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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 Iron & Mixed Metal Koro - Samurai Kabuto

    Japanese Iron and Mixed Metal Koro – Samurai Kabuto

    £22,500.00

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  • Large Japanese Silk Textile Landscape

    £5,850.00

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  • Japanese Bronze Of The Great Buddha At Kamakura

    £2,275.00

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  • Japanese Mixed  Metal Kodansu - Nogawa Company of Kyoto

    Japanese Mixed Metal Kodansu – Nogawa Company of Kyoto

    £24,500.00

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  • Huge Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Bowl by Miyamoto Shoko

    Huge Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Bowl by Miyamoto Shoko

    £13,850.00

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  • Japanese Silvered Bronze Owl Okimono by Mitani

    £12,500.00

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  • Japanese Satsuma vase Yabu Meizan

    Exceptional Japanese Satsuma vase Yabu Meizan

    £16,000.00

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  • Large 17th Century Japanese Arita Vase & Cover - Genroku Period.

    Large 17th Century Japanese Arita Vase- Genroku Period.

    £4,400.00

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  • Huge 17th century Japanese Arita Imari Dish

    Huge 17th century Japanese Arita Imari Dish

    £3,850.00

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  • Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Okimono Cranes.

    Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Okimono Cranes.

    £14,500.00

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  • Japanese Ken Form Mixed Metal Dragons Tanto.

    Japanese Ken Form Mixed Metal Dragons Tanto.

    £21,500.00

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  • Large Japanese Bronze Bear Okimono – Akasofu Gyokko

    £4,450.00

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  • Japanese Silver & Mixed Metal Koro - Artist signed

    Japanese Silver and Mixed Metal Koro – Artist signed

    £9,500.00

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  • Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Tray – Namikawa Sosuke

    £26,500.00

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  • Sensational Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases- Ando Company

    Sensational Pair Of Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vases- Ando Company

    £24,000.00

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  • Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Tsuba- Iwamoto Konkan 1744-1801

    Japanese Bronze & Mixed Metal Tsuba- Iwamoto Konkan 1744-1801

    £1,650.00

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