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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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    Japanese Shibayama & Lacquer Tsuitate -Table screen

    Japanese Shibayama & Lacquer Tsuitate -Table screen

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    EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JAPANESE SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CLARET JUG

    EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JAPANESE SILVER AND CLOISONNE ENAMEL CLARET JUG

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    Japanese  Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei

    Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase by Ando Jubei

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    OUTSTANDING QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL MONKEY PLATE -ISSHUNKEN SEIJU

    OUTSTANDING QUALITY JAPANESE MIXED METAL MONKEY PLATE -ISSHUNKEN SEIJU

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    HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE HAND BEATEN COPPER & MIXED METAL KORO

    HIGH QUALITY JAPANESE HAND BEATEN COPPER & MIXED METAL KORO

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    A FINE JAPANESE HAND BEATEN COPPER AND SILVER VASE DEPICTING HOTEI - SIGNED

    A FINE JAPANESE HAND BEATEN COPPER AND SILVER VASE DEPICTING HOTEI – SIGNED

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    Exceptional Japanese Iron and Mixed Metal Lidded Box

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    LARGE DECORATIVE JAPANESE IRON & MIXED METAL WALL PANEL

    LARGE DECORATIVE JAPANESE IRON & MIXED METAL WALL PANEL

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    EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY LARGE JAPANESE SILVER & GOLD LACQUER SHIBAYAMA KORO

    EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY LARGE JAPANESE SILVER & GOLD LACQUER SHIBAYAMA KORO

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    AN EXQUISITE JAPANESE SILVER MOUNTED IRON TANUKI VASE

    AN EXQUISITE JAPANESE SILVER MOUNTED IRON TANUKI VASE

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    EXQUISITE JAPANESE SHIBAYAMA & GOLD LACQUER DECORATED IVORY VASE

    EXQUISITE JAPANESE SHIBAYAMA & GOLD LACQUER DECORATED IVORY VASE

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    EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY JAPANESE BRONZE TIGER OKIMONO BY AKASOFU GYOKO

    EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY JAPANESE BRONZE TIGER OKIMONO BY AKASOFU GYOKO

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    Enchanting Japanese Silvered Bronze Cockatoo Signed Mitani

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    Fascinating Japanese Advertising Plaque – Komai of Kyoto

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    Large Japanese Bronze Mixed Metal Vase – Miyabe Atsuyoshi

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    Japanese Silver and Enamel Natsume – Tea Caddy

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