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Item Ships From: California
Japanese Temple Shrine Buddhist Monk Juzu Prayer Wood Beads Mala Rosary Necklace
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful string of Japanese hand-crafted Buddhist Juzu mala beads made of natural wood. These rosary-type prayer bead necklaces were used by Buddhist monks in temple prayers/ritua...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Thai Buddhist Scene Painting on Cloth, Rattanakosin School
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai Buddhist Scene Painting on Cloth, Rattanakosin School, 19th Century.
A classical scene of Prince Siddhartha renouncing the world of the pleasures of privilege. The centr...
Category
19th Century Thai Other Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Canvas
Set of 3 Calligraphy Brushes Blue and White
Located in Somis, CA
A set of 3 beautiful porcelain handle Chinese calligraphy brushes. The handles with hand painted round and oval porcelain balls of longevity motifs and basketweave, in classic, timeless blue and white...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Jujube Wine Barrel
Located in Somis, CA
A heavy, solid jujube wood wine barrel from Northern China. Solid wood construction with original, thick, wide, hand-forged iron bands. Substantial hand crafted handle. A wonderful c...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Iron
Rosanjin Kitaoji Signed Japanese Bizen Pottery Vase & Original Signed Sealed Box
By Rosanjin Kitaoji
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous hand-crafted Bizen Yaki Ware pottery vase by Japanese master potter Kitaoji Rosanjin (1883-1959) who was arguably one of if not the greatest artists/ceramicist...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Koho Shoda Signed Japanese Meiji Woodblock Print A Watermill Affixed to a Shed
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and serenely composed image by renowned Japanese artist/printmaker Shoda Koho (1871-1946). This work titled "A Watermill Affixed to a Shed" is from his Nishinomiya Yos...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Vintage Chinese Miao Tribe Hat with 6 Silvered Birds and 40 Flowers
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful hand made Miao tribe hat with silvered metal ornaments. The hand made hat is covered with embroidered bands. The prominent crown is decorated with 6 hand made phoenixes, ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
19th Century Carved Wood Panel Fragment of Lotus
Located in Somis, CA
A solid wood panel with deep relief carvings of lotus in various stages of blooming. A pair of birds with one in motion of landing and the other on the ground echoing each other. On ...
Category
19th Century Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Thai Siam Khmer Bronze Gilt Singha Imperial Lion Foo Dog Temple Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Thai or Khmer bronze verdigris and golden parcel-gilt Imperial guardian temple Singha lion/dragon/foo dog. This piece has a wonderful patina and heft to it.
Likely mi...
Category
20th Century Thai California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Antique Shakyamuni Buddha Thangka Tapestry, 1950s
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Rare antique Thangka tapestry from around 1950. Depicting Siddhartha Guatama in the Pureland when he became Buddha and his Dharma name became Shakyamu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Tibetan Tibetan California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Silk
Korean Asian Large Long Life Byobu Byeongpung Shipjangsaengdo Ten Panel Screen
Located in Studio City, CA
An absolutely gorgeous, monumental, exceptionally large Korean ten-panel Sipjangsaengdo Byobu folding screen depicting the ten symbols of longevity—sun, mountain, water, rock, cloud,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Paint, Paper
Antique Islamic Middle Eastern Qajar Persian Tinned Metal Ewer 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Islamic Middle Eastern Qajar Persian Tinned Metal Ewer 19th Century.
Rare Museum quality Antique piece from the early 19th Century hand forged tinned metal pitcher with lid cover.
Finely engraved and etched with flowers and birds design on the sides of the water jug or wine pot.
Great antique patina.
Circa 1800.
Measurements: 17” height 10.5” length 4 1/2” width.
Quality Museum Islamic Metalwork from a private Beverly Hills CA collection.
Middle Eastern Asian Turkish Ottoman Antique...
Category
Early 19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Tin
Signed Sato Japanese Cloisonné Vase Imperial Yellow with Chrysanthemum
Located in Somis, CA
A rare non-ginbari Sato cloisonné vase, from showa period, crafted on an imperial yellow Musen-jippo background. The classic form showcases vibrant...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Utagawa Ando Hiroshige Japanese Print Sazaidō Hall at Five Hundred Rakan Temple
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful Japanese woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige) (1797-1858) titled "The Sazaido Hall at the Five Hundre...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Moroccan Brass Tea Kettle Pot on Stand 1930
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique ceremonial Moroccan brass handcrafted kettle on stand.
Antique Brass Tea Kettle Pot with warmer on Stand.
Museum quality, one of a kind antique finely and delicately hand-crafted tea water pot.
Great decorative oversized Moroccan kettle...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Islamic California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chinese Qing Nurhaci Emperor Portrait Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
Located in Danville, CA
Vintage Chinese Qing Taizu Nurhaci Emperor Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
ITEM DESCRIPTION: a beautiful reverse glass paintings. It has been in priv...
Category
1980s Chinese Qing Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Japanese Asian Pair of Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screens Mythical Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, alluring, wonderfully composed and engaging hand-painted large pair of six-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screens depicting an almost magical/ mythical village scene...
Category
18th Century Japanese Meiji Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
New Brush Stand Solid Wenge Wood Small Holds 12
Located in Somis, CA
Our calligraphy brush stands are made of solid wenge wood, a prized, sustainable, exotic wood with beautiful grains. Top of the stands are deco...
Category
2010s Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Wenge
Kaneshige Toyo National Treasure Signed Japanese Bizen Pottery Sake Bottle Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, perfectly shaped and balanced antique Bizen ware shibui sake bottle (tokkuri) vase by renowned Japanese master potter/artist Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967) featuring a unique natural, wonderfully textured organic forming ash glaze. Kaneshige is universally considered to be the founder of modern Bizen pottery.
In 1956, Kaneshige was certified as a Living National Treasure (Important Intangible Cultural Heritage) for his work in Bizen Ware pottery/ceramics. Bizen Ware is a type of Japanese pottery traditionally from the Bizen province, presently a part of the Okayama prefecture. It is considered one of the Six Ancient Japanese Kilns (along with Echizen ware, Seto ware, Shigaraki ware, Tamba ware, and Tokoname ware).
The piece is signed/ sealed on the base with one of Kaneshige's traditional incised marks.
A rather striking and engaging work. One of the best Kaneshige works we have come across. Scarce and hard to find in such an excellent condition. Would be a fantastic addition to any Japanese/Asian pottery or Bizen Ware collection or eye-catching stand-alone work in about any setting.
Kaneshige's work can be found in numerous prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Seto, Japan
Brooklyn Museum, NY
Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
Honolulu Art Museum, HI
Ibaraki Ceramic Art Museum, Kasama, Japan
Indiana Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Late 19th/ early 20th Century Large Red Lacquer Offering Bowl, Burma
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Large Red Offering Bowl
Burma
Late 19th/early 20th century
Bamboo, lacquer
D: 31 in x H: 7.5 in :: 78.7 cm x 19 cm
Traditionally used to bring offerings to an altar, and to present ...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Tribal California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Abaca Tapis Skirt, Philippines, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Abaca Tapis Skirt
Bagobo people, Mindanao, Philippines
Mid-20th century
Hemp family
Measures: H 23.25 in x W 27.5 in
Fully opened: H: 46.5 in x W: 55 in
Abaca is a textile unique to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Philippine California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hemp
Beautiful Moorish Syrian or Asian Inlaid Inlay Wood Box Storage Chest Trunk
Located in Studio City, CA
Stunning mosaic, geometric design, and gorgeous craftsmanship. This work is made of beautiful dark wood and shell and/or bone inlay. The iron handles are also a nice touch. A genuine...
Category
20th Century Asian Moorish California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Edo Four Panel Screen Flowering Peony Prunus Magnolia
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Early 19th century Japanese Edo/Tokugawa period four panel folding byobu table screen featuring peony, prunus, and magnolia. Painted with ink and natural color pigments on silk with ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Kitagawa Utamaro Japanese Woodblock Print Wakaume of the Tamaya Edo-cho itchome
By Kitagawa Utamaro 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a high-ranking noblewoman and her young attendant. The work is by Kitagawa Utamaro and is titled "Wakaum...
Category
20th Century Japanese Edo California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Wenge Wood Mini Stools, Headrests, Stands
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful mini stools made of the fantastic Wenge wood with rounded corners and sturdy solid legs. Wenge wood is highly prized for its density and distinctive grain pattern. These st...
Category
2010s Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Asian Antique Shino Yaki Ware Studio Pottery Wabi-Sabi Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Japanese Mingei Nezumi Shino Ware (志野焼, Shino-Yaki) pottery Chawan tea bowl for tea ceremony that features a sumptuous glaze with wonderful subtle shifts in color, patter...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Chinese Calligraphy Brush Bone Handle
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful Chinese calligraphy brush with handmade bone handle. A beautiful brush that is perfect for making art or as an design element. Bone ferrule and h...
Category
2010s Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bone
Rare Japanese Ginbari Cloisonne Vase Irises by Kumeno Teitaro 19th Century
Located in Somis, CA
A rare early Ginbari cloisonne work by renowned Meiji master Kumeno Teitaro. In high-shouldered ovoid form with six lobes in the body, which forms the s...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Celestial Kwan Yin Reverse Incense Burner Lamp
Located in Somis, CA
An amazing earthenware Kwan Yin statue with lamp and reverse incense burner by master potter Liu Li Hui. Seated dhayana asana on wood ledge, Kwa...
Category
2010s Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export four panel coromandel screen featuring carved soapstone decoration. The panels are crafted from lacquered wood expertly fitted into frames with mortise and te...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Soapstone, Brass
Ancient 12th Century Khmer Cambodia Sandstone Vishnu Buddha Statue Sculpture 15"
Located in San Diego, CA
An outstanding original ancient Khmer/Cambodian Vishnu buddha carved sandstone head statue/sculpture dating from the 12th century. Mounted on a piece of teak wood base. Marked on the...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Cambodian Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
Antique Islamic Middle Eastern Qajar Persian Copper Ewer 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Islamic Middle Eastern Qajar Persian Copper Ewer 19th Century.
Rare Museum quality Antique piece from the early 19th Century hand forged copper pitcher with lid cover.
Great antique patina.
Circa 1800.
Measurements: 14” height 9.5” length 5” width.
Quality Museum Islamic Metalwork from a private Beverly Hills CA collection.
Middle Eastern Asian Turkish Ottoman Antique...
Category
Late 18th Century Unknown Islamic Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Copper
Signed Ando Jubei Green Baluster Cloisonné Vase
By Ando Jubei
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful pristine condition Ando Jubei wireless cloisonné vase in baluster form. In his signature green enamel, portraying an intricate arabesque design of a blooming clematis vin...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Japanese Antique Edo Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Mask Otobide 17th-18th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully aged, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. The naturally faded beauty and unique character drew us to this mask immediately.
The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood, clearly by a master of his trade.
We believe this mask is of the Noh theatre character Otobide.
This mask dates back to the Edo Period (1603-1868). It comes with a wooden storage box (which may have been added at a later date).
A rare, unique, and exquisite mask. Finely carved and executed. Would be a great addition to any Japanese or Asian art/artifacts collection or an eye-catching stand-alone accent piece in about any setting.
Mask dimensions: 7.7" high, 5.7" wide, 2.1" deep...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Monumental Calligraphy Brush 37" Marble Rings
Located in Somis, CA
An extraordinary, oversize Chinese calligraphy brush with a collection of 14 jumbo marble rings divided by white satin ribbons. This massive brush weighs a whopping 4.5 lb with a gia...
Category
20th Century Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Marble
Chinese Export Six Panel Coromandel Screen Gilt Pavilion
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning 20th century Chinese export six-panel coromandel screen featuring a walled pavilion with pagoda structures and figures engaged in leisurely activities. The screen has a dram...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Korean Minhwa Jakhodo Tiger and Magpie Scroll Painting on Silk, 19th Century
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully painted and detailed Korean folk art Minhwa Jakhodo (The letters “jak” means magpie; “ho” means tiger; and “do” means painting) Tiger and Magpie...
Category
19th Century Korean Folk Art Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paint
Japanese Antique Edo Wabi-Sabi Shigaraki Tamba Tanba Art Pottery Jar Tsubo Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful Tamba (Tanba) ware (or Sigaraki ware) Japanese pottery vase/jar/pot - produced sometime during the Edo Period (1603-1867). Tamba-yaki ware is a type of Japanese pottery a...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Tadashi Nakayama Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Two Horses 1963
By Tadashi Nakayama
Located in Studio City, CA
This wonderfully designed, abstract work by esteemed Japanese printmaker Tadashi Nakayama. The print is pencil signed, numbered (13/80), dated 1963, stamped on the verso by the artist, and embellished with metallic pigments. It is an uncommon and hard to find work.
Nakayama has exhibited internationally in cities such as Rome, Tokyo, Krakow, Milan, and his works can be found in museums around the world including:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.
fine Arts Museum of San Francisco - Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, USA.
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii, USA.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, USA.
Western Australian Art Museum, Perth...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Set of two Mystic Seaport Whaling Woodblock Prints by James Arnold
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Set of two Mystic Seaport whaling woodblock prints, titled “The Ship Joseph Conrad”, and “Whaleship Chas. W. Morgan” featuring the two famous Victorian whaleships the Charles Morgan and Joseph Conrad docked in the Mystic Seaport Connecticut. Each comes in its original black wood frame signed “Arnold” (for James Arnold...
Category
1920s Edwardian Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Japanese Meiji Four Panel Screen Wild Geese Over Reeds
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Muromachi period inspired Japanese four panel byobu screen depicting wild geese in flight over reeds. The 19th century Meiji period painting bears an artist's signature Chisokuken. C...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brass
Asian Solid Wood Ming Style Table Bench
Located in Somis, CA
Beautiful solid wood table finished all around. Top is of mitered, tenon and mortise, solid single board floating panel construction. Cinched waist and 4 hoof feet legs. A pair of ve...
Category
2010s Chinese Ming California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Hokuryo with Jizuri Seal, 1937
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful image titled "Hokuryo" by one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not the greatest working artist in the Shin-Hanga movement. Yos...
Category
1930s Japanese Showa Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Samurai Warrors on Horseback
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful, powerful, and visually striking Meiji Period woodblock print by revered Japanese artist/ printmaker Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1839 - 1892 )...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
19th Century Stoneware Cat Pillow, China
Located in Point Richmond, CA
19th Century Stoneware Cat Pillow, China
A charming antique stoneware cat pillow from China, cream background with classic brown spots. In great conditi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stoneware
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Hirato Nagasaki A
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully composed woodblock print by famed Japanese Sosaku Hanga printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Patinated Bronze Chinese Foo Dogs
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of patinated bronze Chinese foo dogs, circa 1930s. Excellent vintage condition with amazing detail and a gorgeous patina. Each dog measures 6.5" high x 3.5" deep x 4.75" wide. #...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Ikarugano-Sato Horyu-Ji Nara A
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Japanese Chinese Asian Large Six-Panel Folding Byobu Screen Mythical Landscape
Located in Studio City, CA
A gorgeous, strangely beautiful, unusually engaging, and alluring hand-painted large six-panel Japanese/Asian Byobu folding screen depicting an almost magical/ mythical nature scene ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Thai Bronze Buddha Hand Fragment, Absence of Fear
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Thai Bronze Hand Fragment, from a life size standing Buddha image in the abhaya mudra, the right hand which is open palm and extended forward in the ...
Category
18th Century Thai Other Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Qing Tongzhi Emperor Portrait Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
Located in Danville, CA
Vintage Chinese Qing Tongzhi Emperor Reverse Glass Hanging Painting
ITEM DESCRIPTION: a beautiful reverse glass paintings. It has been in private co...
Category
1980s Chinese Qing Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
19th Century Copper-Bronze Tinned Ottoman Empire Table and Base
Located in Lomita, CA
An antique low Ottoman Empire cast metal (copper, tin and bronze) circular tray-table, 19th Century or earlier; base late 19th Century or later. The circular piece can also be used ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Turkish Islamic Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Tin
Hiroshi Yoshida Signed Japanese Woodblock Print Plum Gateway With Rare Toku Seal
By Hiroshi Yoshida
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful woodblock print titled "Plum Gateway" by Hiroshi Yoshida (吉田博, 1876 – 1950) who is widely considered to be one of Japan's finest 20th century artist and one of, if not th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Japanese Merchant’s chest (choba-dansu), Toyama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Merchant’s chest (choba-dansu), Toyama, the front entirely constructed of keyaki (Zelkova serrata), original fuki-urushi lacquer fini...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Kichizaemon Raku Seinyu XIII "13th" Signed Antique Japanese Raku Chawan Tea Bowl
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully glazed, impeccably made Chawan tea bowl by famed Japanese master potter the 13th Kichizaemon Raku, Seinyu (1887-1944) who was the eldest son of Konyu - the 12th Kichizaemon of the Raku family line of potters - known as the most noted and celebrated tradition of pottery within the world of Japanese tea. Kichizaemon Raku was the 13th master to carry on the family's esteemed name and tradition. The bowl features shifting textures and deep, rich colours which radiate in the light.
The term "Raku" was derived from the site where clay was dug in Kyoto in the late 16th century. The Kanji character for Raku translates to "enjoyment" or "fun/delightful" For 15 generations it has been the title and seal used by a lineage of potters whose work formed the central tradition in Japan. This lineage believes that 'Raku' refers to the potters who use the technique, not the technique itself. In the 16th century, the first of these potters, Chojiro is said to have come under the patronage of the Japanese tea master, Sen-No-Rikyu. According to legend, in 1598 a few years after Chojiro's death, ruler, Hideyoshi Toyotomi bestowed upon his adopted son, Jokei, a golden seal with the written symbol "Raku." Both the name and the ceramic style have been passed down through the family to the present ever since. The name and the style of ware have become influential in both Japanese culture and literature. Raku ware marked an important point in the historical development of Japanese ceramics, as it was the first ware to use a seal mark and the first to focus on close collaboration between potter and patron. Other famous Japanese clay artists...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Limited Edition Japanese Woodblock Print Syoren-In Kyoto
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully designed and composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Thai Asian Large Carved Wood Gilt Lacquer Kneeling Praying Temple Shrine Figure
Located in Studio City, CA
Truly, a wonderful piece. We gravitated towards it upon first sight. Very well done, beautiful detail and coloring. Quite unusual and rare in this pose. Very well preserved. We have ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Asian Khmer Cambodia Stoned Carved Head Bust of Male Buddhist Buddha Shiva Deity
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully sand stone-carved Asian deity figure / sculpture likely from Cambodia. The detailed head is likely that of the divinity deity Shiva, sometimes referred to as the smiling God-King. The features are clearly reminiscent of the carvings found at both Bayon Temple at Angkor Thom...
Category
19th Century Cambodian Antique California - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
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