A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO SHISHI By Sato Masayoshi (1819-1865), Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th cen...

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) Shishi Lion-Dog and Peonies Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century A large two-panel folding screen in ink and colors on paper depicting a shishi (Chine

ANONYMOUS Cranes with Prunus Blossoms Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A two-panel folding screen, ink, colors, gofun (calcified crushed oyster-shell gesso), and gold on paper within a double silk

A LACQUERED AND GILT-WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA NYORAI Probably Edo period (1615–1868) The Buddha seating on a lotus throne with the right hand in vitarka mudra, the left hand resting on his thigh, tw

A GOLD-LACQUER SUZURIBAKO (WRITING BOX) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Rectangular with an inrōbuta (flush-fitting) lid decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e with kirigane and hirame embe

ANONYMOUS (18TH-19TH CENTURY) Flock of Cranes Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century A six-panel folding screen in ink, color, and gold on paper depicting a flock of 17 cranes standing on the shore

Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1864), Two Woodblock PrintsEdo period (1615-1868), woodblock print format, two oban sheets, professionally framed under glass. Frame dimensions 22 x 27

A BLACK-LACQUER NERIKAWA SUIT OF ARMOR WITH A HARAMAKI DŌ Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The kawari kabuto of momonari (peach) form of lacquered leather with an iron visor, the wide five-la

ANONYMOUS (19TH CENTURY) A Parcel-gilt Bronze Model of Su Shi (So Tōba) on His Mule Edo period (1615-1868)-Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century, A two-piece model in patinated and parcel-gilt bron

A LACQUERED WOOD FIGURE OF AMIDA BUDDHA Edo Period (1605-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The standing figure dressed in monastic robes open at the chest and falling in even folds at the w

UTAGAWA SCHOOL ARTISTS AND OTHERS An Album of Woodblock Prints Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A collection of 29 ōban tate-e print triptychs laid down in an accordion album, and an addition

KANSHŌSAI TŌYŌ (ACTIVE 19th CENTURY) A four-case lacquer inrō Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of lenticular profile with applied cord runners, decorated in rōgin-nuri and

RAKU RYŌNYŪ (KICHIZAEMON IX, 1756-1834) A Red Raku Ware Tea Bowl Edo period (1615-1868), after 1811 The earthenware chawan featuring a variegated glaze of shades of red, orange, gray, black,

East Asia, Japan, Edo to Meiji period, ca. mid 19th to early 20th century CE. A bronze articulated model of a lobster, with a signature on the underside of its carapace. Meticulously constructed of nu

STYLE OF SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891) A Lacquer Tonkotsu (Tobacco Container) in the Form of an Ink Cake Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century Of rectangular section with internal

A Japanese Samurai Armor, Edo Period, 18th-19th century52-1/2 inches high (133.4 cm) (appr

Two Japanese wood carved netsuke monky, dating from the Meiji period. Two seated monkey figures, one with arms crossed over their knees and the other hearing no evil with hands clasped over the ears.

An exceptionally fine Japanese Makie lacquered wood clothing box with cover. Late Edo period, c.1850. Low rectangular box, the rim decorated with nashigi gold speckles, the top decorated with two diff

Meiji Period, 19th century in the manner of Chokuan Soga(17th century), 12 hawk gouaches, laid down to form two six panel screens, ink , pigment and gilt on rice paper, with wood frame. 62 in. H., 144

Framed Chinese polychrome enamel porcelain plaque, Republic Period, red seal mark reading Yu Cen (Liu yucen, 1904-1969), two green birds perched on branch, colophon to left, wood back affixed with tap

Height- 37"

Late Edo/early Meiji period (19th century), Japanese, likely Seishi and Kannon, each depicted standing, backed by a wheel-form halo, raised atop a double-lotus base on a stepped hexagonal pierced and

19TH CENTURY EDO PERIOD JAPANESE ARMOR; NO DAMAGE, NO REPAIRING, WEAR DUE TO AGE.

19TH CENTURY JAPAN EDO PERIOD RELIEF IRON HELMET; NO DAMAGE, NO REPAIRING, WEAR DUE TO AGE.

DESCRIPTION: Japanese Zushi portable Buddhist shrine. Lacquer, polychrome and gilt wood with engraved metal fittings. Edo Period. PROVENANCE: Ex Estate of David G. Ballentine, NYC. MEASUREMENTS: 2-1/4