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A boxwood netsuke depicting a monkey with an Okame mask, signed Shinzan
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a seated monkey in the act of putting on an inverted Okame mask, which it holds up before its face, signed Shinzan.
Incised signature to the reverse.
Pe...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A wooden sculpture in the form of a sphere with a dragon carved in the round
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese wooden sculpture in the form of a sphere, featuring a dragon carved in high relief and fully in the round, wrapping entirely around the surface. The sphere may be interpre...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
An incense box in the shape of a shell with waka inscriptions
Located in Milano, IT
An incense box (kōgō) made from a real shell, painted in gold on the inside with waka (和歌) inscriptions, likely of poetic or romantic character.
The object recalls the shells used i...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Shell
A polychrome Satsuma kōro with a pierced silver and enamelled lid
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese Satsuma kōro decorated with polychrome enamels and gold on an ivory-toned ground, depicting courtly scenes, signed Ryokuzan. On both sides, the body features court scenes ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A cobalt-blue Satsuma vase depicting courtly scenes, signed Kinkozan
Located in Milano, IT
A globular Satsuma vase decorated with polychrome enamels and gold on a cobalt-blue ground. The neck features an elegant raised floral motif reminiscent of a chrysanthemum.
The body ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A two-panel folding screen on gold leaf depicting snow-covered Mount Fuji
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese two-panel folding screen painted on paper with applied gold leaf, depicting Mount Fuji covered in snow.
The decisive brushstrokes and tonal contrasts clearly define Mount...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
An antique and large high-quality bronze bonsho
Located in Milano, IT
An antique and large bonshō (Buddhist temple bell) in high-quality bronze, made in the Edo period and dated 1754 (the fourth year of the Horeki er...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Bronze
A large Imari vase with dragon, phoenix, and flowers
Located in Milano, IT
A large Japanese Imari vase of globular form with a long neck, decorated with flower vases flanked by the figures of the dragon and the phoenix (ryū and hō-ō).
The entire surface is...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A six-panel screen depicting a majestic tiger
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel screen painted on paper with gold powder, depicting a majestic tiger reclining in tall grass, emerging powerfully from the lightly suggested landscape in the bac...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A six-panel paper folding screen of Mount Fuji shrouded in mist
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel screen painted on paper, depicting Mount Fuji emerging from the clouds, its snow-covered peak set in a soft, atmospheric haze. On the right, dark pines appear fa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A boxwood netsuke of Hotei and a karako in the sack
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting Hotei with a karako inside his large sack, closed at the top with a knot. The god is shown with a smiling face and rounded body, while the exterior of the...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A Japanese cloisonné vase of a rooster and a hen
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese cloisonné vase with a rooster and a hen set against a dark blue ground, decorated with polychrome enamels within a flowering meadow.
The neck is adorned with a wisteria m...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A six-panel folding screen with pine trees beneath the red sun
Located in Milano, IT
A six-panel folding screen with a gold-leaf ground, depicting two pine trees with a red sun at the center.
On the left, a snow-covered pine is shown with a sinuous, knotted trunk and...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
A six-panel folding screen with a pair of Manchurian cranes on gilt silk
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel folding screen painted on silk with a golden ground, depicting two Manchurian cranes perched on a pine (matsu) branch.
The work bears the signature and seal of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Silk, Paper
A two-panel folding screen with a naturalistic scene
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese two-panel folding screen with floral decoration depicting blooming peonies, sparrows and rocks against a light ground. The panels are framed by two splendid silk brocade b...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A Satsuma vase with courtly scenes on a cobalt-blue ground
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese Satsuma ceramic vase of ovoid form, with a cobalt-blue ground adorned with gilt floral motifs and decorated with scenes of courtly life, signed Kinkozan.
The three large...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A six-panel screen depicting a pair of deer in a winter landscape
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel screen depicting a pair of deer in a winter landscape. In the foreground, beneath large pine trees, two spotted deer are shown moving across the snow-covered gro...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A bronze okimono depicting a samurai with a katana, signed Yoshimitsu
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze okimono depicting a young samurai with his katana drawn, held with both hands above his head in an attacking stance, signed Yoshimitsu. The intense gaze and posture capture ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A boxwood netsuke depicting an Oni and the Setsubun festival
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a kneeling Oni during the Setsubun festival, shielding himself with a straw hat to protect against the bean throwing.
The himotoshi is pierced through th...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A four-panel folding screen depicting a white peacock, signed Yukihiko Kurihara
Located in Milano, IT
An unusual four-panel folding screen depicting a majestic white peacock and a flowering cherry tree, painted on paper with gold powder ground. The scene shows the peacock, rendered w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
A six-panel folding screen depicting Mount Fuji seen from Lake Kawaguchi
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese six-panel screen painted on paper and gold powder, depicting the majestic Mount Fuji surrounded by clouds and mist, as seen from Lake Kawaguchi. The snow-capped peak stand...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Gold Leaf
A blue-ground cloisonné vase depicting herons and a weeping willow
Located in Milano, IT
A cloisonné vase decorated on a dark blue ground with a pair of herons perched on the branch of a weeping willow and another heron in flight.
The decoration is executed with silver ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A Japanese bronze sculpture depicting an oni with a ceremonial kōro
Located in Milano, IT
A large Japanese bronze sculpture depicting an oni lifting a Buddhist ceremonial kōro (incense burner) with his left hand. The figure, kneeling, rests the other hand on his hip for b...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A dark-patinated bronze vase with a relief Ryu dragon
Located in Milano, IT
A monumental bronze vase with a dark brown patina, depicting a Ryu dragon in high relief. The vase has a cylindrical shape with a flared base reminiscent of Mount Fuji's profile.
...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Tokyo school bronze okimono depicting a young mother with child
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese bronze sculpture of the Tokyo School, depicting a young mother walking with her child tied to her back.
The woman wears a soft kimono fastened at the waist with an obi. He...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A cloisonné vase with a composition of irises and aquatic plants
Located in Milano, IT
A cloisonné vase in polychrome enamels and silver wires, of slender form, decorated with a dense composition of aquatic flowers and irises.
The irises rise gracefully among the gree...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A silver-wire cloisonné vase with butterflies and chrysanthemums
Located in Milano, IT
A globular cloisonné vase executed with fine silver wire and decorated with numerous butterflies in flight within a luxuriant garden of chrysanthemums in various colors and forms, re...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A patinated bronze okimono of a roaring tiger, signed Maruki Company and Atsuyos
Located in Milano, IT
A dark patinated bronze okimono of exceptional quality, depicting the study of a powerful roaring tiger, signed Maruki Company and Atsuyoshi.
The animal is shown with hind legs ben...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A boxwood netsuke of a sennin with a sake bottle
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke with a blonde patina, depicting a long-bearded sennin walking with a staff and a sake bottle.
The garments are finely carved with precise details, while the himoto...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A bronze vase depicting a Ryū dragon in relief among swirling waves
Located in Milano, IT
A cylindrical bronze vase, finely crafted with a dark patina, depicting a Ryū dragon in relief.
The body of the dragon emerges and disappears among the swirling waves while holding...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A pair of imari arita porcelain vases with Fukagawa mark
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of Japanese Arita porcelain vases, hexagonal in truncated-pyramid form, decorated with refined naturalistic and geometric motifs. The surface features the vivid palette charac...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A bronze okimono depicting a young samurai with a katana, signed Yoshimitsu
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze okimono depicting a young samurai holding a drawn katana with both hands in a guard position.
The kimono is finely engraved with floral motifs, family crests (mon), and wav...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A boxwood netsuke depicting the Chinese general Guan Yu
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting the Chinese general Guan Yu, shown standing and grasping his famous naginata, while his long beard falls down to his prominent belly.
Warm patina with ex...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a mandarin with an engraved dragon, signed Tomomitsu
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a mandarin fruit with a ryu dragon finely carved upside down, featuring a blonde horn-inlaid eye.
Natural himotoshi formed from the mandarin's stem, en...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A bronze vase depicting an Onagadori rooster on a plum branch
Located in Milano, IT
A bronze vase with mixed metal inlay applications, including silver, gilt bronze, and patinated bronze, featuring at its center an onagadori rooster perched on a blossoming plum (ume...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Metal, Silver, Bronze
A lobed cloisonné enamel dish depicting a Ryu dragon
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese cloisonné enamel dish with a lobed rim, decorated with the figure of a Ryu dragon rendered in shaded enamels in shades of green, light blue, pink, and yellow, outlined by ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
A Japanese silver bowl depicting three kirin signed Nemoto
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese silver bowl with lobed edge, worked in kebori and repoussé with three kirin in relief, finely chiseled and adorned with gilding that emerges from the waves and embraces th...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Silver
A pair of bronze vases depicting two dragons marked Nogawa Company
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of bronze vases with shishiaibori and iro-e takazogan inlays in relief in gold and silver and worked in kebori depicting two dragons, both embracing the vases with Nogawa comp...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Japanese bronze sculpture depicting a dancer with fan
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese okimono bronze (sculpture) depicting a dancer holding a fan, inspired by the Nihon Buyō classical dance tradition.
The long kimono and wide obi are adorned with floral mo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A Japanese bronze vase with Ryū dragon in relief, signed Maruki Sei
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese bronze vase featuring a Ryū dragon in relief, depicted as it grasps the sacred Buddhist jewel (tama).
Signed Maruki Sei in relief under the base, with a second engraved ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
An imperial silver vase with egrets in flight signed Shoshu Sai
Located in Milano, IT
An imperial presentation vase in silver worked in kebori and repoussé, depicting some egrets in flight, signed Shoshu sai with Bi seal (Kobayashi Bikyo) and Miyamoto Kinsei brand wit...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Silver
A silvered bronze okimono depicting a rooster signed Yoshiaki
Located in Milano, IT
A silvered bronze study of a rooster with golden legs and beak, a red enamel crest, and glass eyes on a root base signed Yoshiaki zō (Made by Yoshiaki).
Work published in the volume ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A pair of six-panel folding screens depicting two pine trees (matsu)
Located in Milano, IT
A pair of six-panel folding screens from the Kano school, painted in ink and pigments on paper.
The naturalistic composition is dominated by two lush green pine trees extending from ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A six-panel folding screen depicting a shishi, signed Kano Tsunenobu
Located in Milano, IT
A six-panel folding screen painted in ink and pigments on paper. At the center of the composition stands a large shishi (lion-dog), while to the right, a blooming peony bush emerges ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Paintings and Screens
Materials
Paper
A Japanese Satsuma Gosu blue ceramic koro decorated with chrysanthemums
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese incense burner (koro) in Satsuma ceramic, in the Gosu blue style, decorated with a rich composition of chrysanthemums in full bloom.
The f...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A Japanese Corozo Nut Netsuke Depicting Two Chestnuts, Signed Ikko
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese netsuke carved from corozo nut, depicting a pair of finely detailed chestnuts. The signature "Ikko" is engraved next to the himotoshi.
Period: Meiji, late 19th century
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Walnut
Satsuma bowl depicting a procession signed Shoko Takebe
Located in Milano, IT
Satsuma bowl decorated with gold and polychrome enamels, internally depicting a procession with Samurai and a Daimyo on horseback. On the outer side, numerous walking figures are dep...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
A Satsuma vase depicting daily life scene signed Kinkozan
Located in Milano, IT
Kyoto Satsuma vase with polychrome decoration on a cobalt blue background, embellished with gold floral motifs. A reserve shows scenes of daily life with Geisha in brightly colored k...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Satsuma moon flask decorated with naturalistic motifs signed by Koshida and Zuizan
Located in Milano, IT
Satsuma Moonflask vase decorated with polychrome nature motifs within two circular, convex reserves, depicting roosters, ducks, and various birds. On the other side, a pair of pheasa...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Embroidered silk tapestry depicting an eagle ready to take flight
Located in Milano, IT
Japanese tapestry embroidered in polychrome silk on a light-colored fabric background, depicting an 'eagle ready to take flight from a pine branch (matsu) while watching two small bi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Textiles
Materials
Silk
Cloisonné enamel kogo box with stylized floral motifs
Located in Milano, IT
Spherical cloisonné enamel kogo box decorated with brightly colored stylized floral motifs and circular reserves on a yellow ochre background. The top is embellished with a 16-petal ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Large wooden iki ningyō depicting a Kabuki theater actor
Located in Milano, IT
Large wood, plaster and pigment iki ningyō with glass eyes, depicting a Kabuki theater actor (probably Matsumoto Kōshirō VII, 1870-1949) as Benkei in the kabuki opera "Kanjinchō." He...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood
Bronze suiteki in the shape of a pumpkin with a snake, signed Masayuki
Located in Milano, IT
Suiteki, water dispenser, made of finely molded bronze in the shape of a gourd, with a snake coiled on one side.
Signed Masayuki.
Period: Edo 19th cent.
Dimensions: 7 x 9 x 9 cm.
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Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
A silk tapestry embroidered in relief depicting a dragon and a kirin
Located in Milano, IT
Embroidered silk relief tapestry depicting a dragon and a kirin in the clouds.
A silk tapestry embroidered in relief with polychrome threads, depicting two mythological figures: a r...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Textiles
Materials
Silk
Cloisonné vase depicting an eagle watching chidori in flight
Located in Milano, IT
Vase decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground, worked in silver wire depicting an eagle perched on a rock observing chidori fleeing over turbulent waters...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Pair of cloisonné vases attributed to Hayashi Kodenji
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of vases decorated with polychrome cloisonné enamels on a midnight blue ground, worked in silver and gold thread attributed to Hayashi Kodenji. The hexagonal body depicts sparro...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Cloisonné plaque depicting two Ryu dragons with gaping jaws
Located in Milano, IT
Japanese rectangular cloisonné plaque decorated on a black background with bright polychrome enamels, worked in silver wire depicting two Ryu dragons with gaping jaws.
Work published...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Enamel
Patinated bronze okimono depicting a tiger and a snake
Located in Milano, IT
Patinated bronze okimono depicting a tiger and snake signed Genryusay Seiya zo. The animals, placed frontally, are depicted with their jaws wide open in a direct confrontation.
Work...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture depicting two toads with an ikebana vase
Located in Milano, IT
Bronze sculpture depicting a toad with its young, holding an open flower-shaped ikebana vase with its mouth.
Signature engraved under the belly of the toad.
Period: Edo, 19th centu...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Large Satsuma vase featuring representations of nobles and children
Located in Milano, IT
Large Satsuma vase with two reserves, separated by elegant floral and geometric decorations: one depicts scenes of nobility with daimyo and samurai, the other celebrates childhood wi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
