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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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    Fascinating Japanese Iron Panel – Komai Company of Kyoto

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    Japanese Iron & Mixed Metal Koro - Samurai Kabuto

    Japanese Iron and Mixed Metal Koro – Samurai Kabuto

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    HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE SUZUKI CHOKICHI - KAKO

    HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL VASE SUZUKI CHOKICHI – KAKO

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    EXQUISITE JAPANESE IRON VASE BY THE KOMAI COMPANY OF KYOTO

    EXQUISITE JAPANESE IRON VASE BY THE KOMAI COMPANY OF KYOTO

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    A STUNNING QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF AN APE SIGNED MORINO KORIN

    A STUNNING QUALITY JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF AN APE SIGNED MORINO KORIN

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    Japanese Satsuma vase Yabu Meizan

    Exceptional Japanese Satsuma vase Yabu Meizan

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    Japanese Pure Silver Carp Okimono - Signed Tansho

    Japanese Pure Silver Carp Okimono – Signed Tansho

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    JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE GOSS HAWK ON ROOTWOOD STAND BY KUNICHIKA

    JAPANESE SILVERED BRONZE GOSS HAWK ON ROOTWOOD STAND BY KUNICHIKA

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    OUTSTANDING JAPANESE FULLY ARTICULATED IVORY LOBSTER OKIMONO-SAKURAI SOSAI

    OUTSTANDING JAPANESE FULLY ARTICULATED IVORY LOBSTER OKIMONO-SAKURAI SOSAI

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    Large Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vase – Suzuki Chokichi

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    Fascinating Japanese Boxwood and Lacquer Okimono – Incense Burner

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    Majestic Japanese Mixed Metal Monkey Okimono by Masaaki

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    Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Vases - Suzuki Chokichi

    Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vases – Suzuki Chokichi

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    Stunning Japanese Silk Textile Horses By Nishimura

    Stunning Japanese Silk Textile Horses By Nishimura

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    Japanese Silvered Bronze Hawk On Prunus Branch by Kazan

    Japanese Silvered Bronze Hawk On Prunus Branch by Kazan

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    JAPANESE PURE SILVER MANCHURIAN CRANE OKIMONO BY "HASEGAWA ISSEI"

    JAPANESE PURE SILVER MANCHURIAN CRANE OKIMONO BY “HASEGAWA ISSEI”

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