A LACQUERED-WOOD FIGURE OF A RAKAN Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century

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

ANONYMOUS, TOSA SCHOOL Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century A six-panel byobu (folding screen), in ink, colour and gold on paper with silk borders mounted on a wood lattice and within a black lac

A LACQUERED LIGHT WOOD THREE-CASE INRO WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM AND PEONY Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of upright, rounded rectangular form, the light wood ground neatly decorated in gold, sil

ARTIST UNKNOWN, TOSA SCHOOL Four Paintings of Scenes from Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th Century Painted in ink, colours, and gold on paper within bands of gold

A Japanese Lacquered Wood Zushi ShrineEdo period (1615-1868), a traveling shrine with black lacquered exterior case with metal hardware that previously had gilt highlights, gilt interior to doors of s

(lot of 2) Japanese polychromed wood figure of a seated Shinto deity, Edo period (1615-1868), likely depicting the scholar Tenjin (Sugawara no Michizane, 845-903), remnants of gesso and polychrome pig

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

THIRTEEN KOZUKA (KNIFE HANDLES) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century All chiselled and inlaid with gold, silver, shakudo, or shibuichi, the first four copper; the first with a flying crane and

KUBO SHUNMAN (1757-1820) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/early 19th century A surimono depicting an ise-ebi (Japanese spiny lobster), two hamayumi (ceremonial miniature bows) with arrows in a stand, and

EIGHT FUCHIGASHIRA (HILT COLLARS AND POMMELS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century The first iron, shakudo, and gold, depicting dragons and clouds, signed Katsuryuken gyonen rokujugo Masayoshi

FOUR IRON TSUBA (SWORD GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century The first and second pierced with intricate key-fret patterning; the third and fourth each formed from 32 overlapping rivett

THREE TSUBA (HAND GUARDS) Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to mid-19th century All shakudo, the first ovoid, finely cut in itozukashi ('thread-piercing') technique with sayagata (key-fret) patterns, the r

A LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX) AND COVER WITH FANS DEPICTING THE SHOCHIKUBAI Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of square form with rounded corners, the mura-nashiji ground finely decorated

A SHIBUICHI AND GOLD TSUBAJapan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of maru-gata shape, with two hitsu, worked in fine takazogan with rich gold, depicting a plum tree and a samurai's baton (saih

East Asia, Japan, Edo Period, ca. 18th century CE. A remarkable, hand-carved figure of a Bodhisattva depicted kneeling with hands together in the Anjali Mudra or Namaste position, also known as gassho

ANONYMOUS Suigetsu Kannon (Water-Moon Avalokiteshvara) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th/18th century A hanging scroll brushed in ink on paper, depicting one of the thirty-three forms of the compassionate

A SET OF MENUKI (MATCHED HILT GRIPS) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century Each of gold, modelled and chiselled as a running hare, the fur minutely worked, one signed with a kao (cursiv

A SET OF MENUKI (MATCHED HILT GRIPS) Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century Each of gold, modelled and chiselled as a bunch of ayame (irises) wrapped in a silk cloth for a summer iris fe

AN 18TH CENTURY JAPANESE EDO PERIOD CARVED WOOD FIGURE OF A WARRIOR modelled kneeling. 19 cm x 7 cm.

Antique circa 18th Century Japanese Edo Period carved lacquered wood box with a shallow lid and lined in a contemporary silk. Shaped to simulate a cut bamboo stalk, the box is decorated with foliate d

Standing Kannon Bosatsu, Japan, Edo period(1603-1868) 17th/18th c., wood set with gold paint and sheet metal diadem with wire attached beads, soft carved design, the compassionate Bodhisattva Avaloite

A RARE LARGE 18TH/19TH CENTURY JAPANESE EDO PERIOD LACQUERED WOOD SCHOLAR upon a tiger skin painted throne. 50 cm x 36 cm.

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

A SOTEN SCHOOL IRON TSUBA WITH IMMORTALS Signed Soheishi Nyudo Soten seiJapan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The iron tsuba of marugata shaped and decorated in sukashi-bori wi