Baby toy land tinplate and celluloid clockwork boy on four-wheel cart with circular metal track. in original box with top label marked 'Made in Japan' circa 1950s. Box size: 16 x 16 cm (6.25 x 6.25 inches). Provenance: Purchased June 2013, US$1085.
A George Nakashima (1905 -1990) lounge chair with free form arm, Undoubtedly one of the preeminent innovators of the 20th century, George Nakashima was a supremely accomplished woodworker, architect and furniture maker. Widely accepted to be the father of
An elegant pair of 19th century Oriental rosewood vase stands, in the form of small tables with panelled top surfaces and lower shelves and finely carved fretwork decoration in stylised oriental motifs. China or Japan, circa 1860. 60 x 60 x 53 cm
A Japanese Meiji period boxwood and ivory okimono of two swordsmiths they work a katana blade on an anvil beside a box bellows forge. Two character signature and two character seal mark on red lacquer inlaid tablets inset to the plinth base. Some faults. 3
A Japanese Meiji period ivory okimono of a man and woman preparing a market stall vegetable display. Two character signature on red lacquer inlaid tablet and engraved fruit cipher under the base. Provenance: The collection of Walter Kendal Tresize (UK/Japa
A Japanese boxwood and ivory netsuke of a figures relaxing on a sampan engraved underneath five figures in rough capes and hats haul a rope, evidently towing the boat. Engraved signature, length 11.4 cm. Provenance: The collection of Walter Kendal Tresize
A Japanese ivory netsuke of a group of five masks including Okame the back carved as an expressive face, the himotoshi formed by his flaring nostrils. Engraved signature. 3.4 cm square. Provenance: The collection of Walter Kendal Tresize (UK/Japan 1859 ' 1
Impressive Japanese bronze Koro by Seimin, Meiji period (1868-1912) the flattened spherical lobed body cast with twelve cartouches featuring the Zodiac animals, the lid surmounted by an eagle standing on a rock with outspread wings, the incense burner supp
Twenty assorted folding pocket knives including Remington, Le Thiers, Taylors eye witness, Southern and Richardson, U.S.A. England, Germany, France and Japan, 19th and 20th century, the Remington 22.5 cm long
Utagawa Hiroshige 1797?1858 woodblock print 'Otsu Station', circa 1833, 22 x 34 cm, 38 x 48.5 cm later frame, ex. Uchida Art Co. Ltd Kyoto Hnadicraft Center Kumanojinja-Higashi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Japan certificate verso
Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849 woodblock print 'Mishima Station', circa 1804, 12 x 16.5 cm, 27 x 30.5 cm later frame, ex. Uchida Art Co. Ltd Kyoto Hnadicraft Center Kumanojinja-Higashi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Japan certificate verso
Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849 woodblock print 'Fujikawa Station', circa 1804, 11.5 x 16.5 cm, 27 x 30.5 cm later frame, ex. Uchida Art Co. Ltd Kyoto Hnadicraft Center Kumanojinja-Higashi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Japan certificate verso
Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849 woodblock print 'Hamamatsu Station', circa 1804, 11.5 x 16.5 cm, 27 x 30.5 cm later frame, ex. Uchida Art Co. Ltd Kyoto Hnadicraft Center Kumanojinja-Higashi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto Japan certificate verso
Two Satsuma Japan ceramic pieces including vase, height 15 cm approx; and small dish, diameter 12 cm approx; each with Wisteria decoration, and with character marks to base.
A Chinese gu form vase, decorated in wucai colours with dragons, phoenix etc, a demon face on either side of the neck, Ming mark to base. Boxed later in Japan by a collector, height 43 cm.
A Japanese Tozan studio pottery horse okimono, Ito Tozan III (1900-1970), circa 1960s, the stoneware okimono in the stylised form of a horse, decorated with overglaze enamels and gilding over a clear crackled Kiyomizu glaze. Impressed circular two-characte
A Japanese Shinkai Kanzan studio vase, Shinkai Kanzan (1912-), circa 1950s, the vase of stoneware, decorated to the shoulder with three stylised fish incised into a white slip, covered in a clear greenish-blue glaze. With an impressed mark to the base and
A porcelain Arita charger with a scalloped edge, impressed maker's mark, Japan, mid 20th century, the centre decorated with red crested cranes and pine trees issuing from rocks, a spliced border of roundels phoenix and floral motifs in blue, red, green, ye
Edwin Flack: Signature with 14 others on reverse of a 1912 menu 'Dinner. Given by the Passengers to Captain St.John George & Officers, RMS 'Empire'. Oriental Hotel, Kobe, Japan'. (Australia's first Olympian and first Olympic gold medallist; very rare signa
Two various Satsuma Japan vases each with hand painted scenes of Figures in a Garden, on cobalt blue ground, each signed in characters to base, height 10 cm and 13 cm.
Pair Satsuma Japan hand painted mantle vases each depicting figures in a hand painted scene on cobalt blue ground, dual handles to each, height 31 cm each.
A Japanese Seto Kato Gosuke blue and white vase, Kato Gosuke IV (1839-1905), Meiji period (1868-1912), late 19th century, moulded porcelain in the form of a ribbed gourd above three feet, decorated all over with phoenix interspersed with chrysanthemum and
A Japanese Ko Tamba Tsubo, Edo period (1603-1868), early 17th century, potted in elegant ovoid form, with a Keishiki scenery (splash of ash glaze) to one side, and a good selection of other desirable scenic features appreciated in wabi tea aesthetic throug
A pair of Kaga silver-inlaid iron stirrups, abumi, Japan, Edo period (1615-1868), decorated with a stylised wave and shell and vine scroll motifs, purchased from Odawara Shoten Inc, Tokyo in 1987 as 'Pair of Abumi stirrups, produced by Nagakuni, the fourth
A large Imari centre bowl, Japan, 19th century, the well painted with willow, the bowl embellished with alternating cartouche of birds, pearls and cloud motifs within diaper borders 37.2 cm diam.
Three woodblock prints, Utagawa Toyokuni III, [1786-1865], with carver and Publisher's seal marks, Japan, two beauties walking by the river and another note: two signed as nidaime Kunisada Toyokuni ga, and one as nidaime Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga, works create
A carved ivory figure of Shoki the Demon Suppressor, with one foot raised on a rock, Japan, Showa period, early 20th century, holding an Oni while another is by his side, fine detailing of the costumes & facial expressions of the okimono. Condition: Restor
Two woodblock prints, signed Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), with carver & Publisher's seal marks, Japan, note: works created after 1847 according to the style of the signature. Condition: foxing, margins trimmed, restored insect damage. Pr
Two woodblock prints, signed Jukokudo Yoshikuni, active from 1813 to 1832, with carver & Publisher's seal mark, Japan, note: birth & death unknown, a Ukiyo-e master of Osaka in the Edo period, the right one depicting Nakamura Utaemon IV, 1796/981852, well
A woodblock print, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi Ga, with carver & Publisher's seal marks, Japan, from the series of the seven lucky Gods of Japan, created around 1855. Condition: Margins trimmed. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilto
A woodblock print, signed Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), Japan, the Ukiyo-e was created in 1847 -1860, with three seal marks of the carver & publisher next to the signature, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance: T
A woodblock print, Otsu in Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido, signed Hiroshige Ga, Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Japan, the Ukiyo-e first edition, Published by Hoeido, with red seal mark, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance: The Eis
A woodblock print, Kusatsu in Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido, signed Hiroshige Ga, Hiroshige I (1797-1858), Japan, publishers red seal & a signature, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 35 x
Three woodblock prints, signed Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), with carver & Publisher's seal marks, Japan, the Ukiyo-e with Kabuki actors, note: works created after 1847 according to the style of the signature. Condition: Margins trimmed,
Three woodblock prints, signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi Ga, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Japan, the Ukiyo-e with publisher & carver's seal mark, created in 1850 & 1851 according to the style of the signature. Condition: Margins trimmed, staining & foxing. Pro
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Yoshitora Ga, Utagawa Yoshitora, active from 1850 to 1880, Japan, depicts a battle scene with samurai, title on the right up corner, the Ukiyo-e with artist signature, name & seal mark of the carver & publisher.
Three woodblock prints, the triptych, signed Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912), dated 1897, Japan, the Ukiyo-e with name & seal of the publisher & carver, Chiyoda no gyohyo, the Feudal Lords outside the Chiyoda Palace, the Edo residence of the Daimyo, from the o
Three woodblock prints, the triptych, signed as Kunisada Toyokuni ga, Ichiyosai Toyokuni ga, & Kochoro Toyokuni ga, Japan, the Ukiyo-e each with publisher & carver's seal marks, Utagawa Toyokuni II (1777-1835). Condition: Margins trimmed. Provenance: The E
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kunichika Ga, Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), dated 1878, Japan, the Ukiyo-e with a seal mark of the publisher & signature. Condition: trimmed, good colour & definition. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collectio
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kunichika Ga, Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), dated 1878, Japan, with date of publishing, the Ukiyo-e name & seal of the publisher & signature. Condition: trimmed, good colour & definition. Provenance: The Eisenb
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kochoro Hitsu, Utagawa Kunisada III, (1848-1920), Japan, Kabuki actors, the Ukiyo-e framed & glazed. Condition: good colour & definition. Provenance: The Eisenberg Wilton Collection, 34 x 23 cm each
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Toyokuni Ga & Kunisada Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865) Japan, the Ukiyo-e seal of publisher next to the signature, framed & glazed. Condition: Margins trimmed, good colour & definition. Provenance: The Eise
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Toyokuni Ga & Kunisada Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865) Japan, the Ukiyo-e Bijin, Beauties playing musical instruments, with two seal mark of the carver & publisher next to the signature, framed & glazed. Co
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912), dated 1888, Published by Miyake Hanshiro, Japan, moon Viewing banquet at Yoshino Imperial Palace, lady Saigo holding a dish in a similar shape to the moon rising over the pine tree, t
Three woodblock prints, the triptych signed Kochoro Toyokuni Ga, Utagawa Toyokuni III, (1786-1865), Japan, the Ukiyo-e with three seal marks of the carver & publisher & signature, framed & glazed. Condition: good colour and detail. Provenance: The Eisenber
A fine Japanese cloisonne enamel vase, three goldfish and seaweed on a turquoise ground, mark to base of Gonda Hirosuke I (1865-1937), Nagoya, Japan c.1900-1910. 18 x 19.5 cm
A Samurai Shokai sterling silver six piece ink set, Yokohama, Japan, C. 1900. Six pieces, with embossed dragons on hammered ground. Comprising inkwell with tray, long pen tray, blotter, small bowl/well and another piece from a manuscript stand or simialr.
A blackwood netsuke of an aubergine, carved signature Tanaka Minko [1775-1825], Edo period, Japan, condition: missing the worm, length 4.3 cm, height 5 cm
A boxwood netsuke of a chestnut, finely carved & signed by Masanao, Edo period, mid 19th century, Japan, note: the line originated with Masanao I (1815-90), although there were four Masanao generations. The Masanao craftsmen worked almost exclusively in wo
Set of four plates from narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the china Seas & Japan, Nat Hist. Fish Pl. III, Pl. IV, Pl. V, Pl. VIII 1856 [4], Handcoloured engravings del. H. Patterson, 20 x 50 cm, 50 x 20 cm. Literature: narrative of the
A fine celadon glazed vase inlaid with a leaping koi, impressed oval seal of Gyokudo, Kyoto, Japan, early Showa period, circa 1940, note: master potter, Tezuka Gyokudo [1896-1977] used coloured slip to create birds & fish on a plain ground, he established
Voightlander Bessa R2 camera comes with an attached Ernst Leitz GmbH Weitzler Summarit lens F=5 cm 1:1.5 NR 1500004 Fotar 40 1A Japan. Comes with Carry bag
A pair of blue and white phoenix plates, Daoguang six-character mark, 16.4 cm diam. (2). Provenance: Private collection, Kansai, Japan, Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in
A Yaozhou 'hare's fur' bowl, 12th/13th century, 12.5 cm diam., 6.5 cm high, Exhibited: The Tea Bowl in China, Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Australia: A Study in Cultural Influence, Synthesis and Metamorphosis, Asian Arts Institute of Australia, New South Wales,
A large Satsuma baluster vase, first half 20th century, partial characters and marked made in Japan, a carinate shouldered baluster vase with a waisted neck, decorated in broad, planes of colour in a muted tan, blue, green, brown and black palette with, mo
Two Regency Japan pattern jugs in the manner of Riley and Mason'S, circa 1820s, a moulded Riley jug with gadroons to the rims and a high set 'Comma' handle, pattern 177, and a faceted ironstone Mason's type jug with a serpent handle, unmarked, one item as
Chinese hanging scroll, ink on paper, in running script, Ren Zheng, [1916-1999] signed with four seals, dated 1988, a poem by Zhang Ji [712-779]. Provenance: Ren Zheng was a friend of the vendor's mother & he went with his mother to visit the artist & was
A Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock print, Meiji period. On paper. Wooden frame. Ukiyo-e is a genre of paintings that flourished in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868). Although woodblock prints were common at the time, actual paintings done by famous artists
An Antonin Raymond desk, Antonin Raymond (1888-1976) is recognised as one of the fathers of modern architecture in Japan, Czech born Raymond worked under Cass Gilbert and Frank Lloyd Wright before setting up his own studio in 1922 with his wife and creativ
A Japanese cloisonne lidded pedestal bowl, decorated with alternating panels of birds and dragons. Impressed Ando mark and 'Made in Japan', height 14 cm
An Art Deco lidded Satsuma trinket box, Showa period, 1930-40, signed, the circular box with a low domed lid decorated with a bird amidst prunus, blossoms and maple leaves with gilt and moriage enrichments, the sides, similarly decorated and raised on thre
Seventeen piece Asahi Japan sterling dinner set including 8 bowls, diameter 10.5 cm each, 8 plates, diameter 18.5 cm each, and a serving plate, diameter 27.5 cm approx. Each piece marked Asahi, Sterling, 950. Weight 2963grams total
Album containing a diverse range; noted Chinese execution types, Pacific Island scenes and beauties, especially Fiji and New Caledonia, early Singapore, shipping, China, Japan and a few Australian. (75 + 2 small photo series ).