Shambray Daruma

Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down. It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...

Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down. It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...

Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down. It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...

Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down. It has been loved as a decoration to ward of...

Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down. It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ...

Daruma is a traditional Japanese figurine that means to get up again and again even after falling down. It has been loved as a decoration to ward off evil or to express wishes for ab...

Important pair of metal with double patina plaques representing an Oriental woman and a Japanese woman, both dressed in traditional outfits, during the tea ceremony. Each is presente...

Wonderful and very rare Japanese tapestry made in the 1900s, made of woven silk and cotton, of absolute fineness. The tapestry is developed in length ...

A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested ...

A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested by an artist monk Miyazaki Yuzensai (1654 -1736) of Edo period. The auspicious composition features a group of red-crown cranes, the symbol of longevity. Three of them perch on the rock by the ocean (East Sea) an two of them are in flight. Additionally, two egrets frolic in the wave. Yuzen dying was used extensively to showcase the amazing details such as the waves and the gradual coloring effect. Embroidery was used sparsely to highlight areas such as the legs of the crane to render it more dimensional details. The piece has a red silk backing and still retains four blue tassels on corners as well as decorative stitches along the edges. Fukusa is a traditional Japanese textile...

A Japanese silk Fukusa panel circa late 19th-early 20th century of Meiji Period. The front was beautifully decorated with Yuzen-zome, a labor intensive resist-dye technique invested by an artist monk Miyazaki Yuzensai (1654 -1736) of Edo period. The front cover likely depicts a scene from the Tale of Genji, showing a nobleman and his servant pays a visit to a lady in a fenced thatch-roof house under a high peak. The details of blossom trees and pines, as well as the characters, and scenery with a gradual color are astounding. It is telling that the Yuzen dying was used such an mastery. The piece has a red silk backing and still retains two red tassels on the lower corners as well as decorative stitches along the edges. There is a patched design on the back likely a Mon symbol (family crest). Fukusa is a traditional Japanese textile...

Théodore Deck ( 1823-1891) Impressive polychromed circular faience charger with hand-painted enameled design of a wader among water lilies and reeds. Impressed Uppercase Mark Th.Dec...