Painted Sculptures and Carvings

Matching Japanese Rabbits For Your Garden- Just received! Signed Label "Japan" on bottom of each This Japanese pair (2) of playful scale solid hand ...

Japan woodblock flower prints collection eight (8) different animals in original vibrant colors: rabbit, tiger, rooster, cow, crane, frog, swan, vibrant sun with crane Signed by va...

A rare and most impressive 1960s Japanese Ainu bear sculpture. Artist signed and dated. Indigenous Ainu Peoples, probably Ashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan's northe...

multi dimensional hand carved and hand painted wall hanging Depicting a Chinese Dynasty Emperor and Empress. Vivid detailed stone carving of the two looking forward in grace Except...

Glistening and glazed ceramic form gold fish bowl or planter comes complete with its original hardwood display stand which perfectly complements this pl...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions and coming from a Japanese collector of rabbit usagi sculptures Rabbit family trio (3) seated rabbit sculptures hand cast and hand painted This is an unusual Japanese one-of-a-kind group in both large and small scale Quality: Hand cast with carved ears...

Nostalgic opportunity America's friendly gnomes- a rare pair (2) of Happy Garden Legends "Keeper of Keys" and bearer of the night lights. Si...

A lovely antique Japanese hand-painted six-panel folding screen byobu- conceived in an attractive birds, trees, and blue waters motif. Likely given as a wedding gift , this appropr...

Rare Early Shinto Temple Find This is an incredibly rare and authentic Omikuji (Sacred Fortune Telling) set, dating back to the Late Edo Period. Unlike modern plastic or simple wo...

Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, signed with calligraphy, 19th Century, very well painted inside of glass depicting figures and landscaping on both sides in colors. Note:...

From our recent garden acquisitions- a happy pair with original box #2 Japan, this handsome pair (2) of quality vintage iron Halloween happy Jack-O-Lanterns with their friendly bi...

Mint Kyo ware bowl From Japan, a beautiful hand-built, painted and glazed, Kyo ware large bowl or large tea bowl with a proud rooster and birds motif created in the 1930s.- over se...

Magnificent Ducks Pair A fine matched pair (2) of large scale Japanese original hand-cast and hand painted garden ducks from the 1940s-1950s with detailed plumage, heads, beaks, ta...

China antique monumental Wooden Pagoda, total height is 70 inches, hand carved and hand painted wood, seven hexagonal sections plus finial, late Qin...

This “Wayang Golek” is a visibly old shadow puppet carved using soft wood and cloth. It features an articulated head and arms connected to rods, the dress...

Japanese antique shinto shrine ceramic Inari fox guardian and Shinto Kami (god). Rare glass eyes and remnant red (mouth) and white paint on its base still present and it holds the ...

19th century Buddhist carving of Guanyin, shown standing with flowing robes on a rocky outcrop, mounted on a lobed wooden base. She holds a bottle in one hand and a basket of fruit i...

A fine pair (2) of large scale Japanese hand-cast bronze geese or ducks with red knob heads, mahogany colored surfaces, and highly detailed plumage, heads, tails, webbed feet, and wi...

A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theatre. The mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and is signed by the maker. This mask is o...

From our recent Japanese acquisitions A rare couple. These Japanese Tachibina dolls represent the simplest essential form of the imperial couple. Their beautiful faces were crafted from crushed shell called gofun coated over carved wood and their dress feature period Edo (1840) textile kimono dress. Used as the display for the Girl’s day celebration, more specifically they are constructed of kinran brocade fabric covered paper, the heads carved of wood and covered in gofun with painted features and inset hair, the male form with outstretched arms and conical legs, the female has a cylindrical form. They come in an original kiri wood storage box. Dimensions: Large doll 12 inches tall and 6 inches wide Small doll...

Extraordinary pair of fine glazed porcelain Foo dogs came to us out of an estate here in Savannah, Georgia, belonging to an old general that long ago brought them from Thailand. Used...

Antique Southeast Asian Polychrome Wooden Oversized Temple Horse from India. Large Antique Southeast Asian Carved Polychrome Wood Horses. Antique Southeast Asian carved wood model of a parade horse. the body with allover polychrome, saddle and reins carved in high relief, the tail lacquered. 19th century hand carved oversized wooden Indian temple horse...

Zō-onna (増女) This mask depicts a woman with a noble and calm expression. In Noh theater, it is used for roles of young women. The mask conveys elegance and softness, making it suita...

For sale is a vintage set of five traditional Japanese wooden 'Naruko' and 'Togatta' style "Kokeshi" dolls, dating from circa the mid-20th century. Consisting of five different-siz...

Vintage India Chowkidar wooden statues, hand carved and gilt. Night watchmen / guards holding on old rifle and staff. The guards are wearing beautifully...

A remarkable Chinese life sized painted stucco head of a luohan, Song, Liao or Jin Dynasty, circa 11th century, China. The amazingly life-like figure depicts a luohan (sometime spelled lohan), also known as an arhat, one of the original disciples of the Buddha. The elderly man has been molded in stucco with inset glass eyes and painted with idealized, if slightly exaggerated features. The unidentified luohan sports a bald, or perhaps shaved, domed head above a bulging forehead, symbolizing his vast wisdom. The wrinkles in his furrowed brow, and creases around his eyes add to his realism. The learned man stares out wisely from deep set, heavily lidded inlaid glass eyes that catch the light. The luohan has high cheekbones and a prominent jawline. His lips full and pursed as if about to speak. The corners of his mouth turned up ever so slightly in a faint smile, causing his gaunt cheeks to dimple charismatically. A series of dots above the upper lip indicate he may originally have sported a mustache of real hair. This life sized head with extremely realistic features fits into a very narrow time frame of Chinese Buddhist art. Perhaps the most recognized group of large, finely molded Chinese luohan...

A Handsome Pair (2) Ceramic blue and white hand painted "Lantern And Cherry Tree" Bowls Artisan Mint And Signed A wonderful Japanese pair of two (2) ) attractive hand-painted blu...

Antique Chinese Canton Enamelled Copper Snuff Bottle with Qianlong Mark depicting exotic figures hand painted on both sides.

Zō-onna (増女) This mask depicts a woman with a noble and calm expression. In Noh theater, it is used for roles of young women. The mask conveys elegance and softness, making it suita...

A rare hard to find lobster themed artisan signed large suiban (charger) crafted from ceramic by the early Banko kiln and in excellent original condition. The original artist sign...

An Enameled Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle. Imperial, Jingdezhen kilns, Qianlong four-character mark in iron red.  

Look at this magnificent Chinese Antique Famille-Rose Porcelain Kwan Yin Statuary. It shows very detailed hand carving works on it. It is all hand m...

This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rods (however this puppet lost one of its bamboo rods over the years due to age) It was used in Wayang puppet...

A finely modeled Chinese porcelain figure of the Chinese God of Longevity, Shouxing, Republic Period, early 20th century, China. The God of Longevity, called Shouxing or Shoulao, stands upright holding a dragon staff in one hand, a peach (a symbol of immortality), in the other. He is dressed in a long yellow robe...

Kokeshi or Kokashi doll handmade by Japanese artisans from wood. The dolls have a simple trunk as a body and an enlarged head. One characteristic of Kokeshi dolls is their lack of arms and legs. signed underneath as follow. Kokashi Doll Kegon Waterfall Japan 1987. Kokeshi (???, ???), are simple wooden Japanese dolls with no arms or legs that have been crafted for more than 150 years as a toy for...

Antique Chinese Canton Enamelled Copper Snuff Bottle with Qianlong Mark depicting Cranes and Flowers hand painting.

This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rod...

This wooden doll is called Kokeshi in Japanese. This kokeshi was made by a kokeshi artist Sakyo NIIYAMA. He was born in 1934, 18th March. It is made with Yajiro style from Miyagi p...

Hannya (般若) Noh Mask attributed to Takada Fuki (高田 冨季, 1935–2008) Mask: Hannya (般若) SKU: TBA08 Size: W: 15.5 cm, H: 21 cm (W/horns 26 cm) The Hannya mask represents a female demon...

This elegantly carved temple drum wase use in Buddhist Temples. It’s carved from teak and lacquered black with red and green stripped details. The top and straps are made of leather. These gigantic goblet...

The magnificent 31 lb bronze Buddha statue, crafted in the Ming dynasty style, captivates with its timeless beauty and serene presence. Depicting a young Shakyamuni, the statue exude...

Extremely rare Chinese pottery caparisoned horse from the Northern Qi region. A beautiful large sculptural piece, created in China during the Northern Qi dynasty period, between the 549 and 577 AD. This horse statue is extremely finely modeled of earthenware pottery, standing in a very elegant and majestic position striding on a trapezoidal shaped base. The animal has a gracefully arched neck to the left looking forward and its extremely well modeled. The head is adorned with a large detailed tassels of plumes and the body is embellished with a beautiful saddle and intricate harnesses. The trapping around the chest and rump is adorned with elaborated tassels and the straps are accented with multiples florets and bosses in high relief. Decorated with dotted and circles patterns. The surface is treated with applications of natural color pigments such; red, white and others. Has a measurements of 435 mm by 319 mm by 243 mm (17.10 x 12.55 x 9.55 Inches) (43.5 x 31.9 x 24.3 Cm). Northern Qi, was the successor state of the Chinese Xianbei state of Eastern Wei...

This flat shadow puppet was crafted on the island of Java by a puppet artist using buffalo hide and mounted on bamboo sticks. It features movable arms, controlled by outer bamboo rods (however this puppet lost one of its bamboo rods over the years due to age) It was used in Wayang puppet...

A truly beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring female mask made for the Japanese Noh theatre. This mask is handcrafted and carved from natural wood and lacquer. Omi-Onna's (...

A gorgeous pair of Chinese export famille rose enameled porcelain models of phoenixes, marked Jin Sheng Cheng, Republic Period (1911 - 1949), mid 20th century, China. The noble bird...

Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, signed, 19th Century, very well painted inside of glass depicting landscaping on both sides in colors.  

Japanese Noh Mask depicting playful , sake loving spirit ,Sho-jo ---- This collection of masks, although unsigned, is attributed to the renowned Noh mask maker Takada Fuki (高田 冨季, ...

A one-of-a-kind monumental Monumental Flamboyant Bird of Paradise -Knuppelhuhn- big sculpture created, handmade, and hand-painted by master designer Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) in about 1992. Handcrafted and hand-painted in beautiful colors by this artist. Designer/maker: Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) Signed with her stamp i3D. Glaze: The matte colors in lavender and pink and creams are still vivid and the hand painting is superb This is the only example we have seen in private hands. Substantial dimensions: 21.25 inches tall and 31.5 inches length Handmade / handarbeit and hand glazed About the artist: The bold Folk Art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn. From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic folk art animal sculptures...

WEST NEPAL  TRIBAL Mask A OLD MASK WITH  ENIGMATIC PIERCING GAZE, SUPERB AGED PATINA, PERIOD   early 20th CENTURY, HEIGHT 32 CM

Japanese Studio Pottery Figure of a Lady Holding a White Rat, Signed, Miyo Kiln, Kyoto, Late Edo Period, circa 1860 A rare and captivating Japanese studio pottery figure depicting a...

A handsome quality tall sturdy old "Orchid Flowers & Vines" tea garden lantern in a convenient portable size. May be suspended from loop or installed on any surface using the three ...

Large Balinese Barong carved and hand-painted wood dance mask of an ornate, colorful mythological creature. Skilfully hand carved, with large bulging eyes, large teeth, and two snake...

Classic Antique Victorian wire "Double Scroll" garden bench This is a classic circa 1900 two seat long wire "double scroll back" decorated garden bench...

A wonderful, beautifully crafted Japanese festival Shishi Lion Dance (Shishi Mai) mask (Gashira). The shishi mask represents a mythical lion that prote...

A fantastic pair of large Chinese tileworks sancai glazed Buddhistic lions and attendants, late Ming Dynasty, first half of the 17th century, Shanxi, China. Presented on custom 20th century wood and lacquer table-form stands. This pair of lions and attendants portray Buddhist lions...

This pair of intricately hand carved and hand painted Foo dogs are believed to have made in the mid-20th century in the Imperial style. The dogs are composed of a softwood which have...

An Enameled Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle depicting 4 ladies and 18 children playing in the courtyard. Imperial, Jingdezhen kilns, Qianlong four-character mark in iron red.  

Stunning and unique pair of matching horse sculptures. With a combined experience of almost 30 years in the antiques trade, we were thrilled to once again find beautifully hand-crafted and decorative antiques that we had never seen before. From the density and the weight we can see and feel that these highly decorative horse sculptures are made of a tropical hardwood. Like, for example, with antique mirror frames or church sculptures these horses too were first covered with a mixture of chalk and glue so that the paint would hold longer. And, as so often is the case with antiques, the colors that were used for painting these horses are so much more beautiful than anything you find in this day and age that they truly are an absolute joy to look at. From the colors, the wear, the materials and the techniques that were used to create these horses we can see that these are 19th century antiques. However and unfortunately we lack the knowledge to be able to tell you from which country these highly decorative and sizeable works of art originate. We just can't find matching style horse sculptures anywhere on the worldwide web. They could be Chinese or Nepalese, but they could also be Persian or Arabian. We just have not been able to find out. What we do know is that they are definitely antique, they are in beautiful condition (with some wear, consistent with their age), they are highly decorative, probably unique and they have a look and feel that will instantly change the atmosphere of the room they are in. Mind you, our sharp price for this wonderful pair of horse sculptures...

A beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring mask made for Japanese Noh theater. This mask is handcrafted and hand-carved from natural wood and signed/sealed by the maker on the underside. This mask is the mask of Waka-Onna - or young beautiful woman. It may be that of Ko-omote. Ko-omote translates as "little mask" or sometimes "small face...

Ōtenjin (大天神) A type of Noh mask used to portray powerful deities or revered, divine figures in Japanese Noh theater. The mask embodies strength, authority, and the transcendental n...