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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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    FINE QUALITY YABU MEIZAN JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE

    FINE QUALITY YABU MEIZAN JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE

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    Japanese Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan

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    A SUPERB JAPANESE MIXED METAL EGRET VASE BY NOGAWA

    A SUPERB JAPANESE MIXED METAL EGRET VASE BY NOGAWA

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    Fine Quality Japanese Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan

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    Fascinating Japanese Mixed Metal Vase by Nogawa Company

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    Japanese Bronze Okimono Hares – Imperial Provenance

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    Large 17th Century Japanese Arita Vase & Cover - Genroku Period.

    Large 17th Century Japanese Arita Vase- Genroku Period.

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    Large Japanese Kinkozan Satsuma Bowl Commissioned By The Ikeda Gomei Company.

    Large Japanese Kinkozan Satsuma Bowl Commissioned By The Ikeda Gomei Company.

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    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY RYOUZAN

    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE SATSUMA BOWL BY RYOUZAN

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    SUPERIOR QUALITY EDO PERIOD JAPANESE GOLD THREAD SILK FUKUSA - MINOGAME (TURTLE)

    SUPERIOR QUALITY EDO PERIOD JAPANESE GOLD THREAD SILK FUKUSA – MINOGAME (TURTLE)

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    FINELY CARVED JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A COILED RAT BY MASANAO

    FINELY CARVED JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A COILED RAT BY MASANAO

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    JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE PHEASANT ON NATURALISTIC WOODEN BASE BY "MASATSUNE"

    JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE PHEASANT ON NATURALISTIC WOODEN BASE BY “MASATSUNE”

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    Japanese Shakudo & Mixed Metal Inlaid Koro By Nogawa

    Japanese Shakudo & Mixed Metal Inlaid Koro By Nogawa

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    FABULOUS QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY AND ROOTWOOD GEESE OKIMONO

    FABULOUS QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY AND ROOTWOOD GEESE OKIMONO

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    GREAT PAIR OF JAPANESE MIXED METAL LIDDED VASES BY NOGAWA

    GREAT PAIR OF JAPANESE MIXED METAL LIDDED VASES BY NOGAWA

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    Large Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vase After Suzuki Chokichi

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