California - Asian Art and Furniture

Pair of Japanese wood Shokudai with chrysanthemum shaped base, brass prickets and gold leaf Shokudai or candlesticks are prevalent in homes and temples during the Meiji period and w...

Limited edition digital Superflat Pop Art print by renowned Japanese pop artist Chiho Aoshima. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Chiho Aoshima worked with and was mentored by famed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. The fine art print is framed and ready to hang. Aoshima's work can be found in various collections and museums including: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill...

A beautiful and intricate work likely originally from a Japanese temple. The hand painted scene depicts a single rider and group of frolicking horses set against a gorgeous countrysi...

Large Antique Chinese Hardwood red lacquered highly carved coffer table Item description: Here we are offering an original antique Chinese hardwood highly carved coffer table with...

A beautiful, hand carved, all natural rock crystal dragon's head statue. Weighing at an whopping 8.5 lb, this wonderful piece makes a fantastic paper we...

Vintage Turkish Polychrome Hand Painted Ceramic Kutahya Platter Circa 1950's. Hand painted and handcrafted Turkish Kutahya ceramic wall decorative plate with polychrome Ottoman geome...

This is a beautifully detailed small Imari vase that is decorated in traditional Japanese elements such as plum blossoms, flower baskets, ho-ho or pho...

Japanese bronze animal / ox incense burner, circa 1950s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with a nice patina and measures 6"W x 4.5"D x 2.5"H. Removable top with wonder...

A wonderful work complete with a unique wood-carved and hand-painted face, long grey beard, and original textile garment. From a group of 7 Chinese opera puppets...

A beautiful and engaging large limited edition serigraph print by Japanese artist/print master Muramasa Kudo (1948-) titled "Lilies in Stream". The wor...

Midcentury Hollywood Regency occasional side table By Hekman Furniture USA, circa 1970s. The combination of materials, Burl wood , mahogany and brass trim detailing adds a sculptur...

This is a beautiful and serene way to accent your indoor art space or outdoor garden space with this lovely stone treasure from China. This hard to find 21" long carved limestone cha...

South Asian Burmese black and red lacquer box, offering vessel urn with compartment for storage. This round lacquer ware box from Burma is made from bamboo and lacquer. In Burma (now...

Pair of Vintage Thai Bencharong Lidded Jars, 20th century. Bencharong enamel decoration with Buddhist imagery on a black background. This porcelain jar and lid form having a raised foot rim and lotus bud on a disk lid finial are richly decorated in bright polychrome enamels in the style of the royal household ceramics favored by the nobility in eighteenth century Siam. This colorful style became known as “bencharong”, a term that derives from two Sanskrit words – panch (‘five’) and rong (‘colour’) and which relates to the number of colors used to decorate such porcelain. These jars and covers are decorated with typical Thai motifs. The sides are decorated with four Thepanom (Buddhist celestial beings) each wearing a broad necklace of petals and seated on a lotus within triangular cartouches that have a coral-red ground. Four Norasingh (mythical forest-dwelling semi-deity with a human head, torso, and arms but with the hind-quarters of a lion and the tail and hoofs of a deer) against black back grounds filled with flaming purple kranok motifs. This design is framed by two floral bands top and bottom. The interior is a covered in a transparent glaze with unglazed lid edge and the gallery interior edge of the lid unglazed. Condition: Excellent Each measuring: 5 in. in diameter x 6 in. high (12.7 x 15.2cm) Each weighing: 1 lb. 5.5 oz. (610g.) 20th century. Provenance: Dr. Philip Gould, New York, NY. Millea Brothers, New Jersey For similar examples see: William Warren & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni, Arts and Crafts of Thailand, Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1994, p.33. Bonhams New York, Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art, 17 Sep. 2014, lot 180 With the following notes: Bencharong porcelains...

Chinese ink rubbing printing depicting Panthaka Arhat, no.4 of the 16 arhat images immortalized in stone at the former stupa at Shengyin Temple. Depicted here sitting on a rock with a book in his left hand and snapping his fingers in his right hand, symbolic of the speed at which he obtained enlightenment, accompanied by a beggar’s bowl and an incense burner, complete with colophons and silk scroll mounting. The Emperor Qianlong ordered the stone stele to be carved in 1764 after the arhat designs painted by the famed artist Guanxiu (832-912). Even though the temple was destroyed in the Taiping rebellion, the steles remain and have been reinstalled at the Hangzhou Stele Forest. Condition: Creases from rolling, otherwise fine condition. Mounting: 58” x 22”. 19th Century. Ex Collection: Frank “Till” & Peggy Durdin, San Diego. For other rubbings of this stele see: Penn Museum, object number 2010-26-4 The Metropolitan Museum of Art AN#: 59.195.15 Fine Arts Library of Harvard University, record id: W280021_urn-3:FHCL:478850 For another example of this image rendered in jade and lacquer see: “Screen Paintings of Guanxiu’s Sixteen Arhats in the Collection of the Palace Museum” Luo Wehhua translated by Bruce Doar, Orientations, September 2010, p. 104. In this article the image is identified as the sixteenth arhat Abheda, It is explained in this article that Qianlong re-identified the arhats, thus the 16th Arhat attribution for this image. Also in this article the identical colophon by Qianlong above the image is translated as: “These accurate portraits of the Sixteen Arhats were created by the Tang Dynasty painter Guanxiu, as recorded in Xuanhe Huapu (Record of paintings in the Xuanhe Reign), and during the millennium from the Guangming reign period to the present day, the original works were to be found in Zhejiang, where they were housed in the collection of Shengyin Temple in Qiantang (Huangzhou). In spring of the dingchou year (1757) of his reign, the Qianlong emperor undertook a southern tour of inspection and stayed at an imperial lodge on the West Lake. He went to the temple to pay his respects and there he saw the arhats on display and wrote a description of these marvels. The sequence of the arhats and their names had been passed down since ancient times, but they did not correspond to their Sanskrit titles; the sequence of the arhat names conformed instead to the interpretation of the Sanskrit classics by the Zhangjia State Preceptor. The emperor penned the original names and positions in the sequence below each of the figures in accordance with the readings supplied in Tongwen Yuntong (Unified Rhymes), and below each he penned an encomium, which he signed. Then the images were returned to the collection, to be passed down as a perpetual treasure. Now, the fourth great arhat had long gone missing and we did not know where his painting was. But it was merely a trifling matter of matching the images with the names, and now surely we have found him! This I, the emperor, believe.” All 16 of these rubbings can be found in the Rubel Chinese Rubbings Collection at the Fine Arts Library of Harvard University with the following descriptive historical note: “Rubbing from stele depicting No. 4 of 16 arhats (Lohans, Buddhist saints) -- Nan ti mi duo luo qing you, Panthaka Arhat. Original painting attributed to Guanxiu, 832-912. Inscriptions written by Hongli, Emperor Qianlong (Gaozong, 1711-1799) of Qing Dynasty. 7 seals of Qianlong follow the inscriptions. Script style: in xing shu. Shi liu zun zhe -- "The 16 noble ones" are 16 lohans. Lohans are also called "a-lo-han" based on the transliteration of the Sanskrit term "arhat." (Japanese: Rakan; Chinese: Lohan; Tibetan: Gnas-brtan). Arhats or Arahants are saints or sages said to have renounced nirvana (freedom from the cycle of suffering and rebirth), vowed to remain in the world to protect the Dharma and propagate the Law of the Buddha in order to devote themselves more effectively to the relief of human misery, like the Bodhisattvas. These 16 Arhats, personal disciples distinguished by the Buddha, formed part of the 500 claimed by tradition to have attended the First Council in Rajagrha. The names and abodes of these 16 arhats are given in a work entitled "Record on the Duration of the Law, spoken by the Great arhat Nadimitra," which was translated into Chinese by the famous pilgrim Xuanzang (596-664) in 654. 16 lohans are quite often represented, especially in China and Japan, in sculpture and painting, in poses and with attributes. Every lohan can be easily with special icongraphic characteristics. Guanxiu (Jiang Deyin or Deyuan, a Buddhist monk also named Master Chan Yue, 832-912) -- painter during late Tang to Five Dynasties, specialized in painting lohan figures. Legend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans...

Our snuff bottles are topped with gemstone grade agate lids and 100% hand painted from within. The Chinese art of églomisé uses a very thin bamboo brush with a few strands of hair to...

A wonderfully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring a beautifully decorated kimono-clad woman, likely a Geisha, with striking yellow hairpins (matching the b...

Middle Eastern Moorish style decorative throw pillow with fringes and tassels. Luxury gold silk with embroidered sides and middle panel decor...

A pair of beautiful solid brass bookends with finely carved porcelain florals. Large porcelain insets in oval form, finely carved in relief with flowers representing four seasons, sp...

Small Betel Nut Box, Maranao, Southern Philippines (Mindanao). A mixed metal box having a bronze/brass body with bordered silver/copper inlay design overall of a symmetrical floral t...

This plant stand has a rare silhouette that evokes Asian design and style. Deep toned rosewood has a wonderful patina on this plant stand from the mid to late 20th century. The shape...

by Frederick Cooper large Anglo Indian Moorish brass table lamp, finely embossed with chased floral designs, sits on a black ebonized lacquered bas...

Asian Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Flower Drum Vase. Decorated with a Chinoiserie blue and white landscape, river, mountains, foliages and architectural Chinese Pagodas. Transitional Gu-form beaker vase with spreading base and flaring trumpet rim, painted in shades of underglaze cobalt blue. Offering a trumpet shape and extra-wide mouth, it is a great size to add to any blue and white Chinese porcelain collection or to display your favorite flowers. Marked with number 13. Made in China circa 1950. Dimensions: 10 inches tall x 5.5 opening mouth diameter. In the style of the Meissen Blue and white...

This is handcrafted Tibetan container made from Tibetan copper and tin. It has hand crafted Tibetan folk art all over the container, very detailed ca...

A pair of beautiful double sided Chinese Antique screens in black and red lacquer. The main openwork was created using the painstaking joinery method. Every little piece is joined to...

Antique Mughal Rajasthan India, bronze temple oil lamp. Oil lamp with 4 wick burners. Fantastic patina and great scale. Used for sacred ceremonies in...

1940s Collectible Islamic Brass Round Tray , handcrafted, hammered and chased with intricate designs and Arabic writing. Decorative circular antique polished brass tray with etched s...

The sheer scope of this monumental blanc de chine vintage lamp makes it a design asset. It has branches and pierced marks around the base and middle sect...

A one of a kind table consisting of an antique burl wood top from the 19th century circa late Ching dynasty and a contemporary Robert Kuo hand repo...

This exceptional and stunning, limited edition woodblock print is considered by many experts to be one of Sekino's masterpiece works (along with "Eiza and Matsuomaru"). The print of bunraku puppeteer master Kiritake Monjûrô is sealed, signed in pencil and numbered (76/100) by the artist and is also matted and framed. The print is circa 1953. A scarce and rare print. Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including: The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago...

Japanese colors, gofun and metallics on silk painting of Noh/Kabuki Dancers, depicting two figures of actors dancing in the play Shakkyo portraying a pair of shishi (lions), one on a...

Chinese red lacquered painting table, soft wood construction with unusual detailed relief skirt carving depicting figures and flowers, three deep drawers with inset brass hardware, i...

A gorgeous and quite radiant print by Japanese artist/printmaker Isamu Sakamoto titled "Morning Light." The work features the dawn ("Reimei") light reflecting off a traditional build...

Elegant Moroccan caftan lime green and silver and gold lame metallic floral brocade, circa 1970s. It’s crafted in Morocco and tailored for a relaxed fit with wide sleeves This lon...

A wonderful set of four 19th century wood carvings each featuring two scholars in a garden pavilion. A combination of relief carving and pierced carving techniques are used in these ...

Very old solid wood statue depicts the Taoist Zen Master. He wears typical Tao robe and hat, with two fingers pointing up, and the left hand on his knee. Su...

A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Nakamura Tokizo V, as the kep...

A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Ichikawa Monnosuke VII as Cou...

Antique 19th century Chinese carved gold gilt and painted wood wall panel or plaque with scholar and warrior figures scene. Signed on back as p...

A stunning 2.7 lb, all natural agate horse bust. The sculpture preserved the original characters of the gem stone with amazing crystal formations. Great de...

A beautifully composed and subtly colored Japanese woodblock print featuring two women, likely Geishas, with one leaning on a banister languidly with an opium pipe in hand. This wor...

An absolutely gorgeous example of the traditional Antique Persian hand-blocked tapestry textile. Persian Kalamkar (Qalamkar or Ghalamkar) woodblock print textile is from the great ci...

Elegant Moroccan caftan in turquoise cheer fabric and hand braided embroidered trim, circa 1970s. This long maxi dress kaftan is embellished entirely by hand. It’s crafted in Morocco...

A beautiful work by famed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano who was known for his whimsical portrayals of women, children, and animals. Stylistically, he was one of the first Japanese art...

A beautifully composed, relatively rare woodblock print by famed Japanese Sosaku Hanga printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most ...

A truly wonderful and exceedingly rare abstract limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist/printmaker Junichiro Sekino. This print, which appears to be titled "Tori & ...

Amazing piece. Heavy and solid. Carved from a single block of wood and wonderfully colored and decorated. Buddha has a serene facial expression with hands in the "Calling The Earth to Witness" Mudra position. Likely Burmese or Northern Thai. We are listing as 20th century but could be older. From a large collection of Asian artifacts...

Elegant vintage designer Moroccan kaftan, purple and burnt orange floral brocade embroidered with gold. This chic Bohemian maxi dress kaftan is embroidered and embellished with gold and orange metallic thread. with hand done embroidery work and gold metal thread woven through the design. A deep burnt orange thread is interspersed with real metal gold thread and this surrounds little medallions of hand embroidered flowers. The edges are all finished with a heavy gold braiding and the front has a row if tightly spaced gold button and loops. One of a kind evening Moroccan Middle Eastern gown. Vintage exotic 1970s purple dress kaftan was hand-made in North Africa, Morocco. Princess long wide sleeves, fully front gold thread buttoning with 99 gold hand-knotted looped buttons running down the centre from the neckline to the hemline. Slip on, easy to take on and off and feel really comfortable especially good for the hot weather events. Size: The cut will allow it to fit on just about any size but probably best on a medium, large. Dress measurement flat: Shoulder: 16" (seam to seam) Sleeve: 24" (shoulder seam to cuff) Chest: 21" Hip: 26" Total length: 61" Handcrafted by Moroccan artist designer, this is a one of a kind caftan, inspired by the tales of princess of the Arabian Nights. The Kaftan is a long and wide tunic, collarless, long-sleeved, worn by man and women in Africa and the Middle East. The Moroccan kaftans inspired European and global designers as Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, and many more who made the Moorish caftans famous in the 1960s and 1970s. Long flare bell sleeves medieval dress...

Antique 1920's Indian Gujarati handmade ethnic textile wall hanging Banjara tapestry with mirrors, embroidered with silk thread work. Embroidered ethnic Rabari Kutch textile, India c...

A wonderful and quite rare woodblock print by unique master Japanese artist/ printmaker Tsuruya Kokei. This work is titled "Onoe Kikugoro VII as Kirare Y...

Decorative accent throw silk pillow made from vintage silk sari borders.One of a kind, blue, green, gold, green, purple, metallic threads.Handcrafted in India.We do have multiple in ...

Antique gold/opium bamboo scale with built-in abacus, Chinese, 19th century Fitted into a bamboo case are a brass tray with bronze weights and a bone beam with measuring marks. Th...

Wood, pigment First Half 20th century Measures: 105 x 26 in. / 267 x 66 cm Some losses and restoration.

A rather spectacular piece in person with a wonderful glaze and color. Wonderfully designed with a good feel and heft to it. We believe this is from the Qing Dynasty but are simpl...

Antique Wooden Pot or Tekhi, from Nepal, 13" Tall, circa 1900s Early 20th century wood pot from Nepal, this particular style of wooden container, pot has a r...

Vintage Hand Dyed Cotton Batik Slendang (Selendang), Java. A length of cotton fabric used as a shoulder cloth, hand dyed in three colors of rust brown, indigo and a dark blue painted...

Beautiful pair of Chinese glazed terra cotta foo fogs roof tiles. Amazing sculpting details and colors.

A wonderfully composed and colored, limited edition woodblock print by famed Japanese artist Junichiro Sekino. This print, which is titled "Profile/ Portrait of Young Girl in Kimono", is signed and sealed/ stamped in red at the lower right. It was created in 1957 and comes from a limited edition of 100 prints (the exact number of this particular print is likely listed in pencil below the matt but we have not removed the print from the frame to confirm the exact number). An exquisite and rare/hard-to-find work. The detail in the girl's kimono is quite beautiful. Junichiro Sekino was largely considered, along with Kiyoshi Saito, to be one of Japan's paramount 20th-century master print artists. Both were prominent leaders of the Sosaku Hanga movement. Sekino's works can be found in many museums including: The Museum of Modern Art, N. Y., the Art Institute Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, the British Museum, and the Portland Art Museum among many other Fine museums throughout the world. A version of this image can be found in the Harvard Art...

This is charming large mid-20th century Japanese Arita blue & white charger that depicts a country mountain scene. The charger would make a great addition t...

Trio of Traditional Kokeshi Dolls by Masahiro Satomi (1948-1994), Japan Three traditional kokeshi dolls created and signed by Masahiro Satomi (1948-1994). They measure 14.5, 12 and 10.5 inches high. In good condition, with some shellac loss on head and body of large doll...