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Antique Japanese Hand Painted Vase by Domoto Insho
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Pre 1920 item# 952873 (stock# TCR2724)
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The Kura
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A Flask shaped vase decorated with a Shishi (Mythical Lion Creature) in a rugged landscape by multi talented artist Domoto Insho enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The vase is 10 inches (25 cm) tall and in fine condition. Insho (b. 1891) was a Kyoto artist, trained in the traditional Shijo manner, but not one to be bound by its rigidity. He studied at the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine Arts, and under the important artist Nishiyama Suishi. Consistently exhibitied at the large Nation ...click for details
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Unusual Vase by Miyagawa (Makuzu) Kozan
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Pre 1920 item# 952792 (stock# TCR2723)
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A rare colorful vessel by Miyagawa Kozan II decorated with overglaze enamel butterflies flitting among sometsuke blue and Yu-kasai flora, young bamboo bursting toward the rim on one side. The use of overglaze enamels is exceptional, the winged creatures each uniquely decorated with minute attention to detail. The signature lies inside a chattered circle, typical of Kozan II, and the vase comes in the original signed wooden box. The piece is 9-1/2 inches (24 cm) tall, 5-1/2 inches (14 cm) tall ...click for details
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Edo p. Japanese Gold Cherry Screen, Shrine and Waves
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Pre 1800 item# 952113 (stock# ANR2720)
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A semi-abstract early to mid Edo landscape of cherry blossoms and maple shading a shrine with moriage gold clouds patterned with geometrics and waves separating it from a tempestuous sea. The gold has worn off the moriage patterns creating a great sense of age. Incredibly decorative. The scene is enclosed in a kinran gold border and features a black lacquered wooden frame. The screen is 67 inches (170 cm) tall, 6 feet (182 cm) wide. There are many old repairs and the hinge has been reinforc ...click for details
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Edo p. Japanese Samurai Armor, Yoroi
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Pre 1900 item# 950050 (stock# YOR2718)
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The Kura
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13,500.00
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A beautifully restored Edo period suit of black lacquered Nerikawa armor featuring a spectacular iron mask. THe black lacquered helmet bowl is supplanted with a leather wrapped mabizashi and five lame Hineno-Shikoro curving to fit the shoulders. Astride the helmet is a gilded dragon with glass eyes. The mask is a Reisei-Ho in raw iron with long drooping moustache and black scaled nodokake throat guard. The Do is of the Go-mai design with five hinged sections, all of Kiritsuke Kozane scales w ...click for details
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Chawan by Seifu Yohei and Tanomura Chokunyu
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Pre 1920 item# 949279 (stock# TCR2717)
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A Kyo-yaki white crackle-glazed Chawan by Seifu Yohei with iron decoration of a moss covered stone and calligraphy by Tanomura Chokunyu enclosed in the original signed wooden box dated 1901. The bowl is 4 inches (10.5 cm) diameter, 2-1/2 inches (6.5 cm) tall and in fine condition. Seifu, unlike many potters of the time, was low production and tenacious in approach. The third generation head of the family (d. 1914) was honored as a member of the Imperial Art Academy (Teishitsu Gigei-In). Tano ...click for details
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Ito Tozan Antique Japanese Oxblood Vase
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Pre 1920 item# 948971 (stock# TCR2715)
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An ox-blood red Chinese form vase with beast head handles by Ito Tozan. Well proportioned, the glaze runs like oil on the surface, forming concentric rings of red, quite striking to view. The vase is 14 inches (35.5 cm) tall, 4 inches (10 m) square and in excellent condition. There is no box. Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began his artistic career studying painting in the Shijo manner under Koizumi Togaku before moving to the plastic arts under a number of teachers, including Takahashi Dohachi. H ...click for details
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