Asian art

A GOLD-LACQUER SMALL THREE-CASE INRO IN RINPA STYLEEdo period (1615-1868), early 18th century The kinji ground, lacquered with foliage floating on...

IIZUKA TOYO LINEAGE AFTER A DESIGN BY HOGEN EISENA Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular kinji ...

KOMA KYUHAKU LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryDecorated in gold hiramaki-e, kirikane, e-nashiji ...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rich nashiji ground decorated in gold, silver...

YAMADA JOKASAI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the ...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Ribbed Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular, ribbed body decorated in g...

HARA YOYUSAI (1772-1845/6)A Gold-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the kinji ground lacq...

A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The rounded rectangular kinji ground decorated in e-nas...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black-and-Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe vertical rounded rectangular body with a ro...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, decorated with a continuous...

SHIOMI MASANARI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro after a Painting by Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf rounded...

YAMAMOTO SHUNSHO LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular roiro body lacquered i...

NAKAOJI MOEIA Black-and-Gold Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th centuryThe vertical rounded rectangular body with a roiro g...

JITOKUSAI GYOKUZAN LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Five-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryDecorated in gold and black takamaki-e and g...

A BLACK-LACQUER BROAD FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), early/mid-19th centuryThe black-lacquer ground decorated in polychrome and gold takama...

A SILVER-LACQUER BROAD FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular body decorated in sumi-e togidashi maki-...

A GOLD-LACQUER BROAD THREE-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe roiro ground decorated in gold togidashi maki-e with three large sparr...

AFTER HARA YOYUSAI (1772-1845/6)A Black-Lacquer Three-Case Inro Late Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe ro...

KANSHOSAI TOYO LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Four-Case InroEdo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular body decorated in gold hi...

A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe rounded rectangular kinji body decorated i...

HIDEHISAAn Inlaid Metal Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912) mid-/late 19th centuryThe brass ground applied in high rel...

KAJIKAWA BUNRYUSAI LINEAGEA Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe kinji ground decorated in gold takamaki-e, kirika...

KAJIKAWA LINEAGE A Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe oval rounded rectangular kinji ground decorated in gold an...

IMAIZUMI NARIYUKI (SEISHI, ACTIVE CIRCA 1910-1950)A Black-Lacquer Broad Three-Case Inro Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989) era, 20th century ...

TATSUKE TAKAMITSUAn Ishimeji-Lacquer Small Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Of rounded rectangular form with an ishimeji (simu...

A GOLD-LACQUER FIVE-CASE INROMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe kinji ground decorated in black, gold, silver and red takamaki...

ATTRIBUTED TO JIKAN GANBUNAn Inlaid Wood Large Tonkotsu (Tobacco Box) Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryOf straight-sided form and oval plan, in...

AKASHIA Wood Netsuke of a Hechima (Sponge Cucumber) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe vegetable naturalistically rendered with a spider ...

DEME JOMANTwo Wood Netsuke of Noh Masks Edo period (1615-1868), probably mid-19th centuryBoth representing Jo (old man) masks with the distinctive...

Two large early 20th Century circa 1920s Japanese porcelain chargers both having dark blue ground with yellow borders of foliate design. One depic...

TWO OKIMONO NETSUKEOne by Bunsai and one by Shuzan Meiji (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first a lacquered wood blind monk, kneeling ...

SUZUKI TOKOKU (1846-1913)An Inlaid Wood Netsuke of Daruma Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centurySeated in meditation beside an alms b...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SHISHI (CHINESE LION-DOG)Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe shishi seated, its head raised, turning to the right...

TEN ASSORTED METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising two of inlaid iron, one slender and cylindrical, applied wit...

TEN ASSORTED METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising an inlaid iron circular ojime carved with a cockerel pecking...

TWO MIXED-METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising one of a copper crab crawling over a silvered-metal lotus seed ...

FIVE METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising two of inlaid iron, one tubular inlaid in shibuichi low relief with ...

TWO OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising one gold circular ojime partially pierced and carved with dense peony bloss...

A MIXED-METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryOf silver and gilt, in the form of Benkei and the bell of Miidera, the warr...

A Japanese 19th century Meiji period bronze sculpture figure depicting an elephant with raised trunk. Stamped mark to underside. Raised on wooden ...

THREE OJIME OF DIFFERENT MATERIALSMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryComprising a wood double-mask ojime depicting Hannya on one ...

THREE MIXED-METAL OJIMEMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centurythe first of inlaid shakudo in the form of a bamboo node decorated in hi...

A BAMBOO HOSSU (PRIEST'S FLY WHISK) Taisho (11912-1926) or Showa era (1926-1989), early 20th centuryThe whisk of thinly split bamboo, the strands ...

SUGUNOYA SHOKOA Wood Okimono (Table Ornament) of Three Puppies Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe largest ...

YOKOTA HOSAI (1899-1975)A Free-Hanging Bamboo Flower Basket Showa era (1926-1989), mid-20th centuryWorked in smoked hobichiku (fern-leaf hedge bam...

MYOCHIN FAMILYAn Iron Jizai Okimono of a Lobster Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryNaturalistically rendered ...

MUNESADAAn Iron Jizai Okimono of a Sawagani (Fresh Water or River Crab) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1915), mid-/late 19th centuryThe...

A BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF A CRABMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe crustacean separately cast and assembled, the legs and claw...

A WOOD JIZAI OKIMONO OF A DRAGONMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically rendered and constructed of extremely smoothly...

ARTIST UNKNOWNFive Wood Jizai Okimono of Insects, Showa era (1926-1989), probably mid-20th centuryProbably not of Japanese origin, comprising an o...

MITSUTA HARUO (B. 1980)A Copper, Brass and Gold plated Jizai Okimono of a Japanese Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia japonica) Heisei era (1989-2019)...

MITSUTA HARUO (B. 1980)A Bronze and Brass Jizai Okimono of a Dragonfly Heisei era (1989-2019), 21st centuryThe dragonfly realistically rendered, t...

A LARGE SILVER JIZAI OKIMONO OF A SPINY LOBSTERMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe silver body formed from individually cast, h...

A BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF AN EBI (SPINY LOBSTER)Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryNaturalistically rendered, the legs, antennae a...

A LARGE STONE HEAD OF BUDDHA20th centuryThe boldly modelled head of Buddha featuring a benevolent facial expression, with the eyes downcast beneat...

A BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF A CRABMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe crustacean separately cast and assembled, the legs and claw...

KANAYA GOROSABURO LINEAGEAn Iron Jizai Okimono of a Crab Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-/late 19th centuryThe crab realistic...

A LARGE BRONZE JIZAI OKIMONO OF A SPINY LOBSTERMeiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe reddish-brown body formed from individually ...

A collection of three vintage 20th century Japanese porcelain china. To include a lidded ginger jar, lidded urn, with a tall square form vase. Wit...

RYUKI (NOGAMI, TATSUOKI 1865-1932)A Patinated Bronze Okimono (Table Ornament) of a Minogame (Bushy-Tailed Tortoise) Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (191...