk...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Japanese Autique Vase, Pottery, Wabi-Sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is an antique piece of Japanese pottery.
It is a valuable item that is thought to have been made before the Edo period (1600s to 1860s).
Its beautiful color and unique texture...
Category
Early 20th Century Edo Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Hajimo Kato Hand Built Wood Fired Twin Handled Studio Pottery Vase
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A truly wonderful design piece, and one of my favorite, is this Japanese hand-built wood fired twin handled studio pottery vase of sculptural form by Hajimo Kato (b.1947) dating from...
Category
20th Century Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
A Knife With Asian Decorations & Original Handle From 1960s.
Located in Lejre, DK
This knife, featuring Asian decorations and an original handle, dates back to around the 1960s. It is a fine example of mid-20th century craftsmanship, combining both functional and...
Category
1960s Other Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Unique Geometric Japanese Studio Art Vase, 20th Century
Located in View Park, CA
A staggeringly unique vintage Japanese studio art geometric stoneware vase, mid to late 20th century. Tones of licorice, sand, and snow. Signed wit...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
$456 Sale Price
20% Off
Kyonoshiki Hand Embroidered Folding Desktop Screen
Located in Pasadena, TX
This Kyonoshiki Folding screen is hand woven. It's done in the traditional style of the famous looms of Kyoto, Japan. It's embroidered using gold and silver thread on silk. It depict...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Silk
Japanese Folk Tools Wooden Objet / Display Stand / Wabi-Sabi Primitive
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
It is believed that this was used as an old Japanese folk tool.
Cedar is used.
The beautiful wood grain and rounded exterior can be decorated in the space as an object.
In additio...
Category
20th Century Primitive Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Takeshi Yasuda 'Japanese, b.1943' Creamware Studio Pottery Hand Thrown Bottle
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Interesting hand thrown Japanese studio pottery creamware vase with a craquelure glaze by Takeshi Yasuda (Japanese, b.1943) dating from the 1980’s. The ...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Japanese Asian Signed Glazed Pottery Ceramic Folk Art Wabi-Sabi Yunomi Teacup
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese yunomi teacup featuring a subtle blue-green crackle glaze. The work radiates in the light.
This little gem (along with others we will be listing) came from a collector of fine Japanese and Asian ceramics - a collection like no other we have seen before. The yunomi teacup has a somewhat Wabi-Sabi feel and appearance to it.
Appears to be signed by the maker/artist on the base.
Would be a great addition to any Asian or Japanese pottery/ceramics collection...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Large Japanese Pottery Charger in the Manner of Shoji Hamada and Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly gorgeous, sumptuously, richly, and darkly glazed, hand-decorated large Japanese studio pottery charger. The craftsmanship is exquisite. The piece radiates in the light and features an abstract trailed glaze design. The work is very reminiscent of Japanese master potters Shoji Hamada and Toshiko Takaezu (the previous owner lived half of each year in Hawaii where Toshiko lived and collected both her and Hamada's works).
Possible marker's impressed mark/ chop signature along the edge of the lower rim (please see photos).
Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian pottery/ ceramics...
Category
20th Century Showa Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Complete Set of Fifteen Japanese Hinaningyo Dolls In Excellent Condition
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A complete set of fifteen vintage Japanese hina ningyo. These ornamental dolls are displayed for the Girls Day Festival Hinamatsuri, on the 3 March each year in Japan. The set repres...
Category
20th Century Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Feathers, Textile
Mechanical Bank "Fishing Bears" Battery Operated with Original Box, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
This is a later (1950's), albeit often overlooked and important mechanical bank that is quite rare, and highly sought after by collectors. Iconic bank collector F.H. Griffith wrote a...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Mid Century Tin Litho Friction Police Highway Patrol Helicopter, C1960, Japan
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous friction helicopter from Japan C 1960. Toy works great, push copter and the blades start spinning. Does not fly, nor was it intended to. Great graph...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Tin
Japanese Signed Glazed Edo/Meiji Ceramic Pottery Monkey with Custom Wood Stand
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly fantastic and rather unique piece. The collectors we have shown have gone gaga over this piece.
Beautifully crafted and glazed with amazing detail to facial features.
...
Category
19th Century Meiji Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Opaline White Glass Vase Hand Painted with Geishas 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Midcentury Japanese gilded gold rim hand painted opaline glass snow white vase.
The white milky frosted opaline glass vase features two Geisha girls seating on the floor wearing traditional kimonos and reading.
Unique elegant Mid-Century Modern Japanese hand painted glass opaline vase on unique shape.
Hand painted in Japan.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Art Glass
Old Wooden Netsuke Japanese Peanuts Meiji Period, Japan, 19/20th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned. Japan 19th or 20th century.
Weight: 9 grams
Provenance: Collected in the 1980’s. From the collection of Clemens Merkelbach van Enkhuizen...
Category
20th Century Meiji Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$767 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Antique Statue of a Chinese Child Performing Tai Chi
Located in Prahran, Victoria
Rare Japanese antique statue of a Chinese child performing Tai chi capturing the pose in motion. Middle Edo period, circa 1750. Made from polychrome on carved ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Edo Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cypress
$2,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Fireman Hood with Stencil Inscription Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A well-preserved Japanese fireman's hood (known as hikeshi zukin in Japanese) circa 1900s, late Meiji period. Woven with thick cotton with sashiko (co...
Category
Early 1900s Japonisme Antique Japanese Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
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