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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. We still have over 900 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.(This discount does NOT apply to items purchased at auction.) At these low prices, we do ask that you pay shipping and insurance charges for all items purchased.

An Important Hirado - Reclining Ox – Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1837 VR   item# 1116638 (stock# ICHI 3010)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $2,250.00  This is a superb example of Hirado mastery – an okimono of a reclining ox. The figure measures 7 ¾” long by 3 1/8” high by 5 ½” deep. It is in excellent condition – just one tiny frit at the tip of the right horn.We date the piece to the late Edo period, circa 1820s - 1850. A very similar piece is shown in the book on Hirado porcelain titled – “Hirado Ware” by C. Philip Cardeiro, Art Asia Museum, 1989, Plate 47 - see photos 10 and 11. ...click for details

A Meiji Period Hirado Porcelain Okimono of a Hen Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 1097480 (stock# ICHI 2067)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $695.00  This charming little Hirado hen has the classic simplicity of the best Hirado items. The feathers on the wings are extremely well defined and the only color used on the piece is the comb atop the head, the wattles and the eyes. These three items are done in a dark cobalt blue- darker than the usual Hirado soft blue. The hen measures 4” ta ...click for details

An Important Hirado Paper Weight - Plum Blossom - Edo Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1837 VR   item# 1093508 (stock# ICHI 1835)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $1,750.00  This very delicate Hirado piece is a paper weight (Noshi-Osae) in the form of a branch of plum blossoms. In his book, “Hirado – Price of Porcelain" by Louis Lawrence he states on page 62, Plate 33, that: “These flowers were made from the late 18th century through most of the early part of the 19th. Unbelievably fragile, it is astoni ...click for details

A Hirado Round Covered Bowl w/Intricate Design – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1910   item# 1086875 (stock# ICHI 2699)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $525.00  This is a very lovely and interesting Hirado porcelain covered bowl. The rounded sides of the bowl have a finely drawn underglaze design of a fierce dragon that wraps all around the sides. His long tail then flows up to the top cover of the bowl. The top cover has a finial of a rooster and a hen – both done in very fine detail. The sides ...click for details

A Hexagonal Hirado Bowl with Karako – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 1080775 (stock# ICHI 2229)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 495.00  This is a fine hexagonal Hirado porcelain bowl with scenes of karako (Chinese Children) at play. One is riding a hobby horse, others are chasing each other, and still others are waving sticks with round objects on the tops. The bowl is held up by three charming karako holding the cup with both hands at the rim. The piece measures 3 ¼” high at the rim by 6” diameter from point to point on top. The tripod feet measure 3 1/3” tip to tip. It is in excellent condition with no chips, hairlines, or res ...click for details

A Fine Japanese Arita Pitcher with Pomegranates – Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1900   item# 1079377 (stock# COLL 1156)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  This lovely small blue and white pitcher with underglaze decoration probably comes from the Arita kilns. The pitcher’s decoration consists of stem of pomegranates and leaves. The pouring lip has a very graceful curve to it. The pitchers measures 4” high by 2 1/2” diameter and is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks or restorations. We date it to the early Meiji period, circa 1870s – 1890s. ...click for details

A Japanese Blue & White Transfer Design Bowl-Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 1074889 (stock# COLL 1150)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $195.00  This is a charming small bowl with an overglaze blue transfer design of six small boys playing and dancing. The image is good for a transfer design and the scene is one of merriment. The bowl measures 6””diameter at the top and is 1 3/4” deep. The rim of the bowl has a lightly scalloped edge. In the bottom of the bowl is a reserve set aside with a band of Greek key geometrics – these surround a reserve that has a picture of two peaches. ...click for details

A Meiji Period Imari Shallow Bowl with Lakeside Village Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1910   item# 1073783 (stock# ICHI 1143-F7)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 Auction  This is fine Imari shallow bowl with a lovely decorated wide band on the rim executed in green and red nishiki geometric style. Nishiki is the Japanese word for "brocade”. The rim has a wavy slightly scalloped edge. Between the nishiki border and the reserve scene en cavetto, there are Buddhist symbols. In between those symbols are three sprays of the Three Friends of Winter – pine, bamboo and plum blossoms. The bottom of the plate has an underglaze design of a small village on a lake. Th ...click for details

A Hirado Teapot of Hotei Dragging his Bag - Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 1073492 (stock# COLL 1142)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $495.00  This is fine late Meiji miniature Hirado lidded teapot made in the shape of one of the favorite Japanese Household Gods, Hotei. He is shown dragging on his ever present bulging sack and holding a fan on top of his head as a lead. The finial on the lid is in the shape of a fan and has a stylized animal (squirrel?) as a finial. This is ...click for details

A Double Square Kutani Kogo – late Meiji Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Porcelain: Pre 1920   item# 1071282 (stock# ICHI 2339-A7)  click for details Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 $250.00  This is a handsome small porcelain kogo by the Kutani potters. It is in the shape of interlocking squares that give the piece an irregular rectangular shape. The entire top and sides are decorates in a geometric pattern of blues, reds, gold, green and white. The bottom of the kogo is unglazed and has the two character mark that reads as K ...click for details

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