All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1930
item #1203074
(stock #TCR4279)
The Kura
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A superb set of sencha tea utensils in sheer white with a family crest visible when held to light by Miyagawa Kozan enclosed in the original signed wooden box. As visible in the photo, when held to light, each piece has a translucent crest which allows light through. What subtlety! When sitting on the table these are nearly invisible. The kiri box is of three compartments, the outside darkened with age...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Lacquer : Pre 1980
item #1202898
(stock #MOR4273)
The Kura
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Although it looks just like a shallow Kuro-raku Chawan, this tea bowl is entirely made of kanshitsu and covered in various shades of lacquer. The bowl is enclosed in the original wooden box signed Ho-oshi-saku. The artist has intimately duplicated the textures and effects of ceramic firing, even down to the discoloration from separators on the foot rim. He has also duplicated in perfect detail a Meiji period coin inlayed into the bottom...
The Kura
1,850.00
1,850.00
A striking kanshitsu (dry lacquer) mizusashi entirely covered in Ginpun silver powder, extremely elegant, enclosed in the original signed double-wooden box by Maehata Gaho. The box is titled Gin Tamenuri, Tanpyo mizusashi (Silver Tame-nuri inverted Gourd shaped Mizusashi). It is 26 cm (16-1/2 inches) diameter, 12 cm (4-1/2 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Maehata Gaho (b. 1936) is a traditional lacquer artist renowned for Exceptional Tea Ceremony utensils...
Maehata Gaho (b. 1936) is a traditional lacquer artist renowned for Exceptional Tea Ceremony utensils...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1930
item #1200800
(stock #TCR4264)
The Kura
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A very unusual Black glazed Chawan decorated with a gold landscape by Miyagawa Kozan II enclosed in the original signed wooden box. A sparse scholarly landscape of a ragged tree, bridge and wandering sage is scratched out in gold on the pebble-textured black glaze. The box is titled Kuro-yu Kin-Sansui Ga and signed Makuzu Kozan. It measures 5 inches (12.5 cm) diameter, 3 inches (8 cm) tall and is in fine condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1920
item #1200676
(stock #TCR4263)
The Kura
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white lines defining this tea bowl defy the superlative rendition of a bird snapping up an insect from a hibiscus by Ogata Gekko within. The bowl is 4-1/2 inches (11.5 cm) diameter, 3 inches (7.5 cm) tall and in fine condition. It comes wrapped in a silk bag and enclosed in a superb kiri-wood box.
Ogata Gekko (1859-1920) of Edo (now Tokyo) was born the son of merchant Nakagami Seijiro and was heir to a small fortune...
Ogata Gekko (1859-1920) of Edo (now Tokyo) was born the son of merchant Nakagami Seijiro and was heir to a small fortune...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Chinese : Enamel : Pre 1900
item #1200401
(stock #MOR4261)
The Kura
2,650.00
2,650.00
An Edo era Kara-mono cloisonné tray enclosed in an antique wooden box. This was made in China for the Japanese market, and is of the Kara-mono style of cloisonné. On top it bears a Japanese family crest inset into a field of various colors. Only a very powerful family would have had the connections to procure such an object (likely a Samurai feudal Lord called Daimyo). The piece is 12 inches (29.5 cm) square, 2 inches (4.5 cm) tall and in overall fine condition...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1920
item #1198462
(stock #TCR4041)
The Kura
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A deep men-tori Tsutsu Chawan of pale millet glaze tinged with lustrous silver dating from the Meiji period (19th century) and enclosed in a much worn kiri-wood box signed Rakuzan. It is haunting, like a ghost passing through the shadows of the tea room. There is an impressed seal beside the foot and the box is titled Koetsu-utsushi chawan and signed Rakuzan-zo with a gourd shaped stamp reading Rakuzan...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1920
item #1197948
(stock #MOR4255)
The Kura
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An antique oke-bound wooden bucket has been lacquered mirror smooth black inside with a natural bark handle added to create a superb sumi-tori charcoal basket for use in the Japanese tea ceremony. The original cask-like body is worn at the rim to an incredible degree, and yet remains structurally sound. It may have indeed been a lacquer-workers bucket, or perhaps used by a paper-hanger, decades of being bumped by the brush naturally wearing down the edges...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1900
item #1197943
(stock #TCR4252)
The Kura
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The bowl is 5 inches (13 cm) diameter2-1/2 inches (6 cm) tall and in fine condition. Oku yama no, Hana no Shirayuki, Nagare-kite, Haru no sue kumu, Kawazura no Sato (From Deep in the mountains, fallen petals white as snow, Flow past the village, like the last vestige of Spring).
Much has been written about the life and work of poet/artist Otagaki Rengetsu...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920
item #1196471
(stock #TCR4244)
The Kura
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A Chatsubo Tea Leaf Storage jar by Seifu Yohei III with incised signature on the base enclosed in an annotated wooden box by Seifu IV and wrapped in a stamped cloth...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1920
item #1196244
(stock #TCR4242)
The Kura
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A sometsuke Tea Pot by Seifu Yohei III enclosed in the original signed wooden box wrapped in the original stamped cloth. It is 4 inches (10 cm) diameter and in fine condition.
Seifu Yohei III (1851-1914) was the adopted son of Yohei II. Sent at the age of twelve to study painting under then the top Nanga artist Tanomura Chokunyu, he returned in 1865 due to illness. The next year he entered as an apprentice the Seifu studio, then under the control of the second generation. As so often h...
Seifu Yohei III (1851-1914) was the adopted son of Yohei II. Sent at the age of twelve to study painting under then the top Nanga artist Tanomura Chokunyu, he returned in 1865 due to illness. The next year he entered as an apprentice the Seifu studio, then under the control of the second generation. As so often h...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1910
item #1196100
(stock #TCR4241)
The Kura
1,000.00
1,000.00
A scholarly landscape unfolds around this proud sometsuke porcelain tea pot by Takahashi Dohachi decorated by important artist Tomioka Tessai. The piece is signed by both artists, Dohachi within the lid, Tessai on the side. It is 8 cm tall, 5 cm diameter and in fine condition.
The Dohachi Kiln was established in Awataguchi by the retainer of Kameyama fief, Dohachi I around 1760, and the name Dohachi was brought to the forefront of porcelain by the second generation head of the family wh...
The Dohachi Kiln was established in Awataguchi by the retainer of Kameyama fief, Dohachi I around 1760, and the name Dohachi was brought to the forefront of porcelain by the second generation head of the family wh...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1940
item #1196093
(stock #TCR4240)
The Kura
$450.00
$450.00
An early 20th century tea set by Takahashi Dohachi comprising five cups and saucers, a tea pot (Kyusu) and cooling pot (yu-zamashi)The cups are 4.6 cm diameter, the saucers 8.3 cm, the tea pot 7 cm diameter and 5 cm tall. This is likely by the sixth generation head of the family, who took the reins in 1914.
The Dohachi Kiln was established in Awataguchi by the retainer of Kameyama fief, Dohachi I around 1760, and the name Dohachi was brought to the forefront of porcelain by the second gen...
The Dohachi Kiln was established in Awataguchi by the retainer of Kameyama fief, Dohachi I around 1760, and the name Dohachi was brought to the forefront of porcelain by the second gen...
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Tea Articles : Pre 1950
item #1195273
(stock #MOR4234)
The Kura
$150.00
$150.00
A set of sencha tea coasters of lacquered wood hand-painted with calligraphy and signed Keigetsu. Each is 14 cm (5-1/2 inches) diameter and in fine condition.
The importance of Sencha in the late Edo and Meiji periods cannot be overlooked, and has been studied in depth in the book Tea of the Sages, the Art of Sencha by Patricia Jane Graham. ...
The importance of Sencha in the late Edo and Meiji periods cannot be overlooked, and has been studied in depth in the book Tea of the Sages, the Art of Sencha by Patricia Jane Graham. ...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Porcelain : Pre 1900
item #1195266
(stock #TCR4233)
The Kura
$450.00
$450.00
A very unusual tiny tea set for serving precious drops of Sencha tea dating from the 19th century kilns of Kyoto. The Tea pot is signed on the side (illegible) and overall all are in fine condition. The cups are 3.5 cm tall, 4.3 cm diameter. The Tea Pot 4.2 cm tall, 4.5 cm diameter. Each cup is signed on the base Miyabi.
The size of this set is very unusual for Japan, and reflects the 19th century ideals when continental or Chinese items and materials were highly respected. The import...
The size of this set is very unusual for Japan, and reflects the 19th century ideals when continental or Chinese items and materials were highly respected. The import...