Asian Art

A JAPANESE WOVEN BAMBOO IKEBANA VASETaisho/Showa Period, 20th CenturyFormed as an arrow vase, the globular body rising to a long cylindrical neck ...

A JAPANESE REDBONE WOOD 'FROG' WALL VASEEarly 20th CenturyThe cylindrical body carved in the round with lotus leaves and a frog standing in a dyna...

A JAPANESE INLAID BRONZE 'PHEASANTS AND CHRYSANTHEMUM' DISHCirca 1900Inlaid with a pair of birds beneath a chrysanthemum bush issuing large flower...

A JAPANESE CYPRESS-WOOD TWO-PART MIZUYA TANSUEdo / Meiji Period, mid 19th centuryFormed of two sections, the top section with two sliding doors op...

A JAPANESE WOOD STAND20th centuryOf rectangular section with curved and a mark to the underside8.5cm high, 39.4cm longProvenance: Private collecti...

A JAPANESE CYPRESS-WOOD FUTON TANSUEdo / Meiji period, mid 19th centuryOf squat rectangular form, fronted with a set of two sliding doors above th...

A JAPANESE KYOTO WARE 'MINOGAME' TEAPOT AND COVERMeiji PeriodModelled as the mythical tortoise with a scaly head facing forward, standing four-squ...

A LARGE JAPANESE SATSUMA 'SAMURAI' VASECirca 1900The tapered ovoid body painted with a continuous scene of a young samurai and his retainer in a l...

THREE JAPANESE BRONZE INCENSE BURNERS AND TWO COVERS18th/19th and 20th CenturiesThe first of cylindrical form raised on three feet with heart-shap...

A JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE ARITA 'CRANES' CHARGER 20th century Painted with a pair of cranes beneath a pine tree, the rim with a band of chevron co...

A GROUP OF THREE JAPANESE TRANSFER-PRINTED BLUE AND WHITE DISHES20th centuryThe first dish decorated with Magu walking throughout a flower garden ...

A JAPANESE IMARI PUNCH BOWLCirca 1900The rounded body resting on a gently tapered foot painted to the exterior with ruyi-shaped panels intersperse...

A PAIR OF JAPANESE KUTANI 'SAMURAI' BOWLSEach with a shallow body painted to the centre with a samurai beneath a pine tree, seated on a white hors...

A JAPANESE SATSUMA SQUARE-FORM VASEMeiji PeriodOf square form and raised on four short feet, painted to each side with panels enclosing figural sc...

TWO JAPANESE WAKIZASHI SWORDSThe blades of shinogi zukuri with kissaki, one contained in a plain shirasaya, the second within a black lacquer text...

A JAPANESE KINRAN TEMPLE HANGING AND A ROLL OF BROCADE.19th/20th Century.A kinran uchijiki woven in silk and metallic threads with confronted drag...

A JAPANESE SILK OBI19th / 20th centuryWoven with seven roundels of coiled dragons in gold, silver and brown threads against a cream groundapprox. ...

A JAPANESE SILVER AND SHAKUDO BROOCHMeiji Period, 19th CenturyThe rectangular brooch inlaid in gold, silver and copper on the dark shakudo ground ...

λ A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA AND A YATATEMeiji / Showa period, circa 1910The tobacco holder tabakoire worked in bamboo and fru...

A JAPANESE EBONY NETSUKE OF A DAIKOKU AS A RAT-CATCHER SIGNED KAIGYOKUSAI MASATSUGU19th CenturyAn unusual representation of the 'Disappointed rat-...

λ FIVE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE, TOGETHER WITH A BONE INRŌ20th CenturyOne wood netsuke carved as a young girl, one as a mouse on a mushroom, the rema...

A GROUP OF SIX TAGUA (PALM NUT) NETSUKE20th centuryCarved as various animals, all signed 5.5cm longh (6)Provenance: Property of a French Private C...

TSUBAKI CHINZAN (1801 – 1854)Seafood19th centuryInk and colour on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll23cm high, 32cm long

MARUYAMA ŌKYO (follower of, 1733 – 1795)Puppies18th / 19th centuryInk and colour on silk, mounted as hanging scrolls, together with a wood box78cm...

TSUBAKI CHINZAN (1801 – 1854)Prunus19th centuryInk and colour on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll70.5cm high, 39cm long

OKUBO SHIBUTSU (1766 – 1837)Bamboo18th / 19th centuryInk and colour on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll85cm high, 27cm long

WATANABE KAZAN (1793 – 1841)Fisherman19th centuryInk and colour on silk, mounted as a hanging scroll25cm high, 45cm long

MASAYA EGUCHI (1970 - )Unknown flower / Na mo nai hanaDated 2005Natural pigments and gold leaf on wood boardSigned on a label applied to the rever...

KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753 - 1806)Edo period, 18th / 19th centuryOban yoko-e, Young lovers by a screen, shunga, unmountedThe young man and his elegant...

KOSON OHARA (1877 - 1945)Showa period, later impressionOban tate-e, Snow on the Willow Bridge, signed and sealed Shoson, published by Shozaburo Wa...

KITAGAWA UTAMARO (1753 - 1806)Edo period, 18th / 19th centuryThe Newlyweds, shunga, unmountedThe young couple embracing and kissing in a long-awai...

ISODA KORYŪSAI (1735 - 1790)Edo period, 1777Oban yoko-e, A shamisen lesson, from the book Twelve Bouts in the Way of Love (Shikido torikumi juniba...

KATSUKAWA SHUNSHŌ (1726 - 1793)Edo period, New Year 1788O-ban yoko-e, The Stretching Cat, a bookplate from The Erotic Album of the Comical Cuckoo ...

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798 - 1861)Edo period, 1848Oban tate-e, titled First sunrise of the year at Sumida River (Sumidagawa hatsuhi no zu), published...

UTAGAWA KUNISADA II (KUNIMASA III, TOYOKUNI IV) (1823 - 1880)Edo period, 1852Oban tate-e, Snow (Yuki), from the series Moon, Snow, and Flowers (Ge...

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (TOYOKUNI III) (1786 - 1865)Edo period, 1854Oban tate-e, an image from the Twelve Month series, The Seventh Month: Waiting for th...

KEISAI EISEN (1790 - 1848)Edo period, 19th centuryA Japanese shunga woodblock print book, titled Irojiman Edomurasaki, one of three volumes, seven...

YOSHU CHIKANOBU (1838 – 1912)Late Meiji periodOban tate-e, from the series Ladies’ Etiquette Illustrated (Fujin horeishiki no zu), depicting young...

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786 – 1865), UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1842 – 1894), UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798 – 1861)Late Edo period, early 19th centuryFour Japanes...

UTAGAWA TOYOKUNI (1777-1835) AND UTAGAWA YOSHIKAZU (1848-1870)19th centuryA group of Japanese oban tate-e, woodblock prints featuring six single s...

SIX JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTSEdo - Meiji PeriodComprising five oban tate-e, including prints by Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900), Utagawa Kuniyoshi ...

FOUR JAPANESE MODERN WOODBLOCK PRINTS20th centuryComprising four oban tate-e woodblock prints, two of the prints after Hasegawa Sadanobu III (1881...

UTAGAWA HIROSHIGE II (1826 - 1869), KATSUSHIKA HOKUSAI (1760 - 1849)1863, 1814Two Japanese woodblock prints, comprising oban tate-e Ishiyakushi fr...

UTAGAWA KUNISADA I (1765 - 1865)19th centuryOban tate-e, illustrating a kabuki actor in various roles, framed and glazed34cm high, 24.5cm long

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786 – 1864)Edo Period, 1840Oban tate-e, actor print for the play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami at the Nakamura Theatre, framed ...

UTAGAWA KUNISADA (1786 - 1865)Edo PeriodOban tate-e, depicting a figure standing in a garden under the shade of a blossoming tree, framed and glaz...

SHUNSHOSAI HOKUCHO (fl. 1822 - 1850)Edo PeriodOban tate-e, an actor woodblock print depicting a man dragging another by his hair, framed and glaze...

UTAGAWA KUNIYOSHI (1798 - 1861)Edo PeriodOban tate-e, woodblock print in colours depicting a figure wielding a sword, framed and glazed35cm high, ...

UNKNOWN ARTISTA pair of full-length portraits of a coupleMeiji periodInk and colour on silk, framed and glazedDepicting a standing couple in tradi...

SHUNSUIA Japanese MacaqueInk and colour on silk, framed and glazedDepicting a fluffy primate on a branch of a blooming white prunus tree, petals f...

HASUI KAWASE (1883 - 1957)Boshu Takaidated Taisho 14 (1925), published between 1931-1941A work from the Series Souvenirs of Travel, published by S...

MASUO IKEDA (1934 - 1997)Landscape; Antique Woman1972An album containing two contemporary mezzotint prints on paper, together with a facsimile of ...

HODAKA YOSHIDA (1926 – 1995)Mini Mythology1966 - 1969Woodblock print in colours on paper, unframedSigned, titled and numbered in pencil31.5cm high...

TAKAHASHI USHIO (1944 - )Gengetsu1982Mezzotint copperplate engraving, unframedsigned, dated and numbered in pencil, embossed with the artist's nam...

TAKAHASHI USHIO (1944 - )Hana ShigureMezzotint copperplate engraving, framed and glazedSigned, numbered in pencil, embossed with the artist's name...

HODAKA YOSHIDA (1926 – 1995)Door D1975Woodblock print in colours on paper, unframedSigned, dated and numbered in pencil40.5cm high, 28cm wideProve...

HODAKA YOSHIDA (1926 – 1995)The 42nd Exhibition of the Japanese Print Association1974A screenprint exhibition poster signed Hodoka Yoshida in penc...

GENDAI HANGA JUNIKEIShowa 42, March 1967Twelve Views of Modern Prints, a commemorative album of twelve modern prints reproductions of famous Japan...

NISHIJIMA KATSUYUKI (1945 - )20th centuryFramed and glazed, inscribed with a pencil30cm high x 40cm longProvenance: an English private collection

UNKNOWN JAPANESE ARTISTCatModernInk and colour on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll painting46cm high, 25cm long