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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 EDO PERIOD NETSUKE - HANGING GRAPEVINE

    UNUSUAL JAPANESE EDO PERIOD NETSUKE – HANGING GRAPEVINE

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    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL MENUKI - AFTER IWAMOTO RYOKAN

    FINE QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL MENUKI – AFTER IWAMOTO RYOKAN

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    JAPANESE IVORY AND MIXED METAL KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE MEIJI PERIOD

    JAPANESE IVORY AND MIXED METAL KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE MEIJI PERIOD

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    A JAPANESE EDO PERIOD STAG ANTLER NETSUKE - BLIND MAN AND DOG

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    A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A BOY PLAYING FLUTE - SIGNED KOGYOKU

    A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A BOY PLAYING FLUTE – SIGNED KOGYOKU

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    NICE QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE MIXED METAL MENUKI - FLOWERS

    NICE QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE MIXED METAL MENUKI – FLOWERS

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    NICE QUALITY PAIR OF JAPANESE MIXED METAL MENUKI - HORSES

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    JAPANESE EDO PERIOD MIXED METAL MENUKI - KABUTO (SAMURAI HELMET)

    JAPANESE EDO PERIOD MIXED METAL MENUKI – KABUTO (SAMURAI HELMET)

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    Huge Japanese Wooden Jizai Okimono Snake by Masakazu

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