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Height: 9 7/8 inches, 25 cm
Diameter: 8 5/8 inches, 22 cm

Bronze vase with butterflies

by Shinobu
Japan, Showa period, 1930s

A bronze vase of oviform shape with a flat base. The sides rise up, bulge outwards and terminate

 

Length: 8 inches, 20 cm
Depth: 4 inches, 10 cm

Ivory okimono of flying Squirrel

Japan, Meiji period, 19th century

A very unusual ivory okimono of a flying squirrel. The four legs are spread out, with expanses of skin filling

 

Height: 8 1/2 inches, 21.5 cm
Diameter: 10 5/8 inches, 27 cm

Bronze vase

by Yamamoto Jiro
Japan, Showa period, 1930s

A bronze vase of spherical form, divided into four sections by vertical lines.  The centre is decorated with a

 

Height: 17 inches, 43 cm (image);
42 1/8 inches, 107 cm (scroll)
Width: 35 inches, 89 cm

Scroll on paper depicting a river landscape

by Chiba Katsusuke
Japan, contemporary

A Rimpa-style monochromatic photograph by Chiba Katsusuke, mounted as a

 

Height: 13 1/2 inches, 34.5 cm
Width: 15 3/4 inches, 40 cm

Bizen earthenware hibachi of a Shishi Lion

by Korakuen
Japan, Meiji –Taisho period, late 19th century

An earthenware hibachi in the form of a Shishi lion, the animal

 

Height: 11 3/8 inches, 29 cm
Width: 12 3/4 inches, 32.5 cm

Bronze flower vase

Japan, Showa period, 1970s to 1980s

A bronze flower vase, the thin metal sides rising from a flat base, flaring outwards and terminating in a

 

Height: 4 1/2 inches, 12 cm
Length: 10 1/4 inches, 26 cm

Wild goose incense burner

by Mitsui Asoo
Japan, Showa period, 1926 – 1989

A mixed metal koro or incense burner in the form of a recumbent wild goose.

 

Height: 3 1/2 inches, 9 cm
Diameter: 2 1/2 inches, 6.5 cm

Two celadon porcelain cups

by Suwa Sozan III
Japan, after 1970

Two small porcelain cups, each with a cylindrical body supported on a small, unglazed foot ring, the

 

Height: 14 1/2 inches, 37 cm (framed: 22 3/4 inches, 58 cm)
Width: 22 3/4 inches, 58 cm (framed: 31 1/4 inches, 79.5 cm)

Lacquer panel

by Kano Byakkan
Japan, Showa period, 1970s

A rectangular wood panel lacquered with abstract

 

Height: 23 5/8 inches, 60.5 cm
Diameter: 11 inches, 28 cm

Large bronze vase

by Takahashi Ryoun
Japan, Meiji period, circa 1900

A very large bronze vase of bottle form, the sides tapered outwards and surmounted by a long, cylindrical