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Japanese Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture Kiyoharu Ichino
By Kiyoharu Ichino
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Purple Dawn", a ceramic sculpture piece by Japanese potter Kiyoharu Ichino (1957-). Purchased from Touching Stone, Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2003. Tradition meets renovation, this sculptural piece with its slab like minimal shape draws the viewer into its mysterious shape that is reminiscent of a monument. Its surface, with the typical Tanba clay fired at very high temperature and completely free of glaze, radiates a subtle metallic sheen that is nearly in a shade of purple. This piece was purchased from Touching Stone, Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2003.
Artist's bio from the gallery and the exhibition:
"Kiyoharu Ichino was born in 1957 in Tachikui into an extended family steeped in pottery-making tradition. He learned all aspects of Tanba pottery since childhood. When he was twenty, he moved to Seto to study pottery under a master of Akatsu-yaki. Upon returning to Tachikui, he launched his career with the Tanba Group Kiln. In 1983, he established his own kiln and began showing in galleries all over Japan. His works have been selected repeatedly for the prestigious juried Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition sponsored by the Japan Crafts Association. In 1995, he was nominated to be a permanent member of The Japan Crafts Association, an honor bestowed to the most experienced and talented artists.
Traditional Tanba pottery is fired unglazed at very high temperature in large wood-fueled kilns. Ichino uses both an anagama (hole kiln) and a noborigama (climbing kiln), burning almost a thousand bundles of wood over several days to bring out the unique personalities of Tanba clay, which is renowned for its rich texture and deep purplish brown colors. Many of his pieces show silvery fire-marks like swirling mists left by the wood fire. His pieces appear to be integral parts of the clay rather than separate objects made from it. To show the unique clay texture, he often includes seemingly unfinished edges in his designs, exposing the rough clay body. Despite the high level of sophistication and innovation, Ichino's works maintain a strong connection with the ancient Tanba pottery tradition. Ichino should be no stranger to many Santa Fe residents. His work has been exhibited both in Touching Stone Gallery and as part of a major exhibition in the New Mexico Museum of International Folk Art in 2006.
About Tanba ware...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Sterling Silver Creamer and Sugar by Cutshing
Located in Atlanta, GA
A two-piece set sterling silver creamer and sugar signed "CUT" and "TienXing" in Chinese, circa second half of 19th century. Cutshing was a Chinese silversmith located at 8 New China...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Japanese Ceremonial Brocade Jinbaori Vest Jacket
Located in Atlanta, GA
Made entirely from luxuriant woven brocade (kinran) for the exterior, this Japanese sleeveless jacket is called Jinbaori. Commonly worn by the Samurai warriors during 16th century when warfare was common in feudal Japan, this type of loose jacket, as a surcoat on top the armor, served as an extra protection, and more importantly as an identification in the battlefield with its bright colors and often Mons. In Edo period, the society was stabilized and Jinbaori gradually shifted toward a pure ceremonial function.
The jacket on offer was unusual as it was tailored entirely from the bright Chinese brocade...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Brocade
Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Tanabe Chikuunsai II
By Tanabe Chikuunsai II 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
A woven bamboo flower Ikebana basket by Tanabe Chikuunsai II (1921-2000) from Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1950-1960s. The ikebana basket takes a vertical square form, the body was e...
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Antique Silk Kesa Monk's Patched Robe Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
Kesa, known as "Jiasha" in Chinese and "Kasaya" in Sanskrit, is an out-layer garment worn by the ordained Buddhist monks. Bearing a basic rectangular form, it developed originally in...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Textile, Brocade
Japanese Art Deco Ikat Silk Meisen Kimono
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking and well preserved Japanese Meisen kimono hand-sewn from woven Ikat Silk circa 1920-40s (Taisho to Showa period). The kosode style kimono (sma...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese Inro by Koma Koryu Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A four-case lacquered inro by Koma Koryu circa 19th century late Edo period. The inro features a pair of Chinese mandarin duck resting under a bundle of blooming irises on the pond. ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Korean Ceramic Irabo Tea Bowl Chawan Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic chawan tea bowl made in Korea for Japanese market circa 17th century. The chawan is identified as Irabo type. Irabo bowls were essentially con...
Category
17th Century Korean Other Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Korean Porcelain Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean ceramic water dropper in square form circa 19th century late Joseon Dynasty. It features an underglaze blue painting of a full cluster of ...
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Lacquered Wood Table Stone Top with Carved Essay
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese antique table from Northern China likely Shanxi Province circa late Qing dynasty to Republic period (late 19th century). The square for...
Category
19th Century Chinese Export Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Stone
Japanese Porcelain Vase Makuzu Kozan Meiji Period
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking blue and white vase from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected ceramist from Meiji Period. Born as Miyagawa Toranosuke, Kozan established his pottery studio in Yokohama circa 1870s and later became one of the appointed artists to the Japanese Imperial household. His work was exhibited in many international fairs that the Meiji government participated at the turn of the century and won many grand prizes.
Of a relatively large size, this vase is decorated with underglaze cobalt blue using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting). As a result, the bamboos appear took on a three-dimensional quality as if appearing in a mist. Known as one of the most creative ceramists, circa 1887, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze. New colors allowed him to create underglaze design that appeared bright, smooth and glossy. He even invented his own receipt of cobalt blue to achieve a much brighter yet softer shade, as evident on this vase. To create landscape that is realistic and dimensional, more common in the western paintings, he was inspired by the native Japanese ink painting technique developed around 1900 by Yokoyama Taikan...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Japonisme Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Fine Japanese Satsuma Ceramic Jar with Gilt Decoration by Kinkozan
By Kinkozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Japanese ceramic vase from end of Meiji period circa 1880s- 1910s by Kinkozan (1645-1927). One of the largest studio manufacturers of the export ceramics at the time based in Kyoto. In the typical style of satsuma made at the turn of 20th century, the vase is of a moon jar shape and finely decorated with kinran-de (gold paint) on a cream white background with even fine crackles. What sets this particular vase apart from many lower quality and mass-produced pieces is the meticulously renditioned surface decoration. Lavishly gilded with a continuous design, the carefully composed imagery depicts an elaborately decorated float cart in a festival parade. A group of people are seated within the float with a woman and a child standing in the front. Surrounding the float are streams of marchers dressed...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Set of Six Blue and White Plates from the Nanking Cargo Shipwreck
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of six blue and white Qing dynasty porcelain plates from the Nanking Cargo shipwreck.
A large cache of porcelain and other merchandise was discovered on the wreck of a Dutch East India Company ship, the Geldermalsen, which sank in the South China Seas in 1752 and was discovered in 1985.
The ship had been bound for Amsterdam from Canton when it crashed into a reef and sank along with its cargo of tea, raw silk, porcelain and gold ingots. Some 235 years after it set out on its journey, the cargo was recovered by Captain Michael Hatcher and sold at Christie's in Amsterdam in 1986.
These delicate porcelain plates are decorated in the charming "Boatman and six-flower border" pattern, which shows a fisherman punting his boat within a broad river landscape, with a two-story pavilion beside a pine tree, a Chinese parasol...
Category
1750s Chinese Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Qing Dynasty Civil Rank Badges with Egrets
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lovely pair of 19th century civil rank badges (buzi) decorated with an egret, denoting a civil servant of the Sixth Rank. The badges are worked in Peking knot and couched gold thread...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese Bamboo Basket Ikebana by Hayakawa Shokosai IV
By Hayakawa Shokosai IV
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Japanese bamboo basket by Hayakawa Shokosai IV, the fourth generation of the Shokosai lineage, one of the best known in the Japanese Bamboo art...
Category
1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Ceramic Bowl Buncheong Ware Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Buncheong (also spelled as Punch'ong) stoneware tea bowl from Korea Joseon Dynasty circa 15-16th century. The conical shape bowl in the classical styl...
Category
16th Century Korean Archaistic Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Woodblock Print Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provinces by Hiroshige
By Utagawa Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858)
Series: Pictures of Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces
Number: 5: Settsu Province: Sumiyoshi, Idemi Beach
Medium: Woodblock Print
Date: 1853 (Kaei 6), 7th month
Number of Prints: 70/70 (inc. Title Page)
Format: Vertical Oban
Size (H x W): 14" x 9.25" print only.
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei)
Block Cutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Signature: Hiroshige hitsu
Additional marks: Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Ox 7
Displayed with mat and gilt wood frame.
Reference: For an identical print, see the collection of MFA Boston...
Category
1850s Japanese Edo Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Paper
Korean Ceramic Ki-Irabo Tea Bowl Chawan Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic chawan tea bowl made in Korea for Japanese market circa 17th century. The chawan is identified as Ki- Irabo type (Yellow Irabo). Irabo bowls w...
Category
17th Century Korean Other Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
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 Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Japanese Ink Hanging Scrolls Kano Tanyu
By Kano Tan'yu 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine matching pair of hanging scrolls ink on paper mounted in green brocade borders circa Edo period (17-18th century). The Kano school painting depicts wild geese in the reeds by the margin of water, a popular subject borrowed from the Chinese tradition. Both painting were signed as Tanyu with a red seal of Morinobu, his birth name. The storage box is also present and was inscribed with the title Painting of Geese and Reeds and Kano Tanyu...
Category
Late 17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
Korean Ceramic Ritual Offering Vessel with Inscription Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A ceramic dish with high cylindrical foot in white glaze with a cobalt blue underglaze inscription from Korea, circa 18-19th century Joseon Dynasty. This is a classic ceremonial vess...
Category
Late 18th Century Korean Archaistic Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Chinese Demilune Lacquered Table Late Qing Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese demilune console table circa second half of 19th century (the late Qing dynasty; 1644-1912). Made in pair always, the D shaped table was so named because it resembles half-...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Rare 19th Century Civil Rank Badge with Paradise Flycatcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Qing Dynasty silk embroidery rank badge decorated with a paradise flycatcher, denoting an official of the Ninth Rank. It is relativel...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Japanese Hanging Bamboo Ikebana Basket Signed
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese bamboo Ikebana hanging basket circa 1920s-1940s, made with "sooted" bamboo (susutake in Japanese). This bamboo material was collected from traditional thatched-roof houses...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese Lacquered Maki-E Fubako in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare Japanese lacquered wood fubako decorated in Kodaiji maki-e style circa early 17th century the beginning of the Edo period, possibly early toward the end of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The rectangular, long and slim box features a deep lipped lid with slightly rounded corners, a conforming lower box with two bronze medallion rings with tasseled...
Category
Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Black Asian Trunk with Brass Fittings, Early 20th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Black Asian trunk with brass fittings, Early 20th century. Glass top that can be removed.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Fine Japanese Portable Tea Cabinet Meiji Period with Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Japanese portable cabinet finely fashioned out of Sandalwood, a fragrant and also one of the most expensive woods that was used to make small luxury pieces. The handled ca...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Sandalwood
Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean ceramic water dropper in square form on four corner feet, circa 19th century late Joseon Dynasty. The piece features an underglaze blue pa...
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Asian Influenced Design Silver Leafed Lamps
Located in Atlanta, GA
Asian influenced design silver leafed lamps, probably American, circa 1950s. They retain their warm original patina. They have been rewired and are ready to use. The price noted incl...
Category
1950s American Chinoiserie Vintage Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Korean Ceramic White Bowl Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean ceramic porcelain bowl covered in a white glaze with a hint of bluish green circa 18th century, possibly earlier, of the Joseon Dynasty. The deep bowl was hand-thrown on the...
Category
18th Century Korean Archaistic Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Framed Tibetan Woven Silk Kesi Panel of Kirtimukha
Located in Atlanta, GA
A woven silk Kesi panel depicts Kirtimukha from Tibet circa the second half of 20th century. Beautifully woven from short weft silk with superb coloring and ...
Category
20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Small Korean Cabinet with Drawers Gakkesuri Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small Korean mixed wood cabinet dated to Joseon Dynasty circa 19th century. The cabinet was used to keep valuables such as jewelries and money, often placed on the bed functioning ...
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Ironstone Urn & Lid with Foo Dog Finial, England ca. 1820
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ironstone Urn & Lid with Foo Dog Finial, England ca. 1820.
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ironstone
Rare Chinese Export Sterling Silver Tea Set with Dragon Design Tianjing Wuhua
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Chinese export sterling silver tea set comprised of 13 pieces including tea pot, sugar, creamer, four tea bowls and six tea spoons, circa 1910s-1920s. Featuring matching chased rel...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Asian Flambe Studio Pottery Vase
By Kyoto Pottery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A garlic bottle vase in an archaic Chinese form, but likely Japanese in origin. Several circumventing grooves however, suggest a more modern age. It was done in a brilliant purple glaze over a robin egg blue background glaze. The bubbling and bursting effects during the firing renders the surface an artistic spotting effect. The color pallet recalls the Classic Jun Yao...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Rare and Large Japanese Porcelain Vase Makuzu Kozan
By Makuzu Kozan
Located in Atlanta, GA
A striking blue and white vase from the studio of Japanese Potter Makuzu Kozan, also known as Miyagawa Kozan (1842–1916), one of the most established and collected ceramist from Meiji Period. Born as Miyagawa Toranosuke, Kozan established his pottery studio in Yokohama around 1870s and later became one of the appointed artist to the Japanese Imperial household. His work was exhibited in many international fairs that the Meiji government participated at the turn of the century and won many grand prizes.
With an impressively large size, this vase was likely made and reserved as a presentation piece for one of the many expositions the studio participated in the early 20th century. It was decorated with underglaze cobalt blue using the novel technique developed by Kozan called Fuki-e (the blow painting), in order to achieve the striking dimensional literary landscape known as "Mountain and Water". Being one of the most creative ceramists, Kozan started experimenting with new chemical colors from the West in the format of his porcelain glaze around 1880s. New colors allowed him to create underglaze designs that appeared bright, smooth and glossy. He even invented his own receipt of cobalt blue to achieve a much brighter yet softer shade, as evident on this vase. To create landscape that is realistic and dimensional, more common in the western paintings, he was inspired by the native Japanese ink painting technique developed around 1900 by Yokoyama Taikan...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Textile Panel Double Ikat Kasuri Futon Cover
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese woven cotton textile panel with white pattern on indigo background circa 1900-20s (end of Meiji to Tasho period). The panel was joined by four vertical stripes and was tra...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Cotton
Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Tray Box with Cutout Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquer box with lid and an inner tray decorated with Maki-e on a dense nashiji background. The fine box was likely made circa 1920-30s...
Category
1920s Japanese Taisho Vintage Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Korean Ceramic Ritual Offering Stemmed Dish with Inscription Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small ceramic stemmed dish with high cylindrical foot in white glaze with a cobalt blue underglaze inscription in the center from Korea, circa 18-19th cent...
Category
Late 18th Century Korean Archaistic Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Large Ceramic Bowl Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large ceramic bowl by Japanese American artist Toshiko Takaezu (American, 1922 - 2011). The deep form bowl features a robust body of thick wall, s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Lacquered and Gilt Wood Buddhism Statue from Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
An exceptional and wood statue of Buddhism Guardian Seitaka Doji from Japan circa Edo period (1603-1868), likely the earlier part of 17th century. One of two chief attendants of Fudou Myouou (the other being Kongara Doji), the name of Seitaka Doji is a transliteration of Sanskrit "Cetaka", meaning servant, slave, and he is said to personify expedient action. He is most commonly found on the right side of Fudou, together with Kongara Doji on the left, forming the Immovable triad, Fudou Sanzon, the terror of evil doers. Seitaka largely adheres to the iconography of a wrathful youth with fleshy body and face, skin in the color of a red lotus, has his hair tied in five knots, and holds a vajra in his left hand and a vajra-club in his right hand, but the actual artistic representations of him in Japan do...
Category
17th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal
Framed Japanese Embroidery Textile Panel Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese textile panel with embroidered picture work circa late Meiji period (1900s) presented in a gilt wood frame with silk mat. The work de...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Korean Ceramic Water Dropper in Dog Form Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely Korean ceramic water dropper in the form of a sitting dog circa 19th century late Joseon Dynasty. The charming animal form features underglaze blue paint outlining the furs ...
Category
19th Century Korean Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Korean Lacquer Box with Inner Tray and MOP inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely vintage Korean lacquer box in bright red and decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays circa 1970-80s. The square form box features an auspicio...
Category
Late 20th Century Korean Arts and Crafts Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Framed Antique Embroidery Chinese Textile Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of beautiful antique textile fragments from China, circa 19th century Qing dynasty, artistically displayed in a giltwood frame with co...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Sculpture by Kawano Shoko
By Kawano Shoko
Located in Atlanta, GA
A contemporary Japanese bamboo sculpture entitled Light at Dawn (Gyoko) made in 2004 by Kawano Shoko (B. 1957). This airy piece is unconventi...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Modern Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Framed Chinese Embroidered Silk Collar Qing Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silk collar from China dated to late Qing Dynasty circa 19th century. Known as Yunjian (Cloud Shoulder or Cloud Collar), this multi-lobed textile piece was a detachable collar worn around the shoulders as part of the traditional Chinese garment accessory. With its origin dated back to the Han Dynasty and being used until the end of Qing Dynasty, the form evolves with time, but much of the ornamentation and fundamental symbolism remains the same.
This striking example features a two-tiered design with seven lobes on each circle, all of which are variations of the shape of auspicious "ruyi", which represents the head of Lingzhi mushroom, a symbol of longevity. The inner lobes feature elaborate embroidery floral design with long and short satin stitches. Notably, one panel has a double gourd design, the symbol of fortune. The outer lobes show a simpler but bolder vision with the outlines of the designs lineated with metallic threads buddled in chain stitches. Small jade beads were used to link the piece together and most of them still remain. The piece as a whole has a very pleasant lilac purple color, delicate with the jade beads.
In Qing Dynasty, the silk collar with high quality was worn by noble or aristocratic women. The red color and the lotus boy symbol indicate that it was most likely part of the fashion accouterment worn during wedding ceremony.
The collar is beautifully float mounted within a double conforming mat in a giltwood frame and wood backing. A stunningly presented period piece with story to tell.
Reference: For a collection of Chinese embroidered collars...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Tibetan Cast Bronze Statue of Yamantaka
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cast bronze statue of Yamantaka and his envisioned consort Vajravetali on lotus throne and with a halo canopy, Tibetan, circa 19th century. The statue was cast in section with the main figures inserted onto the throne. Yamantaka, also known as Vajrabhairava, is the wrathful manifestation of Manjusri (Yamantaka means 'terminator of Yama, the god of death). He is shown here holding a double-edged sword, embracing his consort Vajravetali who holds a skull cup...
Category
19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Fine Korean Box with Tray Iron with Silver Inlay Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine Korean iron box with intricate silver inlay dated to the late Joseon Dynasty circa 19th century. The body of the box is made from iron of a heavy weight although the wear on t...
Category
19th Century Korean Other Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silver, Iron
Korean Ceramic Celadon Bowl with Slip Inlay Goryeo Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
Despite inspired originally by the celadons from Song dynasty in China, the development of celadon in Korean peninsula took its own course and reached the zenith in the 11-12th century during Goryeo dynasty...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Japanese Export Silk Embroidery Panel of American Union
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rather fascinating silk embroidery panel that depicts an American eagle perched on a shield, with laurel branches and shooting arrows under the...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Japanese Antique Fukusa Textile Art Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested by an artist monk Miyazaki Yuzensai (1654 -1736) of Edo period. The front cover likely depicts a scene from the Tale of Genji, showing a nobleman and his servant pays a visit to a lady in a fenced thatch-roof house under a high peak. The details of blossom trees and pines, as well as the characters, and scenery with a gradual color are astounding. It is telling that the Yuzen dying was used such an mastery.
The piece has a red silk backing and still retains two red tassels on the lower corners as well as decorative stitches along the edges. There is a patched design on the back likely a Mon symbol (family crest).
Fukusa is a traditional Japanese textile...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk
Fine Antique Korean Ceramic Water Dropper Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine porcelain water dropper from Korea circa 19th century of the late Joseon Dynasty. Water dropper is one of the essential scholar objects in the Confucius Joseon society where ink calligraphy was considered an important cultivation of an educated man. The water dropper is a small contained made to drop the water onto the ink stone to grind the ink stick for writing. These miniature objects were made in various forms as little wonders as a desktop accessory for the Scholar's study.
The water dropper on offer was made of porcelain and covered in a grey celadon glaze. It was molded in the form of a beach with finely sculpted stalk and leaves. A slight red was dotted on the two openings. The surface also has a carved grape or pomegranate motifs under the glaze. There is some slightly running of the celadon glaze on top. The base has residues of kiln grits.
Although the peach form was perhaps one of the most common ones among the Korean water droppers...
Category
Early 19th Century Korean Other Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Child's 19th Century Rank Badge with Silver Pheasant (B)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Qing Dynasty brocade civil rank badge with silver pheasant, likely intended for the front of a child's robe.
This unusually-sized badge was probably made for an older child of a civil official of the fifth rank. It features a silver pheasant, which can be recognized by its five distinctive long, scalloped tail feathers. The bird, with one foot raised and its wings outstretched, stands on a rock surrounded by green waves couched with gold thread, facing the red sun...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Brocade
Framed Chinese Antique Textile Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A spectacular antique Chinese embroidery panel dated from Qing dynasty (circa 19th century), professionally framed with linen mat, pur...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Set of Three Japanese Imari Graduated Porcelain Bowls, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Set of three Japanese Imari Graduated porcelain bowls, 19th century. Sizes are 7.25" x 2.5" - 8.25" x 3" - 9.5" x 3.5".
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Framed Japanese Embroidery Textile Panel Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese textile panel with embroidery needlework circa late Meiji period (1900s) presented in a gilt wood frame with silk mat. The work depic...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Silk, Wood
Pair of Early Japanese Plique-a-Jour Bowls from Nagoya
By Ando Jubei
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of small but exquisite Plique-a-jour cloisonné bowls with nearly identical design from Nagoya area in Japan circa 1900-20s. Maker's unknown but possibly by Ando company. The t...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Georgia - Asian Art and Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
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