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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.

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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 Ming Celadon Deep Dish with Embossed Design Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Stoneware: Pre 1800   item# 970621 (stock# ICHI 2845)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 595.00  This is a fine Ming dynasty celadon deep dish with a well executed impressed design of a small boy with flowers. The celadon is a particularly pretty blue/green color. We date it to the mid to late Ming dynasty, circa 1450s – 1500s. The piece measures 4 3/8” diameter and is 2 ¾” deep. It is in very good condition with one small chip on the rim – see photo – and normal usage light scratches in the bottom of the bowl. One tiny firing bubble of brown grit in the interior. A Hirado Candlestick Holder – Two Karako – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1910   item# 969036 (stock# ICHI 1047)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1195.00  This is a fine example of top quality Hirado ware. It is a joined double candlestick holder with two young boys (karako) holding up cups that serve as the holders for the two candles. This is a particularly fine piece of Hirado in that the eyes of the karako are unglazed – a technique used in the top of the line Hirado okimono. There are highlights of Hirado blue – the hair on the boys – small butterflies on the cups – and the boys’ slippers. It is clear from the inside of the bowl candleholders ...click for details A Ming Dynasty Celadon Bowl – 15th-16th Cty. Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Stoneware: Pre 1800   item# 968079 (stock# COLL1004)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 495.00  This is a Chinese celadon glazed bowl with three spurs in cavetto. (Spur marks are caused by the practice of separating items to be fired in the kiln with small pyramids of clay to cause the heat to distribute evenly). The medium celadon green/tan glaze has a crackle finish. The bowl measures 6” diameter and is 2 ¼” deep. It is simply decorated with a couple of incised circles in the bottom of the bowl.The foot and base are unglazed and the base rim show signs of usage. It is in excellent condit ...click for details A Japanese Imari Covered Bowl – 19th Century Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 967487 (stock# ICHI 1121)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 395.00  This is a Japanese Imari covered bowl that measures 6” diameter by 3 ½” high and is in excellent condition. The top of the cover has a design of two phoenix birds (Ho-o) and two reserves with formal geometric designs. These are all tied together with a number of vines. The top finial is a plain white knob. The sides have blue and orange stylized floral designs. At the base, there are two cobalt blue circles enclosing a band of blue lappets that surround the foot. ...click for details A Chinese Soft Paste Dish -Landscape Design – Qianlong Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1837 VR   item# 966930 (stock# ICHI 1449)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This superbly painted Chinese soft past porcelain dish dates from the 1750s – Qianlong period, early Qing dynasty. It has a deftly drawn and delicate design of a rocky island or peninsula that has water on three of the sides. A house sits on the shoreline and a small temple is on the other side of the rocky hill. A boat is seen in the lake and a flock of birds soar high above the scene. On a distant piece of land one can see a pagoda on a hill. ...click for details A Country Ming Oil Jar with Cover Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Stoneware: Pre 1700   item# 965254 (stock# COLL1001)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  This is a small Country Ming pitcher that was probably used as an oil jar. This oil jar is from the transitional early to mid Ming period and is in the style known as kitchen Ming – or country Ming - for its lack of sophistication in execution and purity. It has an underglaze blue design on the outside loosely drawn geometric figure - circles, lines, etc. There are two flower like figures – one on each side – and these are framed with loose vines and circlets. The handle and the spout are not d ...click for details A Qingbai Jar with Two Fish Handles - Song ? Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery: Pre 1900   item# 964571 (stock# COLL 9112)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 495.00  This is an interestingly configured Qingbai Jar with two small fish shaped handles on the upper part of the jar. The glaze is that lovely soft blue color that distinguishes Qingbai ceramics. The top of the jar is slightly bulbous – then it tapers down to a narrower neck with two relief bands and the two fish handles – then it widens again before tapering down toward the bottom that is flare shape. The jar measures 5 ¼”” high by 21/2 ” diameter at the waist. It in excellent condition with no chi ...click for details A Rare Chinese Lacquer Dish 17/18c – Early Qing Dynasty Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Lacquer: Pre 1837 VR   item# 961647 (stock# ICHI 3287)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is a very fine and rare Chinese lacquered dish with a detailed design in gold under many layers of clear lacquer. The scene shows temples – scholars in a hut – a bridge over a stream – and distant mountains. The design was done it a bright copper gold color and then multiple layers if clear lacquer were applied to protect the design. ...click for details Ming Style, Chinese Pottery Figure of Male Court Attend Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pottery: Pre 1800   item# 959936 (stock# ICHI 1763)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This is a Ming style pottery figure of a male court attendant that would have been buried with the deceased to serve him in the afterlife. The attendant stands on an unglazed hexagon base with his right hand clasped to his chest. He wears a tall red hat, and the clothing is painted in red, green and beige glazes. This figure is one of the rare types in which the head is molded and painted separately and is inserted into the body with a long tapered extension into the body of the figure. ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  18