Japanese Meiji Period Carved Wood Skull and Snake Tobacco Humidor, Late 19th C.

An antique Japanese Meiji Period tobacco pouch, featuring a leather interior and covered in French-knotted silk with floral patterns. The pouch is adorned with relief fish images on ...

A large tobacco pipe from old Burma (Myanmar), circa 1850. Solid wood bowl, chamber and shank. The stem is made of bone, attached to the shank by a mor...

Probably more than likely from a Japanese home altar, this is a folk art rendition of Hachiman Yahata no Kani, Japanese God of War, Archery, Culture and Pro...

A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan. The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other. The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons. The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood. The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...

19th Century Turned Wood Tobacco Jar. Attractive and skillfully made 19th Century turned Lignum Vitae tobacco pot with lid. The treen with fitted, turned lid has a center raised fi...

19th century Edo-Meiji period samurai Tantō knife/short blade sword and scabbard By: unknown Material: iron, metal, paint, steel, leather, wood, lacquer, metal Technique: forged, ha...

Late 19th century carved wood folk art walking stick Continental, Late 19th Century Height 89cm, width 6cm, depth 4cm This antique walking stick, intricately hand-carved from w...

Eastern ship rudder, late 18th-early 19th century. Carved wood and brass. English-influenced oriental ship rudder, made of brass and high quality carved...

DEPICTING A MYTHICAL HO-O PHOENIX From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to offer this Japanese Vesta Case by Fujii Yoshitoyo. The Vesta Case extensively decorated with gol...

19th Century Tobacco advertising figure A rare example of a late 19th Century hand carved tobacco shop advertising figure in the form of an Arab gentleman. This fragment is mounted ...