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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 SHIBUICHI GOLD INLAID KORO WITH PIERCED SILVER LID
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HUMEROUS JAPANESE SILVER LINED ONLAID BRONZE BOX BY KURODA OF KYOTO
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STYLISTIC JAPANESE BRONZE MIXED METAL BRONZE TIGER BY TOSHIHARU
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Japanese Bronze Of The Great Buddha At Kamakura
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JAPANESE MIXED METAL CARP VASE BY OKUBO SHUKO – NOGAWA COMPANY
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FASCINATING JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO “TOAD CATCHER” BY ATSUYOSHI FOR THE MARUKI COMPANY
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PAIR OF JAPANESE BRONZE AND MIXED METAL INLAID VASES BY NOGAWA
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LARGE JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BRONZE TORTOISE OKIMONO
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FINE QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE BY MIYABE ATSUYOSHI
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LARGE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF A BOY SEATED UPON AN OXEN
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FINE QUALITY JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF JUROJIN LUCKY GOD
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FINE QUALITY JAPANESE BRONZE MIXED METAL KORO SIGNED
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JAPANESE MIXED METAL ONLAID TRIPOD CENSOR BY NOGAWA
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Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Tsuba- Iwamoto Konkan 1744-1801
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Japanese Bronze Okimono Boy Seated Upon An Oxen
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CUTE JAPANESE BRONZE OKIMONO OF AN AKITA PUPPY WITH CLAM SHELL
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