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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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A FINE JAPANESE KOMAI STYLE SHODANA CABINET ON STAND
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WONDERFUL JAPANESE CARVED WOOD OKIMONO OF NITTA NO SHIRO
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EXCEPTIONAL JAPANESE WOODEN RAT OKIMONO BY KEIMIN
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FABULOUS SIGNED TOKYO ARTIST IVORY OKIMONO OF AN EGG TESTER
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Large Pair Of Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal vases
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Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Vases By Inoue of Kyoto
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Large Japanese Ceramic Vase by Makuzu Kozan
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Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Globular Koro by Honda Yosaburo
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Japanese Gold Lacquer & Shibayama Table Screen
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OUTSTANDING JAPANESE EDO PERIOD FOUR CASE LACQUER INRO – KAJIKAWA FAMILY
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Large Japanese Iron Komai Style panel – Akimitsu
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SUPER QUALITY JAPANESE BRONZE MIXED METAL JAR AND COVER – SIGNED
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A HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE GILT BRONZE SAMURAI ARCHER SIGNED- MIYAO EISUKE
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LARGE JAPANESE BOXWOOD OKIMONO -ONI CARRYING CONCH SHELL
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FINE QUALITY JAPANESE SOLID SILVER AND ENAMEL LOBED BOWL
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Large Japanese Silk Textile Landscape
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