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    • Japanese BronzeJapanese Bronze, the highly collected miniature carvings from 17th, 18th and 19th Century Japan were originally and primarily very simple functional objects that evolved over time to the level of truly superb works of art produced by master carvers. This evolution began towards the end of the 16th Century, reaching (in the minds of many) its artistic zenith in the second half of the 18th Century and continuing throughout the 19th C until its decline in the early Meiji period. Throughout this time, many individual “schools” developed across Japan often with unique and instantly recognisable styles and subject matter. Naturally there was a greater concentration of schools and master carvers in and around the major cities especially Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo. Early Japanese bronze are thought to have mostly been the work of carvers serving primarily the numerous shrines and temples across Japan. A clue to the function of a Japanese Bronze can be gleaned from the two Japanese characters used to form the word – namely “root” and “fasten” or “fix”. From this we can infer that early Japanese bronze could have been fashioned simply from small pieces of rootwood and used to anchor something in place. The need…
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    Exceptional Japanese Mixed Metal Ozeki Company Panel.

    Exceptional Japanese Mixed Metal Ozeki Company Panel.

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    LOVELY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD SILVER MOUNTED CLOISONNE VASE - DRAGON

    LOVELY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD SILVER MOUNTED CLOISONNE VASE – DRAGON

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    Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase – Namikawa Yasuyuki

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    Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Panel – Namikawa Sosuke

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    Sensational Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases- Ando Company

    Sensational Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases- Ando Company

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    EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JAPANESE SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CLARET JUG

    EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JAPANESE SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CLARET JUG

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    Japanese  Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei

    Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei

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    EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY LARGE JAPANESE SILVER & GOLD LACQUER SHIBAYAMA KORO

    EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY LARGE JAPANESE SILVER & GOLD LACQUER SHIBAYAMA KORO

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    Japanese Silver and Enamel Natsume – Tea Caddy

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    Japanese Silver & Enamel Koro - Hiratsuka Mohei

    Japanese Silver & Enamel Koro – Hiratsuka Mohei

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    Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases - Attr Hayashi Kodenji

    Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases – Attr Hayashi Kodenji

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    Large  Japanese Cloisionne Enamel Vase - Kumeno Teitaro

    Large Japanese Cloisionne Enamel Vase – Kumeno Teitaro

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    Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Scent Bottle – Namikawa Yasuyuki

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    OUTSTANDING PAIR OF JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER & SHIBAYAMA VASES

    OUTSTANDING PAIR OF JAPANESE GOLD LACQUER & SHIBAYAMA VASES

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    AN EXQUISITE JAPANESE SILVER AND ENAMEL PANEL BY MASAYOSHI

    AN EXQUISITE JAPANESE SILVER AND ENAMEL PANEL BY MASAYOSHI

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    FINE QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE GOLD WIRE SILVER MOUNTED CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES

    FINE QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE GOLD WIRE SILVER MOUNTED CLOISONNE ENAMEL VASES

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