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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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    UNUSUAL JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF FIVE DANCING KARAKO

    UNUSUAL JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF FIVE DANCING KARAKO

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    LARGE JAPANESE KOMAI STYLE DAMASCENED IRON TRINKET BOX

    LARGE JAPANESE KOMAI STYLE DAMASCENED IRON TRINKET BOX

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    JAPANESE HARDWOOD MEIJI PERIOD NETSUKE / SEAL - SQUIRREL

    JAPANESE HARDWOOD MEIJI PERIOD NETSUKE / SEAL – SQUIRREL

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    A CHARMING JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A SEATED MONKEY & SARUMAWASHI- SIGNED

    A CHARMING JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A SEATED MONKEY & SARUMAWASHI- SIGNED

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    DELIGHTFUL JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF OKAME SIGNED BY JYOGYOKU

    DELIGHTFUL JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF OKAME SIGNED BY JYOGYOKU

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    JAPANESE ONE PIECE IVORY OKIMONO FISHERMAN - SIGNED

    JAPANESE ONE PIECE IVORY OKIMONO FISHERMAN – SIGNED

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    PAIR OF JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD KOMAI STYLE IRON PLAQUES

    PAIR OF JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD KOMAI STYLE IRON PLAQUES

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    A LARGE AND CHARMING JAPANESE WOODEN NOH MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME - SIGNED

    A LARGE AND CHARMING JAPANESE WOODEN NOH MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME – SIGNED

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    A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE DEPICTING A RAT CLUTCHING A CHESTNUT

    A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE DEPICTING A RAT CLUTCHING A CHESTNUT

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    NICE QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A BARREL MAKER

    NICE QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A BARREL MAKER

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    A JAPANESE STAG ANTLER TIGER NETSUKE

    A JAPANESE STAG ANTLER TIGER NETSUKE

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    CHARMING JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY NETSUKE - OKAME

    CHARMING JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY NETSUKE – OKAME

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    LARGE JAPANESE EDO PERIOD STAINED IVORY SASH NETSUKE

    LARGE JAPANESE EDO PERIOD STAINED IVORY SASH NETSUKE

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    A FUN JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A BOY WITH HIS TOYS

    A FUN JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A BOY WITH HIS TOYS

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    JAPANESE EDO PERIOD CARVED STAG ANTLER NETSUKE - TEKKAI SENNIN

    JAPANESE EDO PERIOD CARVED STAG ANTLER NETSUKE – TEKKAI SENNIN

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    NICE QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD STAINED NETSUKE - SMOKING MAN - SIGNED MASAYUKI

    NICE QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD STAINED NETSUKE – SMOKING MAN – SIGNED MASAYUKI

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