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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 JAPANESE EDO PERIOD NETSUKE - KITSUNE ( FOX DISGUISED AS A PRIEST )

    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE EDO PERIOD NETSUKE – KITSUNE ( FOX DISGUISED AS A PRIEST )

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    A PIERCED EDO PERIOD IRON SHINGEN TSUBA

    A PIERCED EDO PERIOD IRON SHINGEN TSUBA

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    JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD KUTANI MODEL OF A COCKATIEL ON A TREE STUMP

    JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD KUTANI MODEL OF A COCKATIEL ON A TREE STUMP

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    Japanese Bronze Elephant Okimono by Maruki Company

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    BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERED SHAWL MEIJI PERIOD - BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS

    BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE SILK EMBROIDERED SHAWL MEIJI PERIOD – BUTTERFLIES AND FLOWERS

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    CHARMING JAPANESE EDO PERIOD IVORY NETSUKE - HOTEI HOLDING A BABY

    CHARMING JAPANESE EDO PERIOD IVORY NETSUKE – HOTEI HOLDING A BABY

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    JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF SAMURAI INO HAYATA SLAYING THE GIANT BIRD

    JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF SAMURAI INO HAYATA SLAYING THE GIANT BIRD

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    TWO JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY NOH MASK NETSUKE - BOTH SIGNED

    TWO JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY NOH MASK NETSUKE – BOTH SIGNED

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    JAPANESE BRONZE AND MIXED METAL VASE MOUNT FUJI

    JAPANESE BRONZE AND MIXED METAL VASE MOUNT FUJI

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    JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY NETSUKE - TADAMORI AND THE OIL THIEF

    JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY NETSUKE – TADAMORI AND THE OIL THIEF

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    A NICE GROUP OF JAPANESE EDO PERIOD MIXED METAL FUCHI (SWORD FITTINGS)

    A NICE GROUP OF JAPANESE EDO PERIOD MIXED METAL FUCHI (SWORD FITTINGS)

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    JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE DEPICTING KANZAN & JITTOKU - SIGNED TOMOKAZU

    JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE DEPICTING KANZAN & JITTOKU – SIGNED TOMOKAZU

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    NICE JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A PIPE SMOKING PEASANT BY "EISEN"

    NICE JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A PIPE SMOKING PEASANT BY “EISEN”

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    NICE QUALITY JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN

    NICE QUALITY JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN

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    JAPANESE EDO PERIOD WOOD AND LACQUER NETSUKE OF THE BLIND MASSEUR

    JAPANESE EDO PERIOD WOOD AND LACQUER NETSUKE OF THE BLIND MASSEUR

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    JAPANESE KOMAI STYLE DAMASCENED IRON SEA EAGLE TRINKET BOX

    JAPANESE KOMAI STYLE DAMASCENED IRON SEA EAGLE TRINKET BOX

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