Antique Japanese Suzuri Ink Stone Collection
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Pre 1920 item# 843186 (stock# MOR2506)
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Here is a group of five Suzuri ink grinding stones of various styles and one Ryubun-Do bronze water-dropper. From top right is A Chinese ceramic grinding stone decorated with children in cobalt on white. A hollow on top allows for the ink to be ground and a slight wall separates it from the water which can be added to dilute or removed to darken the ink. Next a simple dark stone with a fine karaki (rosewood) lid carved tofit specifically this stone. Underneath is carved Amahata. Third is a ...click for details
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Ornate Antique Japanese Sencha Tea Storage Box
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Pre 1920 item# 819654 (stock# MOR2444)
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Everything about this sencha tea implement storage cabinet is top quality; a most unusual box made up almost entirely of worm wood featuring a removable door with an inner panel of antique Chinese origin, possibly an image of a tea salesman with his baskets of leaves. A bronze handle surmounts the lightweight box, with a set of four jade rings attached through a pair of folding fans serving as a handle for the door. Climbing up the naturally gnarled sides of the door are two tiny frogs gazing ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Yuzen Furosaki Tea Room Screen
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Pre 1900 item# 816317 (stock# MOR2436)
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755.00
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A Chashitsu Screen made from an antique kimono decorated with villages dotted over a watery landscape, blossoming trees and thatch roofs embroidered with gold thread. The kimono is 19th century, made in the famous Kyoto Yuzen style of dying with accented embroidery. The patterning was likely taken from the lower hem of the kimono. The screen is backed with a beautiful combination of antique patterned sarasa and orange patterned brocade with a simple wood frame befitting the humble confines of ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Robuchi Tea Room Hearth frame
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Pre 1900 item# 815575 (stock# MOR2434)
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A rustic Chashitsu Robuchi hearth frame decorated with autumn grasses in worn gold maki-e. The simplicity of style is consistent with the Edo aesthetic, and may be the oldest Robuchi we have offered to date. Susuki pampas grass rises about the edge setting the autumnal theme. Once mother of pearl leaves clung to the branches of a small bush, but now little remains beyond shadow and insinuation. The frame is 16-11/16 inches square (42.7 cm) by 2-5/8 inches (6.7 cm) tall. There is wear typica ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Chashitsu Tea Room Sign
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Pre 1920 item# 794215 (stock# MOR2398)
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An unusual sign cut from a plank of worm eaten wood inlayed with two ceramic characters reading Whispering Pines. The fresh green glaze intimates the evergreen branches of the pine against the dark shadows of bark and forest. From right to left, it reads Sho-Sei. It would be an excellent addition to a Northern Tea Room
The sign is roughly 15-1/2 by 8 by 1 inches 40 x 21 x 2.5 cm) and is in perfectly displayable antique condition. The character Sho appears to have been repaired twice, top a ...click for details
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Antique Japanese Seto Tea Ceremony Mizusashi
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Pre 1920 item# 687110 (stock# TCR2233)
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380.00
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Dark Seto Mizusashi with black lacquered lid and enclosed in an old kiri-wood box. The pale clay covered in thick, black molasses-like glaze, a burn of red around the rim. It is 6-1/2 inches (17 cm) tallA6 inches (15.5 cm) diameter and in excellent condition. Part of an extensive collection of tea-ware assembled from the Meiji to the early Showa era we have recently acquired, spanning several centuries of production.
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Antique Japanese Irabo Chawan Tea Bowl
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Pre 1920 item# 686249 (stock# TCR2229)
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400.00
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A superlative Korai style Irabo chawan covered with thick green freckles over the pale yellow-brown glaze. It is over 6 inches (16 cm) diameter, more than 2 inches (5.5 cm) tall and is in excellent condition, enclosed in a wooden box. Part of an extensive collection of tea-ware assembled from the Meiji to the early Showa era we have recently acquired, spanning several centuries of production.
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