item name: Toys From Japan: Meiji Wood Block Prints

item description: Rare set of wood block prints illustrating Omocha, toys, from the Meiji period. These toys were more than playthings for children. Many were derived from amulets with symbolic content rooted in Japanese folklore.in 1887 Shimizu Seifu (1851-1913) founded the "Hobbyhorse Club" dedicated to "the merry and nostalgic enjoyment of children's toys". Seifu, who was an artist, a wealthy trader and a student of Japanese folklore, assembled a large collection of children's toys and published a series of books cataloging his collection. The series, Unai no tomo (The Child's Friends), numbered ten volumes, six by Seifu and four by the painter Nishizawa Tekiho (1889 - 1965). The prints shown here are from the first edition of volume 6, printed in Kyoto in 1891. Presented in museum mats and ebonized ash frames with non-reflective conservation glass.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
13" H X 10" W
33cm H X 25.4cm W

Image Dimensions
8" H X 5.75" W
20.3cm H X 14.6cm W

price: $475

item name: 18th C. Catalan Ceramic Dish

item description: A Spanish tinglazed faience dish from Catalonia, made at the end of the 18th cerntury. The decoration has distant roots in Chinese kraak porcelain of the 17th century, but this dish has a very Occidental feel.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
8.5" Dia
21.6cm Dia

price: $800

item name: Lavender Farm in Provence

item description: Bright, mid-century view of a lavender farm in Provence. Watercolor over pencil. From a folio of views done in 1950 by a British artist traveling in southern France. the scene is shown from above and has a somewhat "orthogonal" perspective increasing the subtle modern feel of the image.

Dimensions: Image Dimensions
10" H X 14" W
25.4cm H X 35.6cm W

Outer Dimensions (mat)
14" H X 18" W
35.6cm H X 45.7cm W

price: $650

item name: English Delft Plate With Chinese Garden

item description: English Delft Plate with Peony, Pine, Prunus and Hollow Rock probably Bristol, circa 1760. 9” in diameter the garden in the center of this dish is derived, like much English Delft, from Chinese porcelain prototypes. The peony, the large flower on the left, is a symbol of spring.

Dimensions: Overall Dimensions
9" W
22.9cm W

price: $1,100