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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 is telling us it is time. We still have over 1200 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.
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A Mid Joseon Korean Wooden Carving of a Tiger –Page 1 Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Pre 1837 VR item# 1017973 (stock# ICHI 3238)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD
NOTE - This is page 1 of this listing. This wonderfully carved wood folk carving of a tiger is clearly of Korean origin. If one looks at various Korean scrolls of tigers, the resemblance is immediately apparent. The tiger stands 8” high and is 6” long by 4” deep. The four teeth in the head of the tiger appear to be actual teeth from some mam ...click for details

A Mid Joseon Korean Wooden Tiger – Korean -Pg.2 Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Pre 1837 VR item# 1017968 (stock# ICHI 3238)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD
NOTE - This is Page 2 of this listing. This wonderfully carved wood folk carving of a tiger is clearly of Korean origin. If one looks at various Korean scrolls of tigers, the resemblance is immediately apparent. The tiger stands 8” high and is 6” long by 4” deep. The four teeth in the head of the tiger appear to be actual teeth from some ...click for details

A Korean Choson (Joseon) Lacquer –Mother of Pearl Chest Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Pre 1837 VR item# 1005370 (stock# ICHI 1487)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD - 6500.00
The domed box has all four sides and top decorated with black lacquer into which complex designs have been embedded with inlaid mother-or pearl. The top has an oval shaped reserve in which a fine pattern of leaves is symmetrically arranged within a solid border. This reserve is surrounded by a series of small inter-connected circles with tiny six sided flowers in each circle. ...click for details

A Korean Choson (Joseon) Lacquer – Chest - PAGE 2 Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Korean: Pre 1837 VR item# 1005367 (stock# ICHI 1487)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD - 6500.00
This is a continution of the listing above so that more photos can be seen of the chest. Lacquer has a long history on the Korean peninsula; though surviving examples of lacquer with mother-of-pearl decoration date from the Goryeo dynasty and later. Objects from the early Joseon period expand on the earlier tradition of mother-of-pearl inl ...click for details

A Rare Museum Quality Hirado Dragon – Edo/Meiji Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900 item# 992985 (stock# ICHI 2029)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD - 3250.00
This is a very fine and rare Hirado okimono of a dragon amongst the waves. A very similar dragon is shown in the Cardeiro Collection in his book – “Hirado Ware” by C. Philip Cardeiro, Art Asia Museum, 1989, plate and catalog # 49. Cardeiro describes his dragon as follows: “A dragon swirling through waves. The dragon is glazed in pale celadon, the waves, and a brocade ball in the dragon’s claw, are blue. Date: 1850-1890. Length 19.5 cm.(7.7 inches)”. (See photo 12). ...click for details

A Japanese Ivory Okimono of a Kappa – Edo/Meiji Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900 item# 960953 (stock# ICHI 2036)
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This is a museum quality ivory okimono of one of Japan’s more interesting mythical creatures – the Kappa. The Kappa is seated with his arms clasped around his legs and with a happily mischievous smile on his face. He has a sharply beaked face and the traditional depression in his head. The back of the Kappa is carved in great detail like a hard turtle shell. The piece measures 3 ½” tall by 2” wide by 1 5/8” deep. It is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks and excellent patina. The dist ...click for details

An Antique Zitan Melon Shaped Ink Paste box - mid-Qing Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Chinese: Pre 1837 VR item# 930284 (stock# ICHI 2887)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD - 1800.00
This is a zitan ink-paste box in the shape of a large melon or gourd lying on the ground. The gourd is surrounded with its leaves and branches and a bee sits on top of the gourd. The carving is quite intricate and extremely well detailed. The box is in superb condition with no chips, cracks, or restorations. It measures 5 ½” long by 3 ¼” wide by 2 ¼” high. We date it to the early to mid Qing dynasty, circa 1700s-1820s.

An Important Five Case Lacquer Inro-Hunting Scene – Edo Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1837 VR item# 873538 (stock# COLL 9014)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD - $895.00
This is a very intricately designed five case inro with a background of reddish brown lacquer. The lively scene is one of a group of Japanese men dressed in armor and hunting with dogs. Some of the hunters are using rifles – some are using long pikes – and some carry sticks which were probably used as beaters. The hunting scene surrounds all sides of the inro ...click for details

A Hirado Okimono - Father & Child – Museum Quality Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900 item# 854241 (stock# ICHI 1047)
click for details		Ichiban Japanese and Oriental Antiques 203.272.7392 SOLD - $1,495.00
This is one of the premier pieces of Hirado in our extensive collection of Hirado. It depicts a father and son in a seated position with the father holding his arms around his son. The glaze is the classic soft Hirado white glaze - with Hirado blue highlights to the hair of both figures and the foot of the father. There are also small highlights of rust brown on the father’s cuffs and the boy’s front buttons. The okimono measures 2 ¼” high by 2” wide by 2 1/8” deep. We date it to the late Edo t ...click for details

A Japanese Bronze/Copper Tiger – Meiji – Museum Quality Catalogue: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Pre 1900 item# 812031 (stock# ICHI 3630)
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This is a remarkable Japanese bronze/copper alloy figure of a seated tiger with a ferocious countenance. The piece is quite large and – although it is hollow – is quite heavy. The detail work on the casting is superb – the stripes, the fierce snarling expression with teeth bared, the long tail curled back over the right leg – every aspect of the animal is executed in precise detail. The tiger measures 15” long by 12” high by 8” wide and is in superb condition. We date it to the early Meiji perio ...click for details

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