Antique Japanese Carved Bamboo Hitto Brush Pot
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Pre 1920 item# 842846 (stock# MOR2500)
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The Kura
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A pine tree frames the full moon shining through a gap in the cloudy night sky, a verse in 7 characters on the back, all deeply carved into this bamboo root brush-pot. The inscription reads, Two Dragons Vie for the Pearl, Moon between Clouds; followed by two carved seals. Take from the base of the bamboo, the root nodules shaved off to form a rough landscape for the ragged pine roots. The piece is 5 inches (13 cm) tall, roughly 3-1/2 inches (9 cm) diameter at the base. It likely dates to the ...click for details
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Antique Erotic Japanese Image, cat on Pillows
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Pre 1900 item# 814451 (stock# MOR2429)
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A white and black speckled cat rests silently on top of a pile of zabuton pillows, innocent enough until overturned to find the pair of lovers amorously intertwined beneath. This is a tsuchi ningyo, an unfired clay image painted with pigments popular throughout Japanese history. Some of the most famous tsuchi nigyo were from Kyotos Fushimi district. A typical entranceway greeting, images such as this were popular items in the pleasure districts of old Kyoto. As depicting genitalia was illegal ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Carved Mingei Tray with Bat, Kinkoku
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Pre 1900 item# 793731 (stock# MOR2397)
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A wooden tray carved worm eaten kiri with the image of a red lacquered flying bat, the wormed sections acting like clouds in the dark wood night sky. This tray was purposely made, carved using an existing piece of wormed wood which exemplifies the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi. The wood is quite thick, 2 cm thick on the edge, the tray measuring roughly 11 inches (28 cm) square, 1-1/2 inches (4 cm) to the rim. It is perfect for service of Sencha tea. The tray is signed beneath Kinkoku and c ...click for details
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