Portfolio

Width: 23 5/8 inches, 60 cm
Height: 15 3/4 inches, 40 cm

Steel abstract wall panel

by Goto Morihiro
Japan, Kyoto, contemporary

A rectangular wall panel in steel, with a Fontana-like slit in the middle. The metal shows an rust-brown

 

Diameter: 18 1/2 inches, 47 cm
Height: 3 1/4 inches, 8.3 cm

Porcelain Hirado ware dish

Japan, Meiji period, 18th – 19th century

A large circular porcelain dish, supported on a short foot and with widely everted rim. The exterior

 

Height: 8 1/4 inches, 21 cm
Diameter: 10 1/4 inches, 26 cm

Bronze vase

by Toyochika
Japan, Showa period, probably 1950s to 1960s

A bronze vase of spherical form, the rounded sides rising from a short foot.  The vase has

 

Height: 4 inches, 10 cm
Diameter: 15 inches, 39 cm

Ceramic dish

by Kondô Yutaka
Japan, Showa period, 1926 – 1989

A large ceramic dish by Kondô Yutaka made in the Chinese Cizhou technique. Deeply impressed white blossoms are reserved

 

Length: 5 inches, 12.7 cm and 6 inches, 15 cm
Height: 3 inches, 7.7 cm and 6 3/4 inches, 17.2 cm

Pair of bronze okimono of rabbits

Japan, Taisho period, 1912 – 1926

A pair of bronze okimono of rabbits,

 

Height: 19 3/4 inches, 50 cm
Diameter: 17 3/4 inches, 45 cm

Large copper hibachi

Japan, Showa period, dated 1937

A large copper hibachi of drum (taiko) form with two ring handles to the sides and with two

 

Height: 11 1/2 inches, 29 cm
Width: 9 1/2 inches, 24 cm

Wood sculpture of the Buddha, Amida Nyorai

Japan, Edo period, 18th century

A wood figure of the Buddha, seated with his legs crossed in the lotus position and

 

Height: 7 inches, 17.8 cm, with frame: 13 inches, 33 cm
Width: 5 inches, 12.7 cm, with frame: 10 1/2 inches, 27 cm

Porcelain plaque with river landscape

People’s Republic of China, dated 1979

A small porcelain plaque of rectangular

 

Length: 20 1/8 inches, 51 cm
Width: 8 1/8 inches, 20.7 cm

Set of four iron “paintings”, tiehua

China, 19th century

A set of four iron paintings, depicting respectively a gnarled branch of flowering camellia, lotus flowers, chrysanthemums and peonies.

 

Height with frame: 16 inches, 40.5 cm
Width with frame: 11 inches, 28 cm

Pair of famille rose porcelain plaques with birds on trees

People’s Republic of China, dated 1988

Two porcelain plaques of rectangular format, both showing birds on