Schelma.com Our Online Store

Open Days Open Days Spring 2003

We are pleased to invite you to our three open days that we organize in March on Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th, from 11 AM to 8 PM in our shop located in Chee de Waterloo, 417 in Ixelles (1050 Brussels).
Our shop will be exceptionally closed three days before the event.

Internet: New online catalogue (where you can now order on line).
We will update it with our last acquisitions at the end of April.

Last winter, we came back from Japan after having spent a few weeks in the Southern region, collecting a quite a few pieces of furniture and some very nice objects as well.
Here are some of the items that we will show during this preview sale:

 

Tansu:
Several mizuya-dansu (kitchen cabinet) of various sizes among which a very nice one in keyaki (zelkova). Also some monoire-dansu (storing chest) - A lot of small, medium and big size isho-dansu (kimono and personal garments chest)- Some cha-dansu (tea chest) - Some choba-dansu (merchant chest) of various sizes - Many ko-dansu (small multipurpose furniture). We also have found quite a lot of zataku (low table) all different and unique, also some tsukue (low desk) and many hibachi (brazier table) of various sizes among which two exceptionally big one in keyaki (zelkova) – Also a sahodai (long low sewing table) and an okidoko (low chest).
We will also have many multipurpose cases and boxes among which a very nice zeni-bako in keyaki (zelkova), some kakesuzuri-bako (portable writing box safe), some suzuri-bako (ink stone box), some hari-bako (sewing box), some kohikidashi (small drawers' chest) and a kusuri-bako (medicine box). A honbako (small book chest), a kobako (casket) and some hako (boxes) of various sizes.

Small items:
Many items in lacquer ware like: some nice hachi (big bowl), many jubako, bentoju and bento-bako (stacked boxes for lunch) among which one in Wajima lacquer – Some very nice takazen (small dinner table) also in Wajima lacquer – Many ozen (tray table) - Many owan (lacquered bowl).
Some kamidana (Shinto family altar) - Some kane (singing bowl) - A mokugyo (wooden gong) - Some furin (summer bell) – Many omen (mask) - Many statuettes and okimono – Many big size mushaningyo (samurai doll) and other dolls – Many very nice kakemono (hanging scroll) – Many soroban (abacus) - Some obi (kimono sash), some kimono and a few haori (men’s jacket) – A noren – Many iko (kimono stand) of various styles – A itomaki (spinning wheel) – Some kyodai (dressing table with mirror) - Some tekagami (mirror) – Some hibachi (brazier) in sandstone – A teaburi (hand warmer) - Some accessories for hibachi brazier table – Some tabakobon (ashtray-set) - Some kiseru (pipe).
Many hanakago (ikebana basket) - Some hanaire (vase) - Some dai (display stand) – Some kenzan (flower holder) - Some multipurpose baskets among which a biku (to catch eels) – An andon (lamp) and a chochin (paper lantern) – A byobu (screen) – A sudare (blind) – A toro (stone lantern) and a chozu-bashi (stone basin) – Some goban set (go game) and a shogi table - Some sakedareu (sake jar) – A seiro (steam cooking set) – Many oke (wooden bucket) of various sizes – A hakari (scale) – A kyosoku (armrest stool) – Some tetsubin (kettle) - Many obon (tray) - Some kashigata (rice cake mould) - Some accessories and curio as well as some contemporary traditional Japanese style crockery for tea, sake, food, etc..

Outside Japan: we have also finished for that event quite a few Korean pieces that were in standby in our workshop and we have added a few Chinese pieces (console, chair, etc.) that we have found lately.

 
Our selection criteria: all the pieces that we bring back must be genuine, have had less than 15% of restoration and have been made before mid twentieth century.

The contents of this site are copyright© 2003, Schelma.
All Rights Reserved.