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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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Year of the Tiger - Blue and White Tiger Bowl Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 983809 (stock# COLL 1021)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 395.00  A deep Arita footed bowl with a scalloped edge dating from the late Meiji to early Taisho era - circa 1890-1920. The inner design is that of a wonderfully goofy looking tiger in a bamboo grove - his long tail curling up over his back. The bowl measures 9" diameter at the top - 4" diameter at the foot and is 3 1/2" deep. The ...click for details Year of the Tiger - A Komai Dish with a Stalking Tiger Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Metalwork: Pre 1900   item# 983578 (stock# ICHI 801)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is an extraordinary Japanese Komai dish with decoration of a tiger in mid stride as he stalks his prey. The metals are gold, silver, and copper with the gold shading from a coppery color to a yellow gold. The detailing is as fine as you will see. The nose is a reddish copper, claws are silver, silver used for shading on face and underneath on the throat and chest. It is signed on the back with Komai's mark. This piece measures 5 1/4” diameter and is 1 1/8” deep with tripod legs under th ...click for details A Rare Hirado Shi Shi Netsuke – Edo Period Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900   item# 983055 (stock# ICHI 1994)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 995.00  This is a wonderful Hirado porcelain netsuke in the form of a shi shi laying down with his mouth open. Every detail from the eyes and teeth to the curly hair on his back is beautifully executed as only the Hirado pottery artists could achieve. The piece is mold formed and the details were hand engraved. The bottom is unglazed and has the two holes that form the himotoshi for the connecting cord. The netsuke measures 1 ¾” long by 1 ¼” wide by 1 1/8” tall and is in excellent condition – no chips, ...click for details A Print by Utagawa Kunihisa II - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1900   item# 982318 (stock# ICHI 43)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 595.00  This is a framed print by Utagawa Kunihisa II (1832-1891) - a pupil and son-in-law of Utagawa Kuniyoshi. It portrays two women by a stream that flows by a garden fence. One of the women is kneeling and the other is bent over as if to look for something in the water. (I seem to recall some legend about a shogun’s palace floating cups on saucers down stream once a year for people to collect – but I cannot find any reference to that so I am probably just having a “senior moment”). There are pine t ...click for details An Arita Shonsui-Style Zodiac Plate – Edo/Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 981882 (stock# ICHI 4264)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 625.00  This is a great Japanese Arita plate in Shonsui-style to help celebrate the new Year of the Tiger. On the front of the plate are the twelve animals that make up the Chinese New Year zodiac. The border has a band of enclosed florets between dark blue circles. All twelve animals are very well painted and are enclosed in separate reserves against a blue background. ...click for details A Japanese Lacquer Hai Dai – Sake Cup Holder – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 981392 (stock# ICHI 4261)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 595.00  This is a stunning lacquer hai dai, a stand used for holding a guinomi (sake cup). The hai dai is decorated all over with a pattern of leaves falling on a flowing stream. These are executed in both gold and silver makie lacquer. Most interestingly, some of the leaves are filled with nashiji (pear skin) sprinkled gold makie – as are the lines in the streams. All the design in done on a dark black roiro lacquer base. The piece measures 5 5/8” diameter at the top, the stand flares to the base and ...click for details A Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni – Samurai - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Woodblock Prints: Pre 1837 VR   item# 980959 (stock# ICHI 126)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 795.00  This is a superb print of a Samurai in full regalia by one of the greatest masters of Japanese woodblock printing. It is done in muted tones of browns, tans and a very faint pink (lower part of his garment). (The small yellow rectangle seen in the upper right corner of a few of the photos is an unfortunate reflection of a ceiling light while taking the photos.) ...click for details A Hirado Koro with Open Work Bronze Lid – Edo/Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 980616 (stock# COLL1018)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 695.00  This is a fine Japanese Hirado porcelain koro (censer) with a design of chidori (plovers) flying over the waves on two sides of the body. It stands on tripod legs and has handles in the form of a mythical beast’s face. The decoration is executed in the traditional Hirado underglaze Hirado blue. The lid is an open domed lid of bronze in a stylized shape of a chrysanthemum. ...click for details An Arita Plate – Three Friends Design – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 980351 (stock# COLL1017)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 350.00  This is an early 19th century, Edo period, Arita plate with a design of three bare branches in a reserve in the center of the plate. A circle of stylized leaves surrounds these branches. It is possible that this is meant to represent the Three Friends of Winter – plum, bamboo and pine – but the only stem that we can clearly identify is that of the bamboo. The outer border design is of two large blue on white leaves with two smaller white on blue flowers alternating with the larger leaves. The ba ...click for details A Makie Lacquer Kogo with Seashell Designs – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900   item# 979882 (stock# ICHI 2472)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 1250.00  This is a handsome lacquer kogo with a very interesting design of seashells done in indented depressions. One seashell has a design of branch of plum blossoms with a distant scene of hills. The second shell has a design of what appear to be maple leaves – again with distant hills. The third shell has a design of random streaks. On the two ...click for details Return To Top View Next 10 Items PAGE: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  10  20  30  40  46