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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 Kyo Yaki Bowl with Daruma Portrait – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 959602 (stock# COLL 9103)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 525.00  This is a summer chawan (tea bowl)- or simply a bowl - that is probably from the Kyo-Yaki ware potters. The bowl has the face of a scowling Daruma on one side – the top of his head actually goes over the rim and into the top rim of the inside of the bowl. There are five Kanji characters on the other side of the bowl and an impressed signature on the foot. ...click for details

A Late Meiji Satsuma Koro – Butterflies Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 955827 (stock# ICHI 2114)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 295.00  A fine small Satsuma koro (incenser) decorated all over with hundreds of tiny butterflies or moths and three large butterflies. The design is in gold overlay enamel on the classic tan crackle glaze that is characteristic of Satsuma. It measures 4” high and is 4” diameter at the waist. It is in excellent condition and has a signature on the base – not translated. We date it to the late Meiji period, circa 1890-1910.

An Edo period Satsuma Chawan - Schools of Fish in a Net Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1900   item# 953618 (stock# ICHI 1466)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 995.00  995.00This is one of the nicest Satsuma tea bowls – chawan- we have had in the collection. It has the classic base glaze of tan crackle that is characteristic of all Satsuma pieces. In the center of the bowl and on the sides are overglaze enamel paintings of schools of fish – we believe them to be Japanese Rainbow Smelt. The fish are in a thick enamel that gives them a lovely three dimensional look. ...click for details

A Satsuma Chawan with Dragon Decoration - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 929747 (stock# ICHI 2625)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $295.00  A small Japanese Satsuma tea bowl - chawan - with a body that is more white than the usual darker tan of Satsuma. Encircling the entire chawan on the outside is a fierce dragon with great detail to its scales, face, and claws. The inside of the piece is not decorated - there is no signature, but it clearly looks like the work of the Kinkozan potters. The chawan measures 3 1/4" diameter at the top - 1 1/4" diameter at the base - and stands 1 1/2" high. It is in good condition - on ...click for details

A Fine Kinkozan Satsuma Kogo with Village Scene - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1900   item# 925939 (stock# ICHI 2111)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $625.00  A very fine Satsuma kogo (covered box) with a lovely and intricate design of a village scene. In the upper left is a small group of villagers talking - bottom center and right shows a fishmonger with his wares surrounded by a group of women and their children. In a hut at upper right, two men are seated in front of a mat examining some item - or possibly playing some game. ...click for details

A Museum Quality Kinkozan Satsuma Chawan – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 880596 (stock# ICHI 4515)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $2,250.00  This is one of the finest quality Satsuma chawan (tea bowls) that is clearly in the same class as that of Yabu Meizan. The painting on this chawan is extraordinary in every respect. The exterior of the chawan is decorated into seven separate bands - the top band is a black and gold geometric design and the second band is a lovely floral scene of multi colored flowers. The third band is superb: it consists of tiny paintings of karako (Japanese children) engaged in a number of different activit ...click for details

A Museum Quality Kinkozan Satsuma Chawan – Meiji -2 Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 880595 (stock# ICHI 4515)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $2,250.00  Description Continued: The chawan measures 5 ½” diameter at the top and is 2 ¾” high. There is a fine raised gold signature on the base that translates as “Kinkozan”. This type of raised gold signature was reserved by the Kinkozan ceramicists for their finest quality Satsuma pieces. The bowl is in excellent condition – there is a stable hairline on the base that can be seen in two of the photos – it does not go through to the other side of the chawan. We date this piece to the Golden Age of Sats ...click for details

A Meiji Period Satsuma Plate with Flying Crane – Signed Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 827024 (stock# ICHI 1260)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $150.00  This is a very nice Satsuma plate dating from the late Meiji period, circa 1885-1910. The design is that of large white Japanese crane in flight over a garden full of a variety of flowers. The design is a thick overglaze enamel – particularly so for the crane - over the traditional tan crackled ground of Satsuma. There is a clump of grass at the bottom of the garden and the entire rim has a design of a band triangles in green and red that nicely frame the main design. ...click for details

Satsuma Vase - Zodiac Animals – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 745080  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  This item was posted during the Chinese Year of the Rat – but why settle for an object that only has one of the twelve zodiac animals. Exquisite 19th C. Japanese Satsuma vase with a superb scene on both sides. On one side is a Japanese priest walking along a path with a young boy - on the other we find the twelve animals of the Japanese Zodiac- the dragon, the rat, the tiger, the horse, the pig, the snake and the other six - all beautifully rendered and arranged amongst sprays of cherry blossom ...click for details

A Satsuma Lid with a Gilded Shi Shi Ornament Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Earthenware: Pre 1920   item# 717321  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $325.00  This is a lid to what have been a very large jar. Usually, we would not be listing a piece that is part of another larger item; however, this lid is so nice that it stands alone as a decoration. Atop the lid is a very finely carved golden shi shi temple dog. On the four side are detailed paintings of Shinto priests engaged in conversations, reading and other activities. The bottom of the lid acts as a flared pedestal so that the lid looks as if it were a free standing item. The piece is in very ...click for details

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