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Japanese Bronze
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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Important Japanese Iron Okimono – Unno Shomin 1844-1915
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48,500.00
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Outstanding Japanese Gold Lacquer and Shibayama Shodana Cabinet
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46,000.00
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Captivating Japanese Mixed Metal Vase – Kiritsu Kosho Kaisha
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Large Japanese Imperial Silver Koro – Tsukada Shukyo (1848-1918)
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16,500.00
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Very Rare 18ct Gold Cigarette Case by Unno Shomin (1844-1915)
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18,500.00
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Sensational Japanese Four Fold Textile Screen
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46,000.00
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Monumental Japanese Garden Temple Vase / Water Feature
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22,000.00
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Huge Pair of Japanese Bronze Usubata Garden Urns
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14,000.00
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Exceptional Japanese Satsuma Vase by Kinkozan
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8,500.00
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A Pair Of Huge Scale Japanese Bronze Geese
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24,000.00
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A Large Japanese Garden Bronze Of An Arched Drum Bridge
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18,000.00
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A Large Japanese Garden Bronze Bear With Cub (KUMA )
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18,500.00
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Large 17th Century Japanese Arita Bowl
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1,850.00
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Large 18th Century Japanese Arita Imari Jardiniere
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3,450.00
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Captivating Japanese Stoneware Jardiniere by Makuzu Kozan II
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2,650.00
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Unusual Japanese Studio Vase by Makuzu Kozan II
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2,450.00
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