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ICHIBAN STARTING TO CLOSE DOWN. We are starting to close down our business, a process that will take us a couple of years - age and health issues tell us it is time. We still have over 1300 items either currently listed on our website catalog or still to be posted onto it. So, from now on ALL ITEMS IN THE CATALOG MAY BE PURCHASED AT 40 % OFF THE LISTED PRICE. At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased. We reserve the right to require a 15 % re-stocking fee in cases where the reason for the return is suspect. With thanks for your years of patronage, we look forward to serving you until the last items are sold.

Regional Art (691) African, Ancient World, Asian, Middle Eastern, Oceanic Testimonials Guest Book Sales Policy Travel Message Privacy Policy Featured Items  (15) A Pottery Figure of the Gamma Sennin and Frog Edo A Pr of Japanese Nabeshima Celadon Bowl/Dishes Edo Specializing in Japanese-Chinese-Korean Antiques Japanese Porcelain Japanese Stoneware Japanese Earthenware Japanese Netsuke Woodblock Prints Folk Art Lacquer Ware Asian Textiles Cloisonne Scholar Art Chinese Porcelain Chinese Snuff Bottles Chinese Wood netsuke Japanese Inro Korean Antiques Japanese Woodblock Prints

A Beautiful Edo Watercolor of a Samurai and a Lady Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Paintings: Pre 1837 VR   item# 974656 (stock# COLL1011)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 2250.00  This is a very fine 18th – 19th century watercolor of a samurai in full armor seated on a small bench at the side of a house. We can only speculate as to what the picture portrays. Our guess is that a samurai is saying farewell to his wife as he departs for a battle somewhere. The print has a wonderfully balanced composition. The colors a ...click for details An Arita Blue and White Plate – Cranes and Lotus Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1910   item# 974423 (stock# ICHI 1369)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  This is a Japanese blue and white plate with a design of two cranes standing in a pool of water. Large lotus leaves and flowers emerge from the water in which they stand. Around the border of the plate is a band of squiggly blue figures that look amazingly like a long band of tadpoles. The underside of the plate completely undecorated wit ...click for details A Print by Kunisada (Toyokuni III) – Comic Series Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 973668 (stock# ICHI 110)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is a fun woodblock print by the famed Edo period woodblock artist, Kunisada(Toyokuni III). It is titled “Nango Rikimaru With Cut Foot” and is from Kunisada’s Comic Pictures Series. The print portrays a samurai dancing around on his right foot as he examines a cut or puncture wound on the outside of his left calf. He is next to a shoreline with gently breaking waves and a paddle lies on the ground next to him. There is no indication how he got the wound. ...click for details A Japanese Arita Bowl – Unusual Shape - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1910   item# 973415 (stock# ICHI 1114)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 250.00  This is a nice little Arita blue and white bowl with a design of two fishermen sitting in a boat and drinking tea at a low table in the bottom of the boat. There appears to be a sail above the fishermen on the left and two distant boats can be seen on the interior of the bowl. What makes the piece so unusual is that at a point midway in the design, the clay was folded over and buttoned together with a clay dot. ...click for details A Rectangular Lacquer Kogo with Floral Design – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 973199 (stock# ICHI 326)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 495.00  This is a very nice looking Japanese lacquer kogo – covered box – that measures 4 1/8” long by 3 ½” wide by 2 ¼” deep. It has a black lacquer ground (roiro) with a red lacquer rim on the top. That is covered all over by gold makie flowers and vines – top and sides. The interior of the kogo has an unusual type of nashiji – pear skin – in t ...click for details An Early Chinese Vase in Deep Mazarin Blue Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Stoneware: Pre 1837 VR   item# 972978 (stock# ICHI 3633)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 495.00  This is a beautiful Chinese vase made sometime after the late 17th century, Qing Dynasty. The shape is tall and faceted with a striking presence. The blue glaze is a Mazarin blue - a deep blue color, named in honor of Cardinal Mazarin, prime minister of France, 1643-1661. It is similar to a cobalt blue but still has its own distinctive color. ...click for details A Print by Kunisada - Toyokuni III – Woman with a Sword Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 972619 (stock# ICHI 2940)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is an intriguing print by Kunisada as it portrays a Geisha seated waiting for someone – apparently a samurai – as she hold the samurai’s sword in her two hands wrapped in a bundle of straw. One can only guess as to why she is holding it for that person. The registration and the colors in the print are excellent– the garment worn by the ...click for details A Beautiful Aizuri-e Eisen Print of a Geisha – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 972070 (stock# ICHI 1263)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 2750.00  This is a striking Aizuri-e blue print of a Geisha sitting on a low bench as if waiting for a a client or for another Geisha to go their local Geisha house. Her kimono is extremely ornate and is superbly drawn – as are her hair pieces, her obi and the bench on which she sits. Behind her is a picture of Mt. Fuji in a circular frame and a hanging cloth with kanji characters on it. ...click for details A Japanese Arita Kogo – Cracked Ice Design - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 971726 (stock# COLL1008)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 275.00  This sweet small kogo (covered box) has an overall design called "cracked ice" and is done in blue on white. That motif was design based on an old Chinese motif called "cracked ice". The theme is meant to symbolize Spring with the design on plum blossoms (prunus) falling on an ice covered pond or lake that is beginning to thaw and crack. The top of the kogo has a finial shaped as a white flower bud just starting to open. The piece measures 3” diameter and is 2 ¼” high. It is ...click for details A Framed Actor Print by Kunisada (Toyokuni III) - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 971463 (stock# ICHI 114)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This is an interesting print by Kunisada from his series titled “The Breezy Lantern Series”. It shows a famous actor's portrait on a paper lantern and is titled “Portrait of Sasaki Saburo Moritsuma “(A Genji Warrior of the Heike) from the Noh drama “Fujito”. The registration and the colors in the print are excellent– the garment worn by ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  30  40  50  70