Kiseruzutsu, Japan 19th cent

Large Imari plate, Japan, 19th century, blue and white porcelain, in the sea of clouds a unicorn(kirin) looks watchfully towards an incoming fish dragon(gyoryu) across the centre of the plate, mark: N

Ojime, ivory. Japan, 19th cent. Indeed a particularly noteworthy miniature carving (see length!), intricately worked, spirited and amusing. The notorious blowfish fugu has big eyes and its mouth seems

Ivory. Japan, 19th cent. Very rare and cleverly worked pieces. They are outside entirely sculptural with different depictions in compact, masterful composition. The legs are made in shell-form resp. s

Okimono, tsuge wood. Japan, 19th cent. A masterfully crafted okimono in yellow-red boxwood. The lotus leaf and snake-like curved stem are curled inward nearly forming a cup, possibly meant as a tray.

Bronze, gold. Japan, 19th cent. Wakizashi tsuba, of oval form with ryohitsu. Bearing a figural representation in takazogan on a rich nanakoji ground. The depiction offers foxes clad in human attires a

Bronze, gold, silver. Japan, 19th cent. Of mokkogata form with ryohitsu, the kogaihitsu with shakudo-alloy and plugged. With encircling and recessed decorative border on very fine nanakoji, the inner

Ojime, ivory. Japan, 19th cent. Very compactly designed ojime ball with deep relief. The motifs are classical long life symbols. Jo is standing under a pine tree, his wife Uba sits below. Both lived u

Kakemono, ink on paper. Japan, 19th cent. On of the branches runs vertically almost through the whole picture height and points in a striking way a definite direction of content - - the heliotrope, al

Tortoise shell and lacquer with gold. Japan, 19th cent. Elegantly formed, two-bowl form. Only the outer bowl, which can be covered, is decorated (in maki-e). The surface of the front side is probably

Silver. Japan, 19th cent. A pair of unusually large menuki, depicting kamakiri (mantis). The insect symbolizes courage as it is regarded as fearless and aggressive. LENGTH 4,1 AND 4,3 CM From the coll

Metal allow, enamel and gold. Japan, 19th cent. Rare, four-story inro made of a copper alloy which possibly includes gold, as suggested by the piece's weight as well as shine. The exterior is coated i

Glazed ceramic and metal. China or Japan, 19th cent. to first half of BCiges cent. Curiously, this teapot's opening is on the bottom (despite which it still pours tea properly). The blue-white decorat

Shakudo and gilt. Japan, 19th cent. A flat fan uchiwa decorated with bamboo and a hanging tassel in takazogan is shown on a fine nanakoji ground.Elaborate signature MITSU-YOSHI on the fan. A dragon fl

Shakudo, some gilding. Japan, 19th cent. Kozuka presenting a clear depiction focusing a fierce hebi (serpent) to the right and on the left an amusing toad (gama) with pop eyes and standing on its hind

Ojime, ivory. Japan, 19th cent. Somewhat ovoid form with open-worked areas. Seven hares are depicted, a compact composition with these long-ears, which are also popular in Japan made as mochi (rice ca

Original colour woodblock print. Japan, 19th cent.Kagoshima shimbun. Kuruma gaeshi senka no zu - 鹿児島新聞　東返戦之圖. Original colo

Original woodblock print. Japan, 19th cent. Kibi Daijin. Original woodblock print from the series Kokoku nijushiko („24 Outstanding Events in the Holy [Japanese] Empire“). Signature: Yoshi

Ojime, wood, lacquer, metal. Japan, 19th cent. Hexagonal form, tiered on both sides of the cord channel. Pattern on six fields is composed of “eyes“, formed of fine concentric circles, ver

Ojime, ivory. Japan, 19th cent. The motif of tigers in bamboo - take ni tora – occurs quite often and means that both are unsurpassable in flexibility and resistance. One tiger is chunky with a

Ojime, ivory. Japan, 19th cent. to Meiji Spherical form, the pattern of concise style and composed of strong, radially carved ribbing. The cord channel openings have floral borders. Good contrast of c

Ojime, ivory, inlay. Japan, 19th cent. Spherical form with humorous as well as abstract depiction. It could be a crane standing in the rain, but is hardly to differentiate between a heron (or even an

Heading: (Japan) Author: Title: 38 original albumen photographs of Japan, many hand-colored Place Published: Japan Publisher: Date Published: Late 19th Century Description:

Iron. Japan, 18th - 19th cent. A sukashi tsuba in the old ko-shoami tradition, of oval form and bearing ryohitsu, the rim notched to the inner edges; decorated with kiri (the most common Japanese armo

Shibuichi and some gold. Japan, 1st half 19th cent. Omori Teruhide from the Omori school is regarded the creator of the “omori wavesâ€, impressively displayed on the present kozuka. The billo