A stylish cloisonné beaker vase decorated with a yellow rose on a blue ground by Ando Jubei, a leading Japanese cloisonné maker since the beginning of Meiji period. Impressed Ando and 'jyun-gin' (pure silver) marks on the bottom rim, dated from 1950 to 1960. Original square black stand and pamphlet issued by Ando with some brief notes about the company and a photo of the famous enameled mirror discovered in Shoso-in. 11" tall (vase alone) and 7 1/2" in diameter at the open ...click for details
The beautiful Hoo-bird design carved on the tortoise shell is from the Meiji period (1868-1912). There are some bug bites, typically seen in older pieces, on one side of the teeth area (shown in the pictures); it is clean on the other side.
Japanese hair comb and Kogai hair pin in a Wakasa-nuri Lacquer finish on wood, circa early 1900s. Wakasa-nuri lacquer is a unique urushi lacquer technique that uses stones (coarse to soft) to scrape and reveal different layers of lacquer coatings which are painted on wood using many different colors. The dimensions of the comb are 1 1/4 inches and 3 1/4 inches, pin 5 3/4 inches long.
Beautiful Japanese blue and white Kutani vase with a scenary of a Chinese landscape, 9 3/4 inches tall, circa early to mid 1900s. The dimensions of the box are 9 inches x 9 inches x 11 1/4 inches.
Quality Japanese Hina Ningyo with unique faces. These Jyokan dolls are a part of the Hina doll set displayed for the Japanese Girls Day, Hina Matsuri Festival, also called the Peach Festival, held in every March. The peach blossoms are often associated with a woman’s beauty and inner strength. When the blossoms start to open by breaking through the snow from February to March, it is the announcement of the arrival of spring. Being a farming country until recently, it meant the beginning for ...click for details
