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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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HUMOROUS JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE DEPICTING KARAKO ACROBATS – HIDECHIKA
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RARE JAPANESE EDO PERIOD IRON TINDER BOX LIGHTER – HIUCHIBAKO NETSUKE
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JAPANESE EDO PERIOD IVORY NETSUKE – MAN & DOG UPON TREASURE SACK
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Fine Quality 18th Century ( Edo Period ) Japanese Ivory Manju Netsuke
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JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD KUTANI MODEL OF AN OWL ON TREE STUMP
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A JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY NETSUKE OF RAIDEN – GOD OF THUNDER & LIGHTNING
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JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY NETSUKE OF A DANCING SHOJO-SIGNED
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LARGE JAPANESE IRON & MIXED METAL TSUBA – BENTEN UPON A SEA DRAGON – SIGNED
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SMALL JAPANESE COPPER TSUBA DEPICTING DARUMA – SIGNED MASAYOSHI
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UNUSUAL JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO- SKELETON MONKEYS CARRYING TOADS
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JAPANESE WOODEN OKIMONO OF A DANCING DRUMMER BOY
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