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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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    Pair of Japanese Parcel Gilt Bronze Vases - Miyao Eisuke

    Pair of Japanese Parcel Gilt Bronze Vases – Miyao Eisuke

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    Magnificent Pair of Japanese Mixed Metal Vases - Sugiura Yukimune

    Magnificent Pair of Japanese Mixed Metal Vases – Sugiura Yukimune

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    Important Japanese Shakudo and Gold Box By Unno Shomin

    Important Japanese Shakudo and Gold Box By Unno Shomin

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    Outstanding Japanese Damascened Iron Koro by Komai Company.

    Outstanding Japanese Damascened Iron Koro by Komai Company.

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    Exceptional Japanese Iron Lidded Box - Komai Company of Kyoto.

    Exceptional Japanese Iron Lidded Box – Komai Company of Kyoto.

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    Large Japanese Silver Okimono of Jurojin by Yoshihiro

    Large Japanese Silver Okimono of Jurojin by Yoshihiro

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    Exceptional Japanese Mixed Metal Exhibition Vase - St Louis 1904

    Exceptional Japanese Mixed Metal Exhibition Vase – St Louis 1904

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    Important and Monumental Japanese Bronze Okimono - Sano Takachika

    Important and Monumental Japanese Bronze Okimono – Sano Takachika

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    Japanese Iron & Mixed Metal Eagle Panel

    Japanese Iron & Mixed Metal Eagle Panel

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    Large Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Lidded Vase - Kajima Ikkoku II

    Large Japanese Bronze Mixed Metal Lidded Vase – Kajima Ikkoku II

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    Fascinating Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Vases - Suzuki Chokichi

    Fascinating Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Vases – Suzuki Chokichi

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    Japanese Gold Lacquer & Shibayama Tanto - Ozeki Company

    Japanese Gold Lacquer & Shibayama Tanto – Ozeki Company

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    Exquisite Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Koro- Ozaki Sadamasa

    Exquisite Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Koro- Ozaki Sadamasa

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    Japanese Iron & Mixed Metal Koro -  Tozan Katsunobu

    Japanese Iron & Mixed Metal Koro – Tozan Katsunobu

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    Outstanding Japanese Shakudo & Mixed Metal Koro

    Outstanding Japanese Shakudo & Mixed Metal Koro

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    Monumental Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Exhibition Vase - Suzuki Chokichi

    Monumental Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Exhibition Vase – Suzuki Chokichi

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