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Japanese bronze sculpture or Okimono of a small yet realistic walking turtle
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze turtle with brown patina. In Japan, the turtle (kame) is considered a symbol of wisdom, stability and luck. Tradition has it that it provides protection and 10,000 years of ha...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture or Okimono in the form of a snail in an interesting pose
Located in PARIS, FR
An interesting bronze sculpture or okimono with a brown patina depicting a snail in a very original pose. Its angular form indeed suggests that it can be displayed in a way that give...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Lacquered Netsuke in the form of an old Lady carrying an Oni in her back
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke depicting a standing man carrying a pouch behind his back in which an oni is hidden.
Onis are an integral part of the pantheon of yokai, the spirits and monsters of J...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
Deer Antler netsuke in the form of an elderly with a turtle shell on his back
Located in PARIS, FR
Deer antler netsuke showing a man sitting on a chair with his back in the shape of a tortoise shell. His right arm is raised.
In Japan, tortoise is a symbol of luck and longevity, i...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
A comb and hairpin in gold lacquer decorated with two swimming turtles
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant gold-lacquered wooden comb and hairpin decorated in maki-e with landscapes and animals.
The comb is decorated on one side with pavilions in a landscape and on the other side ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Writting box or Suzuribako in black and gold lacquer of a karstic landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
Suzuribako (writing box) in black lacquer, rectangular in shape, with a gold lacquer (maki-e) decoration of a pavilion by the edge of a waterfall and a mountain river surrounded by v...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
Suzuribako or writting box circular shape in nashiji and gold lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Suzuribako (writing box) in black lacquer, rectangular in shape, with a gold lacquer (maki-e) decoration of a pavilion by the edge of a waterfall and a mountain river surrounded by v...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
Kobako in nashiji lacquer imitating wood texture, lid decorated with an ikebana
Located in PARIS, FR
Imposing kobako in nashiji lacquer on a black ground, decorated with a motif imitating wood grain. The lid is adorned with an ikebana basket (hanakago) containing a bouquet of remark...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Kobako in black and gold lacquer decorated of a pavillion by a lake
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant rectangular kobako decorated in nashiji lacquer on a black ground. The lid features a delicate landscape scene depicting a pavilion—possibly a small castle—set beside a river...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
Kobako in the form of a Seashell in gold and wajima lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Wajima-lacquer kobako in grey lacquer, decorated with gold-lacquer stripes forming a bivalve shell motif. The interior is finished in nashiji lacquer on a black ground.
Wajima lacque...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Lacquer
Materials
Gold
A pair of kakemono weight in porcelain decorated with dragons in a cloudy sky
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of eggshaped kakemono weights (fuchin), made of blue-and-white porcelain (possibly Hirado) and decorated with a three-clawed dragon. Fuchin are used to keep the fabric or paper ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair in fuchin or kakemono weights in painted porcelain of Kutani
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of kakemono weights (fuchin), cubic in shape, made of ceramic and painted with green floral dots on a black ground. Fuchin are used to keep the fabric or paper of a kakemono tau...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of porcelain fuchin or kakaemono weights
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of spherical kakemono weights (fuchin), made of enamelled porcelain and decorated with geometric patterns and red spheres. Fuchin are used to keep the fabric or paper of a kakem...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Iron sword part or Tsuba maru gata in iron
Located in PARIS, FR
Elegant tsuba in forged iron, with a textured pattern imitating wood grain, also decorated with an openwork motif of a flower within a star, likely a mon (family crest). The tsuba is...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Metalwork
Materials
Iron
Netsuke in bamboo in the form of a mushroom
Located in PARIS, FR
Very elegant small netsuke carved from a short segment of bamboo, depicting three mushrooms caps growing at its top. Beautiful brown patina from use. Since traditional kimonos do not...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bamboo
Boxwood nestuke in the form of a curled up mouse forming almost a pearl
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood depicting a mouse curled up on itself, holding its tail between its tiny paws. The highly realistic rendering of the fur and the deep, worn patina emphasize the na...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Netsuke in lacquered boxwood of a toad resting on a waterlily plant
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine netsuke in the form of a lotus flower, within whose foliage hides a small frog. The realistic treatment of the plant allows for unmistakable identification, whether by the flowe...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Suiteki or water dropper in bronze forming a teapot and its base
Located in PARIS, FR
Small Suiteki in bronze in the form of a tea pot, standing on a small socle with a very interesting bi color patina work.
The suiteki is a small container used to hold the water tha...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Netsuke in deer antler in the form of a feminine figure in traditionnal clothing
Located in PARIS, FR
Small netsuke in deer antler in the form of a standing feminine figure wearing traditional dress and carrying a box looking like an itomasu, a rice scaling and weighing device. The p...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Netsuke in deer antler in the form of an elephant standing on some rock
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in deer antler in the form of Asian elephant. Everywhere in Asia the elephant symbolizes strength and wisdom. As a spiritual guide it also symbolizes power and longevity.
Th...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
A pair of bronze vase decorated with sparrows in a blossoming cherry branch
Located in PARIS, FR
A pair of cornet vases in bronze with a smooth black patina and a rather flared neck adorned with sparrows hanging on a cherry branch.
In Asia, the sparrow is seen as a messenger fr...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Nestuke in the form of a calabash gourd realised from an unmature cucurbitacea
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke made from a natural lacquered calabash.
Curved around itself, it has a main bulb at the bottom and a second smaller bulb below the opening. It is narrowed in the middle, whe...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fruitwood
A bronze sculpture of toad and a lizzard on a bamboo branch
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture or Okimono of two toads facing each other, on a bamboo segment. These kinds of objects are traditionally used by calligraphs as a weight to stabilize the sheet of pa...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Netsuke in persimon wood in the form of a sparrow
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in natural persimmon wood in the form of a stylized bird (probably a sparrow), it has been treated with abstraction and has a remarkable polish.
In Asia, the sparrow is seen...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Netsuke in Boxwood in the form of a turtle hidden in its shell
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tortoise hiding in its shell with only its head overstepping. Textures from the shell are executed with realism precision and a great care for de...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Tobacco smoking set made from cherry bark marquetry (Kabazaiku)
Located in PARIS, FR
A matching set consisting of an inrō and pipe (kiseru) holder crafted forming a kiserusu. This piece was made using chazutsu, ( or Kabazaiku) a technique involving the application of...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Scholar s Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Japanese tea tray in red and black lacquer
Located in PARIS, FR
Tea tray realized in a tormented form recalling the knots of old grown roots and stumps. The bottom is lacquered red while the outlines are lacquered black, the outside of the tray i...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Scholar s Objects
Materials
Bentwood, Lacquer
Netsuke in Boxwood in the form of a seated rooster
Located in PARIS, FR
Small yet interesting netsuke in boxwood representing a seated rooster. The finish of its dishevelled feathers is neat, while the details of comb and the beak are treated with great ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Suzuribako or writing box made of nashiji lacquer and adorned with a landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
Suzuribako, or writing box, of rectangular shape, decorated with an imposing architecture realized in hira maki-e lacquer, probably a palatial structure, situated beside a waterfall...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf
Japanese Bronze Bunchin or papper holder in the form of a fish
Located in PARIS, FR
A small but interesting bronze in the form of a fish, with a chocolate-colored patina, probably intended to serve as a calligrapher's weight (bunchin). The treatment of the scales is...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Raven boxwood okimono sculpture
Located in PARIS, FR
Okimono or boxwood sculpture integrating the natural shape and texture of a tormented section of a boxwood branch, used to reveal the form of a corvid. This type of scholar's object, which uses natural marvels as a medium for sculpture, is common in China, the birthplace of calligraphy. However, a similar aesthetic can be found in many Sinicized countries, whether it involves Japanese okimono made of wood or ivory, or Chinese dream stones...
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Suzuribak or writting box decorated with a moonrise landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
An old suzuribako, or writing box, in black lacquer with a faceted lid and featuring, as its sole decoration in the lower left section, a moonlight scene emerging from tall grasses. ...
Category
Antique Late 17th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Japanese Netsuke in Boxwoord in the form of two chestnut
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke of two chestnuts, one smaller on top of the larger.
Chestnuts are a central part of Japanese culture and gastronomy. Castanea Crenata or Japanese chestnut is an indi...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Miniature hokkai bako or kaioke, doll furniture replica of a traditional box
Located in PARIS, FR
Small hokkai bako or kaioke seashells game box, of circular form with its four feet, its bronzes and cordon, decorated with a motive of flowers of gold lacquer on a black lacquer bac...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Gold, Bronze
Japanese boxwood netsuke in the form of three toads stacked on each other
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood representing a group of three toads, laying on a flat base, inlaid eyes made of water buffalo horn. Signed underneath the platform. The frog (kaeru) is associated ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese boxwood nestuke in the form of a turtle hiding in its shell
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tortoise hiding in its shell with only its head overstepping. Textures from the shell are executed with realism precision and a great care for details. Same goes for the scales of the skin of its legs. The central scale in the center of the shell is movable and enables the passing of a thread. In Japan, tortoise are symbol of luck and longevity, it is thought to be a creature of good omen supposed to bring 10 000 years of happiness. This animal is associated with numerous myths, the most popular dating back to the Nihon-Shoki, an antique tale of Japan and its dynasty. The legend of Urashima Taro...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Bronze okimono sculpture of a huge cicada lying on a bamboo segment
Located in PARIS, FR
Huge bronze sculpture in the form of a cicada standing on a bamboo segement. This type of sculpture of small dimensions with a flat base is generally used by calligraphs to maintain ...
Category
Late 20th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Bronze sculpture representing a puppy lying down
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze okimono sculpture with a deep brown patina, representing a lying puppy, probably of shiba inu breed. This kind of subject is common in traditional Nippon sculptures, this spec...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese okimono sculpture of a lying puppy with its head facing its rear
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze okimono sculpture with a deep brown patina, of a lying puppy, probably of shiba inu breed, represented with its head facing its rear. This kind of subject is common in traditi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture of a rat standing on a radish (Okimono)
Located in PARIS, FR
This beautiful bronze okimono depicts a mouse delicately perched on a leafy radish. The mouse, resting on its two hind legs, has a long tail that wraps around the radish. Each elemen...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Tebako in Nashiji lacquer adorned with golden Persimon flowers
Located in PARIS, FR
Tebako box with two compartments in golden and nashi-ji lacquer, decorated with golden, red, and kirigane lacquer, golden persimmon tree leaves, among rocks. The compartments are of ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Side table made and designed in Japan for the Liberty and Co.
Located in PARIS, FR
The Liberty and Co. was established in 1875 by Arthur Lisenby Liberty with the intention of selling goods and furniture from all around the British empire. By the end of the XIX th ...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Zitan
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of three clams
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood nestuke in the form of three clams or bivalve shells, probably of the Ruditapes philippinarum sub species that can be found all the way from Siberia to Philippines, and Japan...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Inro in gold kinji lacquer representing chrysantemum flowers on all sides
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautifull Inro of three compartments made in kinji lacquer with an hiro maki-e ornament chrysanthemum flowers of gold and silver lacquer. Inside is in fundame lacquer.
Signed by Josen Zo and stamped by Seisan
Presented with an Ojime in metal in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower and with its netsuke representing two chrysanthemum flower buds.
The chrysanthemum (kiku) in not only the heraldic symbol of the Japanese imperial family...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Asian Edo Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Inro in black and gold lacquer with a proeminent chrysantemum flower motive
Located in PARIS, FR
Two compartments inrô in black lacquer, hira maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay on a hirameiji background, decorated with a bouquet of chrysanthemums in a small purse, a hoe on the other side, and a fluttering butterfly which can be found on both sides. The interior is in hirameiji lacquer. The ojime is a drum made out of black lacquer and ivory with a mother-of-pearl inlay. The Manjû netsuke...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Big mouse standing bronze
Located in PARIS, FR
Huge sculpture of a rat with a dark brown patina, its pose reinforces the schematic
treatment. Its simple head and hardly figured moustache, its smooth and plump
body and very deta...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Huge mouse lying down
Located in PARIS, FR
Huge sculpture of a mouse (or rat), with a rather dark patina, represented with a
schematic expression and realized with the hollow bronze technique. It is represented
in extension...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
$1,784
Large Italian cup in Red Marble garnished with an assortment of sea shells
Located in PARIS, FR
Large cup made of red marble from Vitrolles turned foot, garnished with shells.
Composition of shells including a leopard cone (conus leopardus), a horned helmet (cassis cornuta), tw...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Vases
Materials
Marble
Japanese bronze sculpture of a ginseng root, ganodermas mushrooms growing on it
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze sculpture representing a group of genoderma mushrooms developing on the long stem of a Ginseng root that is standing on two kakis. Logically this root would be Panax ginseng, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Bronze sculpture of an eagle on a tree stump, to be used as an incense burner
Located in PARIS, FR
This bronze sculpture represents a royal eagle standing on top of a tree stump. Its body and the stump were realized separately and mounted, the transition being right above the talo...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese ikebana banakago basket of Chinese style
Located in PARIS, FR
Handled circular ikebana basket (hanakago) in Chinese style, in vanished bamboo and rattan. Inside in copper alloy.
Ikebana or Ka-do (the way of flowers) is a traditional Japanese a...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Baskets
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Tiny Ikebana basket realised in lacquered bamboo
Located in PARIS, FR
Small Ikebana basket with a black lacquer finish, solely made of bamboo slats. The handle is of rectangular shape, made of a single slice of bamboo split and fixed by four knots deep...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Decorative Baskets
Materials
Bamboo, Lacquer
Japanese ikebana basket made in brass at the immitation of wicker work
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare brass ikebana basket made to imitate the traditional Japanese basketry (hanakago) that usually use bamboo and rattan. Of trapezoidal form with a round opening, a tight collar a...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Decorative Baskets
Materials
Brass
Japanese ikebana basket or hanakago designed to be hung
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare hanging bamboo basket for ikebana (hanakago).
The body is made of bamboo folded on itself, reinforced by rattan braiding at the round neck and on the sides to hold the suspensio...
Category
Early 20th Century Showa Decorative Baskets
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Japanese Sagemono Inro box with a maki-e decor of a Samuari in a lake landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
Inrô in gilded lacquer according to the takamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirigane techniques, with five squares of a mountain lake landscape.
On the first side, there is a man on horsebac...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Ikebana in bronze of an Hawk designed to display flowers hanged on the wall
Located in PARIS, FR
Bronze intentded for hanging (銅掛斜生, dô kakenanaike, « hanging bronze ») depicting a hawk, placed on a branch. The inside is hollow so a bouquet a flowers can be put inside and thus, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese fudebako or brush box in lacquered hardwood and ceramic inlay
Located in PARIS, FR
Brush box (fudebako) is made of wood and lacquer. On the lid, lacquer decoration representing sagittarius, a flower inlaid with ceramic and a leaf inlaid (raden).
Interior and base o...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Japanese Shawan tea cup in celadon with corded pattern by to Tenzo Shimaoka
Located in PARIS, FR
Celadon tea cup with corded patterns glazed in the Jômon zogan style made by Tatsuzô Shimaoka (1919-2007, Mingei school). Developed by himself, this style ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic, Celadon
Japanese Ikebana flower basket made of bamboo with its Knotty Wood handle
Located in PARIS, FR
Ikebana basket (hanakago) made of dark brow varnished bamboo wickerwork, elongated rounded shape, with a handle made of three varnished wooden branches. Thicker bamboo braids on the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Taisho Decorative Baskets
Materials
Bamboo
Japanese bamboo sculpture of a seated toad realised in the rhizome
Located in PARIS, FR
Bamboo sitting toad. The node of the wood is used as the base of the statuette.
The toad and the frog, referred to by the same term in Japanese (kaeru) are associated with good luck...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bamboo
