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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.

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 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 Chinese Famille Verte Figure of a Boy – Early Qing Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1700   item# 958411 (stock# ICHI 2260)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1500.00  This is a Chinese figure of a young boy – the type was called Ho-Ho boys and date to the mid 17th Century. The Buddhist boy is made of a type of Chinese porcelain called famille verte. We have consulted an expert on Chinese ceramics and he dated it no later than the Shunzhi period, early Qing Dynasty (1644-62). This is a particularly fine Chinese Famille Verte figure of a small boy. He stands on a square base and is depicted holding a green jar with a dark lavender top in both of his hands, He ...click for details

A Japanese Arita Cup and Saucer in the Nanking Style Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 948394 (stock# COLL 9086)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 195.00  This is a late Meiji blue and white Arita cup and saucer painted in the style of Chinese Nanking porcelains. The design is quite similar but is much more loosely drawn and clearly is of Japanese origin. The cup is 5 3/4" is 4 1/2" diameter at the top and is 2" high. The saucer is 5 3/4" diameter and is 3/4" deep. T ...click for details

An Chinese Blue and White Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 917579 (stock# COLL 9054)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 175.00  This is an interesting Chinese blue and white bowl with rather intricate designs in underglaze blue. We are not quite sure of its origin – the previous owner had identified it as Sawankalok – but we have been told by an expert that it is Chinese. The sides of the bowl are decorated in a design that resembles a turtle back with multiple interlocking five sided frames around circles of seven dots. The inside of the bowl has a lovely spare design of a stylized floral spray in the bottom and geometr ...click for details

A Blanc de Chine Seated Kwanyin - Qing Dynasty Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 915576 (stock# COLL 9052)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $325.00  A nice small blanc de chine or white porcelain figure of Kwanyin seated in the Royal Repose position. The piece has a very light creamy color to the glaze - not the normal very white associated with earlier blanc de chine pieces. It is clearly hand modeled from the indications of hand work on the inside of the figure. The Kwanyin measures ...click for details

A Late Qing Blue and White Dish with Dragons Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 915329 (stock# ICHI 3234)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  A Chinese blue and white scalloped edge dish with a design in underglaze cobalt blue of two four clawed dragons on opposing sides of the rim. They are separated by white clouds and the center is almost a yin/yang design. The dish measures 6 3/4" diameter by 1" deep. There is a mark on the inside of the footed base - not translated. ...click for details

A Small Chinese Kraak Style Porcelain Dish Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1837 VR   item# 825473 (stock# COLL 8035)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $550.00  This Kraak porcelain dish is from the Jindezhen porcelain center of China. The motifs used in the design can be seen in the standard reference book – “Kraak Porcelain - A Moment in the History of Trade” by Maura Rinaldi, Bamboo Publishing Ltd, London, 1989. We cannot locate the exact border in Rinaldi nor the exact same center design inside of the octagonal star. The border has alternating designs of peach branches and Buddhist symbols – the large center design is a much larger one of one o ...click for details

Chinese Scholars Wrist Rest - 19th C. Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 823631 (stock# ICHI 1615)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $595.00  An extremely charming and detailed painting of five young Chinese children at play decorates this finely potted porcelain wrist wrest for the scholar's desk. One of the children even appears to be playfully pulling on his friend’s pigtail. Painted in the Famille Rose palette, this exquisite accessory to a scholars desk would make a fine accompaniment to any modern desk. We date the wrist rest to the early to late 19th century, Qing Dynasty. The piece measures 7 3/4" (19.69 cm)long x 2 ...click for details

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