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Japanese 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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Japanese Silvered Bronze Egrets Okimono by Sano Takachika
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Exceptional Mixed Metal Crab Okimono By Yamada Motonobu 1847-1897
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Outstanding Japanese Mixed Metal Hawk Koro On Stand-Sano Takachika
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EXHIBITION QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO BY IMPERIAL ARTIST ISHIKAWA KOMEI
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Japanese Cast Silver & Mixed Metal Dragon Okimono – Kazumi
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MAGNIFICENT LARGE JAPANESE SHIBAYAMA ELEPHANT GROUP OKIMONO
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Japanese Cast Silver Shi Shi Incense burner (Koro) – Kazumi
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LARGE JAPANESE GILT BRONZE LIDDED KORO SUPPORTED BY ASHINAGA & TENAGA- MIYAO EISUKE
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EXHIBITION QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY MONKEY OKIMONO BY IMPERIAL ARTIST ISHIKAWA KOMEI
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A MONUMENTAL JAPANESE BRONZE ELEPHANT & TIGER OKIMONO – MORIMITSU
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A Monumental Japanese Bronze Elephant & Tiger Okimono – Morimitsu for Seiya.
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LARGE JAPANESE GILDED BRONZE SAMURAI WARRIOR OKIMONO-MIYAO EISUKE
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HUGE EXHIBITION QUALITY JAPANESE CARP OKIMONO ON STAND BY IZUMI SEIJO II
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Japanese Bronze Dragon Okimono by Kazumi
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LARGE JAPANESE IRON & MIXED METAL FISH PANEL
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Huge Japanese Bronze Wild Boar Okimono – Maruki Company
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