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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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Huge Finely Mounted Japanese Mixed Metal O-Tanto Wakizashi
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Finely Mounted Japanese Mixed Metal Tanto
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Sensational Japanese Wood & Lacquer Octopus Group- Iki Ningyo
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Monumental Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Exhibition Vase – Suzuki Chokichi
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Sensational Japanese Bronze Hawk On Stand Koro by Maruki
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Large Japanese Bronze Monkey Vase – Hokugaku I
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38,500.00
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Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Tray – Namikawa Sosuke
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26,500.00
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Japanese Mixed Metal Kodansu – Nogawa Company of Kyoto
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26,500.00
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Outstanding Japanese Satsuma Vase By Kinkozan
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24,500.00
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Delightful Japanese Bamboo Form Gold Lacquer Kazaridana Cabinet
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24,500.00
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Sensational Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases- Ando Company
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24,000.00
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Japanese Iron & Mixed Metal Koro – Samurai Kabuto
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24,000.00
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Japanese Ken Form Mixed Metal Dragons Tanto.
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22,500.00
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JAPANESE MIXED METAL OZEKI STYLE EGRET VASE
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19,500.00
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Japanese Satsuma vase Yabu Meizan
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18,000.00
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Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Vases – Suzuki Chokichi
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16,500.00
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